Take out your weaves

ThatGurlD wrote: 305bgirl wrote: ThatGurlD wrote: I once heard it said weaves are to black women as blonde is to white women.  I've heard many a white chick laugh and say, "I don't even know what my natural hair color is!"  But let a sista say she's never seen her natural hair  IMO if you want real liberation, shave your head.  I've done it three times and there's nothing like it!   When they get their hair dyed blonde, they are attempting to be more Yt lol They still are doing it in hopes of achieving the Yt ideal beauty. They aren't looking to us when they go blonde. This suggests that black women are trying to b e white.  I don't think so.  I think in both scenarios, women are trying to be more desirable according to society's standards.  We don't reject our thick lips and round hips in an effort to be white.  We embrace them in an effort to be desirable.

I'm saying that Yt is the ideal beauty in this country and that they aren't looking to us in terms of hair but it seems like a lot of us are; even based on what you just said. In attempt to be desiravle we are making decisions based on society's ideal desirable looks. Not all Black women wear weaves or straighten for this reason but there are definitely some that do. I've heard women say that they would wear that natural texture if it were type 1 or type 2 or 3a/3b. I have heard students say that they need to go get a perm because they need that Yt/Latina girl look smh.

305bgirl wrote: india100 wrote: I look better with a weave . Nothing to do with white folk.  I think we have more important things to focus on in our community . Cops killing our people for shopping in a mall for example . SMH .  Why not focus on multiple issues? Why not focus on how young Black girls view themselves as well? Why limit our growth and progression?

The reason i said "our community" . I make a diffrence in real life . 

nope. 

Lol I'd rock some 4b if I could find it

Indian hair would match very well, texture wise, if I wore my hair straightened...and if I'd dare to wear weave.