I can think of a number of reasons why some ladies do not wear their hair natural like that straightened hair is manageble and it also looks nice but that doesn't mean afro's aren't nice. I have dreadlocks and have had them for close to 7 years and only because I don't have the patience to be looking into a mirror every half an hour or going to the salon every weekend, no-way am I making a statement about my africaness or blackness, however I must say I am black and I'm proud and I do not believe that my hairstly should be proof of this.