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Why do a lot of black people think its derogatory to say their hair's nappy
I don't understand. I'm a black girl myself, and 'nappy' just means "(of a black person's hair) Frizzy". What is so negative about saying that it's frizzy? I do have frizzy hair. It's not relaxed with dangerous chemicals or anything. Other adjectives to describe my hair are 'kinky' and 'coily'. Are the people who see these terms as negative just ashamed of their natural hair? To me, a term like 'nappy' is just as negative as saying hair is curly, straight, or wavy.
It doesn't matter if the person who refers to my hair as nappy isn't black. Why would I get offended, when it's not a bad term? And if someone tried to use the term negatively, I would just laugh, because there's nothing negative about it. An actual negative term is something like the N word, something I think nobody should say, especially black people, since it's "A contemptuous term for a black or dark-skinned person". even if another black person called me that, I'd take it negatively, because I don't think anyone should go around saying derogatory racial terms
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First of all, you aren't really getting the meaning of nappy. It doesn't mean frizzy or just how. A black person's hair is. Nappy to any race, but usually blacks mean unkept. Untidy. Knotted up etc.
I am a black female, and my hair isn't relaxed, but it's not nappy either. I comb it out and ofc it doesn't go smooth, that's because it's a different texture and thickness. Now if you can't get your comb in or it looks like a bird's nest, that's nappy.
So it's an insult because you're basically saying that you don't take care of your hair. That's what nappy means.Not the texture or thickness.
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It's not just black people who get offended, there are plenty of curly patterned hair people that get offended. I myself have naturally "nappy hair" due to a "nappy hair" white mom, and a black dad. It really isn't about race, it's an insult. Nappy isn't a nice way to put it. They are basically saying you aren't taking care of your hair the way they think it should be. In some cases they are pretty mcuh just plain out trying to say it looks like you don't brush your hair. And the fact that you laugh about it, is great. You should, shows you don't care what people think.
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