Day 137: Black People have normalized self hate of their blackness

Рет қаралды 610

Efe Aikpokhio

Ай бұрын

Пікірлер: 11

@Chanticleer99 Ай бұрын

You are preaching to the choir unfortunately, but I love the message regardless

@KatyJac 24 күн бұрын

Yes❤ all of this! I'm tired of the excuses we have for coveting another races hair. We have beautiful and amazing hair ourselves, but we're taking and wearing other races beauty.

@redxenomorph69 Ай бұрын

I’m Italian and love Afros, but too scared to wear an Afro wig because I just don’t want any backlash or be labeled as culturally appropriating.

@cebile1493 29 күн бұрын

I've seen what you're saying happen with braids, locs and cornrows from women of other races on the internet

@rewbi2196 18 күн бұрын

So unfortunate how that hairdresser handled & treated your hair. I hope you're doing better now.

@AnaiyahPerry-k6n 23 күн бұрын

You think every woman that wears straight wigs hates their own hair-?

@RamonaBeezhle Ай бұрын

It would be lovely if we didn’t gatekeep hairstyles to certain races. Had my dad telling me I don’t wanna be black anymore because I wanted to see what my hair looked like straightened. If you see a black woman with straight hair she doesn’t “hate her blackness.” It’s a style. It’s a choice. She didn’t majestically turn into uncle ruckus where she suddenly thinks she’s white and hates being black. You’re thinking too deeply into this.

@mstingfanis Ай бұрын

I get what you are saying, on the other hand you have to admit that there is a problem. Nothing is wrong with wanting to try different hair styles to see how it looks on you. But when it comes to how it is being done there is an issue. If you look at it, a majority of other races don't hide the hair they where born with behind hair that looks like ours, but when it comes to black women most of us think the only hair that are appropriate for special occasions is a straight wig. Lots of us don't even want our hair outside. Even though you don't have an issue with your hair doesn't mean others don't. Especially those in countries that are still in backwards thinking.

@user-jw6od8xu3e Ай бұрын

@@mstingfanis Covering kinkier hair did originate from a historical problem, and in countries where many different races and ethnicities live together, it still is an issue. However, we can still understand that these issues and stigmas didn’t happen so long ago. It’s part of recent history ( less than even 50 years ago), but the progress the communities are making is already very good. There is so much content now promoting natural hair. We can’t force everyone to go natural and accept their hair straight away. We just need to give the message that any hairstyle is ok, even with your natural hair so that they become comfortable doing either.

@Chanticleer99 Ай бұрын

I'm not trying to be mean, but I think this comment avoids the obvious elephant in the room and imo is a usual bullet point when talking around the issue. We are NOT talking about straightening long natural hair on occasion, we are talking about the deliberate and literal hiding of afro textured hair as a cultural practice and how it has become normalized. Again, I am not trying to be mean, but hiding your hair under a hat of human hair raises eyebrows and questions. At the very least, why doesn't it look like your texture? And why do you wear it everyday (at a maximum). Also, we don't have to speculate who hates their blackness--if the human hair industry (among other things) capitalizes off black women majority then the title of the video still stands. This isn't the occasional dip of the toe--its a lifestyle. It's a practice.

@HandleBerries 27 күн бұрын

@@Chanticleer99you’re Not Mean,just telling the truth