Politics of Black Hair...Kinky... The Other "N" Word...Nappy

Hair Gone Wild & Baby Too!

2008-08-19T19:49:54Z

Mother Daughter

What are we teaching our children?

RELAXERS & THE DESTRUCTION OF HAIR

2008-08-11T20:48:18Z

Give Me a Pack of ....

2008-08-10T01:20:08Z

There's a pack of Cigarettes...a pack of Cards...a pack of Wolves...
& then you've got your Pack of Hair...

From Naturalnana -- Natural Hair - Fly & Powerful!

2008-08-06T21:39:09Z

From the Archives: CRACK CREAM

2008-08-06T21:21:45Z

Crack Cream = Hair Relaxers

Aren't Hair Relaxers nothing more than
crack cream?

It's addictive...relatively cheap...easy
to get & one of the hardest addictions
to overcome.

And it easily takes over one's life.

Additionally, it damages your hair,
scalp and who knows what else as
it penetrates your blood stream.

Being hooked on hair relaxers makes one a
hair dope.

Beyonce & L'Oreal = Fake

2008-08-06T20:54:47Z

Is this a L'Oreal ad for hair care?....'Cause we all know the
hair is fake...

Hair Grease -- Back in the Day!

2008-07-28T01:04:18Z

Sweet Georgia Brown Hair Dressing Pomade from the 1930s to early 1950s
....just had to "hold down those kinks..."

From esnarf.com.

Afro Hat

2008-07-27T22:17:28Z

Only Kinky hair could do this.

The Konk Hair

2008-06-29T22:41:17Z

Should Negro Men Marcel Their Hair? This was the title of the
above article from Jet magazine on September 24, 1953.

Some folks back in the day said marcel or processed hair; also known
as konked hair looked, "sissified" on Brothers.

A konk-wearer explained, "We don't look any more sissified than the
men of Victorianian times who powdered their wigs or wore pompadours."

The article goes on to say men like renowned singer
Nat King Cole (above) and boxer Sugar Ray were regarded
as well-groomed with the process look.

Today, we have folks like the Rev. Al Sharpton (above)
who process their natural kinkiness.

Give me a man with the Kink any day!!!!

Black Memorabilia...Hate It!

2008-06-29T22:42:53Z

Here's a "N" Hair Tobacco tin from the early 1920s.
How insulting! To be politically correct the B. Leidersdorf
Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the late 1920s
changed the name to Bigger Hair Tobacco.

Anybody interested? You can buy the demeaning tin @ Trocadero.com.

Real or Fake?

2008-06-29T12:44:17Z

....just asking...Is Mrs. Smith hair the real deal
or added on extensions?

The Survival of Fake Hair

2008-06-09T00:09:05Z

The Fake Hair Phenomenon, unfortunately, is not slacking off. See (from
top left- clockwise) Ashanti, Kelly Rowland, Chaka Khan & Telma Hopkins

Fantasia Rescue Alert

2008-06-01T08:35:47Z

As seen on Young, Black, and Fabulous -- Somebody, please
hire Fantasia a real hairstylist! Quick!

Beyonce Loves Her Lace-Fronts

2008-06-29T12:41:37Z

According to Mane and Chic Beyonce pays about $50,000 for 1
customized lace-front wig.

The mesh part is handmade from Swiss lace.

Each strand of hair is transplanted one-by-one into micro-openings
in the wig cap. It gives the illusion that hair is growing directly
from the scalp.

All this for an erroneous perception of reality.

Fake Hair For ALL

2008-05-21T01:20:53Z

Fake Hair for ALL...

Who's next? 5-year-olds?

Ange & Brad - Time to Dial Up Jada about Zahara's Hair

2008-05-18T19:00:59Z

Okay, Angelina & Brad, it's time to talk to one of your black
female Hollywood friends....Dial up Jada.

It's admirable about adopting children of color...but you
need to get help with Zahara's hair.

Lace Front Wigs --- Damage Hairline

2008-04-28T20:59:14Z

See Naomi Campbell's damaged hairline due to
constantly gluing fake hair to the hairline; wearing lace-front wigs.

This nonsense has to stop. She, like many other
Sisters are ruining their hair & hairline; being sucked
in to a mindless straight-hair psychosis.

R Kelly -- the Anti-Goldilocks

2008-04-19T14:43:59Z

R Kelly -- the Aniti-Goldilocks....
Was this necessary?

Braids in Antiquity

2008-04-06T22:07:38Z

Sisters were rockin' braids 1000s of years ago!

Fake...Fake...Fake = Fraud

2008-04-06T22:03:15Z

Stars and Their Fakeness

Extra TV entertainment correspondent Tanika Ray
is all about the natural.

Sisters with Bad Weaves = Comic Relief

2008-03-27T22:21:03Z

How long is this weave craze going to last?

Sisters walking around like wacked out, psychotic,
counterfeit pretenders of nature.

Say, NO to Fake Hair

2008-03-22T13:25:48Z

Free Your Hair & ....Your Pride will Follow

Embrace Your Texuture

2008-03-22T13:19:25Z

Many Sisters are repressing their
NATURAL TEXTURE instead of
embracing it!

A BLACK WOMAN'S SMILE

2008-03-11T06:03:56Z

The emotionally penetrating video below
breaks down to the lowest denominator;
floodlight Truths
of Sisters' legitimate/24-carat/Royal
everlasting
Queen-dom

Presenting A Black Woman's Smile

perfomed and written by Ty Gray-El (a brother who gets it)
for Sneak A Peek Productions.

Absorb!

In Celebration of Women's History Month: A BLACK WOMAN'S SMILE

2008-03-10T00:41:29Z

Do you THINK Crack Cream is Harmful?

2008-03-09T07:33:16Z

To the Sisters (and handful of Brothers) who put ~~chemical straighteners~~
crack cream in their hair -- Did you ever wonder why the hairstylist
is wearing gloves for protection and your head & scalp is bare naked?

Does that tell you something about the harm of the crack cream?

Another Jackson Needin' a Self-Love Makeover

2008-03-09T07:16:23Z

The Young, Black, and Fabulous blog nailed it, calling
Jermaine Jackson a wax museum piece. And check out
his hair. It looks like tarred asphalt on crack.

Black Entrepreneurs Reclaiming a Piece of Niche Market

2008-03-08T02:39:04Z

Juices & Berries is a leave-in hair moisturizer by Baltimore-based
& black-owned Oyin Handmade products.

The company was recently featured in an AP Wire story:
Entrepreneurs Reclaim Black Hair Care Market With Niche
Products for Newly Coveted Kinks

Another black-owned hair care company for natural hair
mentioned in the story was My Honey Child out of Raleigh, NC.

Bottom line, Sisters are getting tired of chemicals, straighteners,
wigs, weaves & what have you.

The Kink is coming back & Black entrepreneurs are filling the
void for natural hair care products.

Let's hope we can hold on to this market and not go the way
of past decades when L'Oreal, Alberto-Culver, & Procter & Gamble
busted in & devoured our black-owned companies like Johnson
Products, Carson & Soft Sheen.

Lace Front Wigs Are Ridiculous

2008-03-08T01:54:06Z

Leave it to mediatakeout.com to blast OK Magazine
for showing a close up -- unintentionally -- of Jennifer Hudson's
glued on Lace Front Wig.

C'mon, these lace front wigs are absurd....gluing a wig
to your hairline.... Black woman have lost their minds.

It's Not Just a Kinky Hair Issue

2008-02-27T11:03:09Z

6-year-old Bryan Ruda got suspended
from kindergarten in Parma, Ohio.

School officials said his mohawk was
a distraction to the other students &
violates school's policy on being properly
groomed.

Bryan's Mom ain't changing the hairstyle.
She's enrolling him in another school.

Naturally You by the Gifted & Talented Nana525_86

2008-02-25T03:13:24Z

Expensive Weave Hair vs Cheap Weave Hair

2008-02-17T05:45:15Z

Did you know that the expensive Indian weave hair
comes from the Hindus where they offer their hair to
temples as a blessing.

And the cheap weave hair comes from the loose hair
that remains on the combs. It is called dead hair.

Okay, Check Out How All that Indian Hair is Coming To America

2008-02-17T05:38:37Z

Ancient Egyptians Cornrowed?

2008-02-17T04:36:24Z

Photograph by Kenneth Garrett, The Egyptian Museum, Cairo --
Courtesy of National Geographic

Nubian Queen Kawit shown on her sarcophagus
having her hair dressed....

Now, check out the hair. Queen Kawit is either getting
her wig fixed or getting her natural hair braided.

Whichever, it's still Afrocentric hair.

Get Up & Go Hair Accessory

2008-02-17T03:15:46Z

This is a hair accessory for bad hair days: The Mane Clip. It's a great idea.
However, it's still promoting the Eurocentric beauty standard. The sister
who invented the Mane Clip is creative. It looks like if The Mane Clip-wearer ever
was in a Jerry Springer moment it would be difficult to dislodge the fake hair.

Real vs Fake

2008-02-13T03:02:23Z

Clearly, former America's Next Top Model looks
better sans her new weave!

Rosalind Cash -- Trailblazing Locs-wearing Actress

2008-02-03T23:25:33Z

Rosalind Cash was a Locs Trailblazer in Hollywood.
And she didn't hide her naturalness underneath a wig.

The Sister refused to play stereotypical roles. You know,
the maids, slaves, and Aunt Jemimas.

Rosalind Cash left the planet in 1995, at the age of 57.

FINALLY -- STEVE HARVEY RETIRES THE FAKE HAIR

2008-01-20T12:14:19Z

Hallelujah....Amen....the wicked toupee is Dead!!!!!

Dominican Hair Salons -- "the best damn blow out!"

2008-01-17T02:15:25Z

Any Sister familiar with Dominican Hair Salons knows
you leave the salon with your hair bone straight;
able to blow in the wind -- for real.

Dominican stylists give -- hands down -- "the best damn blow out!"

Dominicans are a mixture of African, Spanish, Native American.
The Carribean Sister is familiar with a variety of hair textures.

...and they will whip out that crack cream (relaxer) in a heartbeat.

In the early 1970s from Hispaniola: A Case History in Multicultural Madness
-- Dominican sociologist Daysi Josefina Guzman identified 15 kinds of hair
textures. Her scale went from bueno (good) for soft Caucasian hair to
malo (bad) for kinky, Negroid hair.

Here's a peek at her crazy hair spectrum:

1. Lacio - straight & smooth
2. Achinado - stiff hair
3. Espeso - thick, abundant & slightly wavy
4. Macho - thick & strong, abundant but without luster
5. Rizado - thick and fine with small waves but dull
6. Muerto - thin and greasy
7. Ondulado - wavy
8. Vivo - thick, dry & out of control
9. Variable - indescribable
10. Crespo - thick & frizzy
11. de Pimienta - peppery, growing slow & tight to the skull in small balls
12. Motica - like peppery hair but thin, wavy
13. Pegaito - so close to the skull that it is impossible to comb

The Black Hair Inferiority Mindset has claws that intersects all
corners of the planet...

What a Great Picture!

2008-01-07T20:09:35Z

This is famed artist Annie Lee's Extensions....It's real.

The Kink Refuses to be Put Down

2008-01-06T19:53:46Z

Checking out an article by Djehuty Ma'at-Ra -- He reminded the reader
that Perms are not Permanent!   dherbs.com

He went on to school us about what Kwame Ture (formerly Stokely Carmichael)
said in the rap song by KRS-One -- Ya Strugglin':

                            No matter how hard you try to disguise yourself,
                            it can't be done.

                          Africa is so strong,
                               that regardless of what you put in your hair,
                 she will snatch it off!

Our African Kink Rules & Refuses to be Put Down.

Negro Newspaper Claimed Because of Kinky Hair - Even God Discriminated Against Us

2008-01-06T01:02:13Z

(Courtesy of docsouth.unc.edu/neh/simmons/simmons.html)

W. Calvin Chase was founder & Editor of the Negro
Newspaper The Washington Bee. Established in 1882.
It lasted 40 years. (It's motto: Honey for Friends,
Stings for Enemies) Chase died in 1921.

Now, in his March 5, 1910, editorial according to
the book, Blue Veins and Kinky Hair by Obiagele Lake
-- Chase suggested God discriminated against
Black women when he gave them kinky hair.

Chase's editorial went on to say:

        "We say straighten your hair, ladies beautify yourselves, make

            aggravating, reclusive, elusive, shrinking kinks long flowing

            tresses that may be coiled or curled or puffed to suit Dame

            Fashion's latest millinery creations, even if it takes every

            ounce of hair straightening preparation that can be manufactured

             ...even God, who discriminated against our women on this

            hair proposition, knows that straight hair beautifies a woman.

            Yes, straighten your hair and do it at once."

...and our internal hair wars continues into the
21st century...

Some Black Hair Care Products May Cause Breast Cancer

2008-01-06T00:55:11Z

Now Our Hair Care Products May Cause Breast Cancer!

From http://greenerside.typepad.com it stated that the
puzzling phenomenon of breast cancer among African-American
woman under 40 compared to their White counterparts... is
nearly twice as much.

It was suggested it could be the contaminants & ingredients
in hair care products.

Estrogen compounds in Black hair care products could be
a possible explanation.

The majority of the products listed below contain placental
extract, placenta hormones or estrogen.

In 1983, Dr. Devra Davis (epidemiologist & director of the
Center for Environmental oncology, part of the University
of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute) & co-researcher Leon Bradlow
advanced the theory of xenoestrogens -- synethetic
estrogen imitators, being a possible cause of breast cancer.

The list:
(from Dr. Chandra M. Tiwary, pediatric endocrinologist)

Placenta Revitalizing Shampoo (placental extract)

Queen Helene Placenta Cream Hair Conditioner (placenta enzymes)

Perm Repair with Placenta

Proline Perm Repair with Placenta

Hormone Hair Food Jajoba Oil

Triple Action Super Grow (contains hormones)

Mexican Spanish Super Gro Placenta

Supreme Vita-Gro (estrogen & allantoin)

Supreme Vita Gro with Allantoin & Estrogen Plus TEA-COCO
Luster's Sur Glo (hormone constiutents)
B&B Super Gro (estrogenic hormone constituents)
Lekair Natural Super Glo (hormones)
Luster's Sur Glo (hormone constituents)
Lekair Hormone Hair Treatment with Vitamin E
Isoplus Hormone Hair Treatment with Quinine (hormone constituents)
Fermodyl with Placenta Hair Conditioner, No Rinse
Hask Placenta Hair Conditoner
Hask Placenta No Rinse Instant Hair Repair Treatment

Skin Care

Nu Skin Body Smoother (human placental extract)

Nu Skin Enhancer (human placental extract)

Nu Skin NaPCA Moisturizer (human placental extract)

Nu Skin pH balance (human placental extract)

Kinky Hair & the DNA Molecular Spiral

2007-12-21T10:59:31Z

(Photo courtesy of http://nappyme.wordpress.com)

The Kink -- Spirals like the DNA Molecule.

The DNA spiral is the program for all
life.

Perhaps one day, we will regard our
kinkiness as divine as the ancients did,
calling kinks, the spiraling hair of the
Gods.

Weave vs. Natural

2007-12-11T01:17:47Z

Ready....Get Set....Weave!!!

DONE?????   ~~Reject~~

Natural Hair Catapults Our Inner Beauty to a Higher Consciousness:

a Lynching

2007-12-08T13:24:35Z

When you see this...Hair doesn't matter.

God Forbid -- We Don't Want to Look Black!

2007-12-08T13:26:03Z

(courtesty of blackwomb.blogspot.com)

Black Women Confused -- Fake "Indian" Hair

2007-11-25T01:36:49Z

The Real Beyonce

2007-11-19T09:02:43Z

Top left is the fake-hair Beyonce. The others are the rarely seen REAL Beyonce.

Natural Hair at Hampton University's 5-Year MBA Program a No-No

2007-11-15T20:24:45Z

Virginia's Hampton University does not allow extreme hairstyles.
This would include locs, braids, cornrows.

Hampton's 5-year MBA students have to wear suits and
look corporate.

Translation: If a student wants to keep their natural hair they
have to choose an alternative program.

Back in 2006, Essence magazine's editorial director Susan L. Taylor
withdrew from a speaking engagement at Hampton. She said
that she was insulted. She's been wearing braids more than half
her life.

"The freedom to wear our hair in ways that celebrate our heritage is
one of our 'rites of passage.' Students would benefit from learning
how to care for and groom locks and braids and wear them in ways
that are appropriate in a business setting," Taylor wrote.

And Susan is right. How long are we going to continue to bow
down to the dominant culture's standards at the expense of our own?

As one sister put it on another blog, so wearing permed hair with
split ends that can do triple back flips is better than having our
natural hair?