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is it wrong?
okay this is particularly aimed at blacks but the white community is welcome for their imput.We were just talking about assimilation in the black community and assimilation is making oneself like a nother race.Our teacher feels that perming hair and other things we do in the black community is taking away from what we really are.He believes that we make ourselves like european culture because that's what we feel is beatiful.Now if a women with an afro came into a predominatly black school- she would be teased,right?So basically i am asking what do we as a race find beautiful?IS it permed hair or natural hair?whatever! what is beautiful in our eyes?
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I dont know if your teacher is white or black, but honestly everything about us is beautiful. Our natural hair is great, its pretty, thick, but its HARD TO MANAGE! if we had to wake up every morning to style an afro or weave our hair we wouldnt sleep enough. Perms are nice, easier to manage, pretty, convinient, but it damages your hair and if you want it natural again it takes a long time, especially if your hair doesnt grow well, which that is the case with many plack people, like myself. Braiding is nice, traditional, pretty, and convinient after you leave the salon, yet its time consuming to braid in the first place, and they last forever which is a great thing, unless you get bored easily. dreadlocks are traditional, pretty and convinent, but you must love them for a long time to get them, and must be patient geting them dreaded in the first place. our hair styles are diverse and completely ours. When a black and a white person do their hair the same way,look at it well and it really is not the same at all. Thats for hair at least.I could go on about other things natural eye color and contacts, black people going blonde, clothing style and body types. I can even go into white people trying to have african american features like big lips and collagen injections, tanning, ear piercings, v neck shirts to create longer necklines, things like that forever. Just ask if you have more questions
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If a white person straightens or perms her hair, does that mean she's trying to be like a different race? I don't think so. So why say if a black person perms her hair it means she's trying to be another race? That's dumb, especially in this century.
And I don't think a girl with an afro would neccessarily be made fun of for not changing her natural look, but that's just me.
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its not what you think as a community but as an individual.
hope i helped :)
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