Why must you make your hair so stiff and ugly with those chemicals?! It looks so...FAKE! If you must use a straightening iron ONCE in a while or braid it...But please, you're messing up your natural hair! Any thoughts?
2007-10-29 15:29:19 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Hair
you ignorant fool.
Relaxers were created to manage African American hair easily. It has NOTHING to do with being white! Sheesh, asians have straighter hair than a lot of white people. So am i trying to be asian??Do you know how easily black hair breaks or how thick it can be??? You need to know how to PROPERLY take care of it, which a lot of ppl don't. That's why most moms just relax their daughters hair. And I know sooo many women with relaxed hair that look nice- with bouncy LONG hair!! I have NOTHING against natural hair, in fact I kinda like it. I have just always have had my relaxed hair so I'm used to it. If I suddenly went natural, I wouldn't be able to care for it at all.
I don't get offended easily- but I am offended now.
Get a life you f*cking dumbazz
2007-10-29 16:16:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 8⤋
I dont know about the "we want what we dont have" thing I mean it seems like people just make themselves miserable for no reason that way. I'm not AA but I love my curly hair and tan skin. But I can appreciate the other extremes too.
Anyway right now it's the fashion; celebrities are doing it too. Unfortunately there is no pride right now for ethnic hair and I wish it would be different. As much as fashion is allowing women to do what's best for them and not what's "in" this is one of the things that didn't change...
2007-10-29 15:38:42 · answer #2 · answered by Sambal Oelek 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at a young age our parents relax our hair. its very hard to take care of natural hair. but its mainly a choice. as I grew up I decided to stop getting relaxers. I went natural. my mom didn't like it. most people believe they should get chemicals to straighten their hair because that's what society points to as the better looking women. women with straight hair. but I don't fall into that media crap. I love my natural hair. I wish other embraced it as well. a lot of other races look at our natural hair and think "ew" so most people want to live by the standards that are set by media.
2014-03-03 10:11:12 · answer #3 · answered by meep 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
People go to hair salons to get different styles. Sometimes the new styles they get don't suit them. Why did they change it in the first place?!?!?
White colored people want get tanner skin, so they tan or go to a tanning salon. They ruin THEIR skin.
Miley Cyrus and Ashley Tisdale both have wavy hair, but sometimes they straighten it......and so what....
Different people like different things. Not only do African American women do that but also so do white people.
So again, why ask that question??
2007-10-29 15:39:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm not african american, and I have very tight curly hair. I like to straighten it because its much easier to take care of. If I'm in a rush, I just wake up and brush, and I'm ready to go.
BTW, not all African american women straighten their hair.
2007-10-29 15:33:00 · answer #5 · answered by tkd4716 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
It a personal choice. You must remember that our natural looks are just now being accepted in corporate America. Say what you will, but hair is a small sacrifice to make when it comes to your livelihood.
Like India.Arie said, "I am not my hair." My hair is just a part of me.
2007-10-29 15:36:03 · answer #6 · answered by MzMo 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I guess they think it's prettier to have straight hair.
Well, I suppose it's just like girls from the UK curling their hair, isn't it?
But not ALL African American women straighten their hair.
2007-10-29 15:41:06 · answer #7 · answered by *DAMAGED --x 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We usually want what we don't have - I would LOVe to have curly or kinky hair. I think all races are beautiful, and the spectrum of beauty is so great across and within races - I just think that it is the same reason some tall people want to be shorter, and some heavy people want to be skinny - we are taught and programmed to want to be what society tells us is the ideal -sad but true.
2007-10-29 15:35:18 · answer #8 · answered by Remie 2 · 8⤊ 0⤋
well it really is there decision on wether they want to straighten it or not. but im pretty sure not all african american women do that to there hair. but i agree with you that we should keep our natural beauty and not change it with plastic surgery or hair straightning/ hair perming. i have curly hair and always wanted straight hair but my mum told me your always wanting what you dont have so i now love my curly hair and i think african american women should do the same.
2007-10-29 15:36:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
i agree! i stopped putting chemicals (perm) in my hair because it took a lot of my hair out, and i am growing it out natural. but i get it pressed instead, so it's still straight. but when all the perm is grown out, I'm going to stop getting it pressed and i will wear a fro like my avatars hair.
but, yeah, it's just what some people like. our hair tends to be extremely hard to manage when it is not straight.
2007-10-29 15:32:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋