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Sinnamon_Mami
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Posted: Sep 06 2013 at 5:08am |
I hate when people make children cry.. I'm glad he took it to the news instead of whipping some azz because I don't know if I could've contained myself. Sad that this little girl feels that she's "bad" or should be ashamed of something that naturally grows out of her head. I don't think her hair looks bad: With little ones, their hair gets out of place so quickly after the running and playing they do everyday, and you can't contain every nap or bead no matter how much you try without stopping them from being kids. I said something a few years back about unkempt hair and I regret it.
I truly hate this country for conditioning us to believe that naps and natural hair is wrong and dirty and having other blacks inflict the same hurt that we get from outsiders (off topic).. Just sad..
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Sinnamon_Mami
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Posted: Sep 06 2013 at 5:10am |
foxyroy19 wrote:
If her hair was properly cared for the school would not have been the issue. Preventative Maintenance. |
I thought the school had a policy against locks. How do you know her hair wasn't properly cared for: Was it dirty? Did it smell? Did she have lice? I just read the school policy. It said "faddish" hairstyles.. Locs are not a "faddish" hairstyle, nor is an afro  . Yeah, I'm going to have to disagree with you on this one..
Edited by Sinnamon_Mami - Sep 06 2013 at 5:14am
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tatee
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Posted: Sep 06 2013 at 5:31am |
Black Adults Need to Stop Spewing Anti-Black Rhetoric at Children
Sheryl Underwood's disparaging comments about kinky hair jogged
Danielle C. Belton's memory about the negative things she's heard black
adults say to black children about their features. In a piece at Clutch magazine,
Belton stresses the importance of grown folk not giving black children
inferiority complexes about their brown complexions or hair texture.
The people who told me I was “bad” were not my parents,
they were individuals like an old, hateful black elementary school
library aide I had while growing up who regularly told us children (all
black) how “bad” we were and how nappy our hair was and how that was
awful and how the white children she taught at the other schools were
much better, nicer, prettier children than us. They were people like
some of the men I dated when I was much younger who would tell me they
would break up with me if I ever cut my long, chemically straightened
hair. My personality didn’t matter, nor were my face or charms. They
dating a headful of hair -- not me. And the hair had to stay.
Some folks on Twitter have asked who taught Sheryl Underwood to “hate
herself.” More than likely she doesn’t see it that way like most people
who’ve internalized that certain aspects of blackness are simply
“bad.” She’s confused at the response she’s received because she was
only stating the status quo, saying what others usually say in private
to their daughters who go natural. What’s usually only heard by some
grandmothers snickering about how your hair isn’t “good” enough to go
natural, as if the 1970s and afros never happened. Mothers worrying
about your “looks.” Strangers on the street, classmates and co-workers
all passing judgment -- does having natural hair make you some kind of
radical? A feminist? A socialist? Did you just get dumped? Do YOU hate
yourself for not straightening your hair, they imply?
Read Danielle C. Belton's entire piece at Clutch magazine. http://www.theroot.com/buzz/black-adults-need-stop-spewing-anti-black-rhetoric-children
Edited by tatee - Sep 06 2013 at 5:33am
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BBpants
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Posted: Sep 06 2013 at 6:14am |
foxyroy19 wrote:
If her hair was properly cared for the school would not have been the issue. Preventative Maintenance. |
It's kind of sad that you actually believe this
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K_Camille
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Posted: Sep 06 2013 at 6:46am |
BBpants wrote:
foxyroy19 wrote:
If her hair was properly cared for the school would not have been the issue. Preventative Maintenance. |
It's kind of sad that you actually believe this
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Agreed. I don't get why afros are considered a faddish style either. The f*ck wrong with the founder? Nvm, I saw her pic and it looks as though a lot is wrong.
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mizzsandra00
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Posted: Sep 06 2013 at 6:47am |
I don't think it looks bad.....a lil dry but natural hair tends to be drier......I'm gon need Non to not take two comments an act like that was the opinion of the majority......
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jonesable
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Posted: Sep 06 2013 at 6:50am |
Of course the problem is the school it's two separate issues really. I don't know why people are having problems separating the two thoughts . The school is wrong [ Independent thought] Daddy doesn't know how to style his daughters hair , like most men.[ Independent thought ] Sigh ...
Edited by jonesable - Sep 06 2013 at 6:52am
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BBpants
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Posted: Sep 06 2013 at 6:55am |
I understand your point Jones...Foxy is another story lol
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Xamaycana
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Posted: Sep 06 2013 at 7:06am |
A black man cares for his child(it appears as a single father(, supports her so she is a straight A student , stands up for her when she is wronged and people are really talking about the whether or not he did hair "properly".!
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LadyAradia
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Posted: Sep 06 2013 at 7:07am |
I personally can't stand dreds but I understand that it is a very sensitive racial issue for some. But let me take race out of it by saying when I see whites with dreds they look trifling and unkept to me personally. I just think why don't they cut that off and do their hair! They do not have to do that because their hair can do other things easily. I understand that some blacks may feel it is the easiest thing to do with their hair maybe? I personally just can't stand it on anyone actually. Now legally, I guess they do have a right to wear them but ugh.
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