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Originally Posted by shopaholik
how i wear my hair on my head has got nothing to do with my level of 'blackness' i understand that there are some naomi campbell wannabes who only date white men and slate black men but that is not me.
i wear my hair relaxed but i have had many styles, braiding, cornrows, curly braids, striaght braids and straight weaves.
today i am wearing a short sleeved blouse with linen shorts that come just below my knees. i do not feel like i degrade myself by the way i dress, my friends dress modestly also. i am 24 and i do not have children, none of my friends have children.
i have been to black panther meetings with my weave - no-one there has ever challenged me. i went to a malcom x commemoration not long ago with my weave. malcolm x's own daughter has relaxed hair.
lets stop this generalisation, not every black woman who wears weaves are trying to be white.
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Common...you cannot be serious....So what next? Now that we know one of Malcolm's duaghter had a child with "green eyed" Algerian, would it be then ok with you if some of us started dating Arabs?
What she does with her hair does not make it ok for you to do the same, just because she is Malcolm's daughter, it doesn't mean she knows better or is there to set precedents on whats wrong or right.
There is no point bringing in other people's reaction or non reaction to your choices. In the past, i did go to a few Pan African meetings with my hair in all sorts, ofcourse out of politeness they said nothing to my face. Like wise their silence si simply a sign of them simpy being welcoming without preaching to you strightaway about your hair.
One thing i do agree with you though is this, not all black women who wear weaves are trying to be white. However, one thing is for sure, they are not being themselves either.