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It's about time sisters stopped trying to copy those that hate them and be hapy with their natural featurees. They need to embrace their natural beauty God has given them.
If they embrace themselves then they will rase children that will love themselves for their natural attributes and physical abilities.
As we accept ourselves for our heritege and ancestry by learning global history starting from Africa to Asia to Europe to the Americas., we will see how strong and wise our culture is.
We must stop letting our perception of western ideology corrupt what is good for our future.

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"Natural" means accepting the type of hair that you are born with, be it kinky, streight or curley. In my youth, I put on an afro wig in order to "identify more". My own hair was long, heavy and curley. People that I met mistook me for a Latina. Since my natural hair was not considered "black" hair, I put on the wig. Now in my old age, I am back to where I started. I say go with what you got. However, you can always change your hair like you change a hat. Wear what you you want--wig, weave or whatever meets your fancy.

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If we're cool and you ask me to touch my hair, I honestly do not care. Some people are just curious. Not everyone is a racist, so please calm that stuff down. Save your energy for REAL racism!!!!

On the other hand, DO NOT TOUCH MY HAIR IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME. That's weird.

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Finally after decades of nonacceptance and trying to fit the culture of 'Whitness', African American women are embracing themselves and their true natural beauty....Hair that is unique in texture, style, color, lenght, substance and can be worn in so many different ways.

IMO, the White women who have always had this fascination with African American women and their natural hair is not one of curosity but one of jealously and envy because they are only limited to one or two hairstyles and cannot style or wear their hair in the hundredsd of ways that African American women can.

In addition in White society, if they try to go outsdie the norm with their hair ie...braids, they will get critized by their own White women and men and for White people, being ridiculed by their own is a major problem for them whereas Black women don't have to worry about that at all since no one dare make any noise about their hair and it's texture or style.

White women won't admit it...and will lie about it all the time but they want the hair that the sisters got but can't have it.... the same way they want to be dark.... permanently tanned skin to hide all their age spots, scars, roscea and freckles, full lips, larger buttocks, larger breasts but can't have it.

So sisters, let them touch it and chuckle a little to yourself since they are only wanting what you have and they know that this is one thing that they can't have.

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You might be interested to know that white-ish woman have the same issue when they travel to Africa ~ everyone wants to touch their straight, shiny hair. Every woman I have ever known who has 'experienced' this love the encounters and they do not see them as an ethnic intrusions. Maybe you just need to lighten-up.

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YES YOU CAN,BUT YOU BETTER GO AND WASH YOUR HANDS ,BECAUSE IT MAY BE CONTAGIOUS!.. JUST KEEPING IT REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!

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@ Guest:
The term whitesplaining is racist. Are you a troll or are you seriously interested in this discussion?

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