Comments on: Good Hair, Kinky Hair

By: Lin Cameron

Lin Cameron — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:03:08 +0000

“I never knew that my hair was wavy/curly, I always thought it was just bushy, kinky, and untamable.”

LOL. What a relief for you not to ‘just’ have kinky hair. So sad…

By: Kyara

Kyara — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:28:32 +0000

This article was written about 2 or 3 years ago, but it’s steal a big debate! I still hear young people talking about “good” an “bad” hair and that’s a sad thing… On the other side, I see more and more people trying to raise their children with the conviction that they are beautiful as they are. For example, Chris Rock produced the movie “Good hair” for his little girl, go check out my article: http://kyaras.blogspot.com/2009/03/kyara-doesnt-care-about-good-hair.html
K.

By: Feminist Law Professors » Blog Archive » ”Good Hair”

Feminist Law Professors » Blog Archive » ”Good Hair” — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:39:53 +0000

[...] On a related note, the Angry Black Woman has a long and informative post about hair here. [...]

By: jade

jade — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:18:09 +0000

The only people that have a problem with my natural hair are other black women. I am sorry I love my kinks. Deal with it!

By: Christmas Jones

Christmas Jones — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:22:17 +0000

Look, hair for women in general is a big deal.

Long, lustrous, shiny, long, thick, voluminous, did I mention LONG hair = beauty.

Europeans have it.

Middle Easterners have it.

Indians have it.

Koreans have it.

Latinas have it.

Black women DON’T have it. Our hair grows differently, I don’t care what anyone says, no one has the tightly coiled ringlets like we do.

When all of the above all have the same hair type and that type is considered the standard of beauty, where does that leave Black/African women? Hmmm?

The only thing we can do is embrace it and hold a standard for our own selves and let the WORLD watch in awe. We have to look at ourselves like a mythological beauty, an unrelenting, unconforming, dominant, unconventional type of sexuality/beauty. Then we can feel proud.

I read this article and I am impressed with the majority of it but not all of it. Are you saying that because Blacks in this country have been mixed with white or Indian for centuries that it has helped our hair situation? That African-oriented coils are not as good as the mixed type of hair? I don’t get your agenda, and its quite disturbing that you take pride in being able to get out of the entrapment of natural black hair, unmixed and untainted.

Man, whatever.

By: owns

owns — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:48:00 +0000

I think that we have so much problems with this because softer silky hair is “the norm” and is hyped and publicized! but i think if not only black people, but other races and mixes with curly and kinky hair be proud of their own hair, and wear it acceptably then all of this good hair non-sense wud die down… Hair is such a beautiful part of us. If all of us decide to have long silky hair, who will have kinky hair?
We can twist it, straighten it, afro it, dread it, braid it and so much more it!
Because other races can shake their hair and spend minimal time doing it and it comes out well, and because men, MEN, whether black or white, think it atractive is why some of us even bother to brake out necks at the salon every week!

By: Good Hair, Kinky Hair | Corner Beauty Shop

Good Hair, Kinky Hair | Corner Beauty Shop — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:05:33 +0000

[...] originally posted @ the angry black woman [...]

By: V

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:26:50 +0000

Thanks for sharing your viewpoint, just wanted to comment as I am currently wearing my hair natural and this time trying to see it through, hard to accept what an emotional process this is. Always thought my hair was ‘nappy’ and ‘bad’ then discovered that even though it is very tightly curled not quite kinky, I love the natural curl!! I still sometimes wish I could wear my hair straight though, and sometimes I feel guilty about that, but I’d like to wear it that way occasionally. But I want to avoid the chemicals, and I want to learn to love my natural hair before I go changing it. Still, I figure that women should wear what they like and makes them feel beautiful. That’s what’s so great about it, that we have a choice. I just wish there wasn’t so much of a battle between those who straighten their hair and those who go natural. I wish we didn’t have to choose one or the other. And also just wanted to comment on how it was deep for me when I realized that even white girls with thick curls are encouraged to straighten their hair. I wish folks of all backgrounds could at least be happy with what they’ve got, then even if they change it at least it wouldn’t be because ‘my hair’s bad’ or they need to ‘fix’ it, but just because that’s the fashion they choose.

By: Shweta Narayan

Shweta Narayan — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:00:58 +0000

Coming from outside (the US), I’ve always thought kinky black hair looked awesome.

Since coming here, I’ve read about some of the sociocultural pressures and how they work against hair that (I think) is aesthetically lovely. I don’t understand them, but I do understand that people often glom onto superficial characteristics as an alternative to being aware of their deeper prejudices.

*sigh*

By: Angel H.

Angel H. — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:16:02 +0000

I have kinky hair that has softened some with age, and I wear locks now, but even that has it’s problems (they break off and everyone I know with locks complains about the same thing)

I thought I was the only one! <8O