Getting to the Root of the Matter: My Kinky Confession

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Chris Rock's documentary about Black women and their seemingly neverending quest for "good" hair should make kinky and curly heads turn.

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Linda126 - 10/16/2009 7:58 PM

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Norma, you will look fantastic regardless of whether your hair is straightened, kinky, curly, wavy, brown, red, blonde, or black. I have done so many crazy things to 'fix' my hair to have it fit the prevailing fashion dictates ... but no more. When I turned 40 I stopped doing all that and just let my hair be the beautiful hair I was born with. My hair is healthier and I've grown to love it. And Chasrock, you are the only one complaining here. Get a grip.

Brazin - 10/13/2009 10:43 PM

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Chasrock- Maybe if you call Dr Quatella he can transfer the hair off of Grammasuaruses back, and give it to you.

12ashora12 - 10/13/2009 10:33 PM

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I am a white chick, but I still remember being taken aback the first time I heard a black friend use the term "good hair", to describe what amounts to "white" hair on a black woman. I remember being offended, like who decided OUR hair was superior? The term seems SOOO self-hating, that it really bothers me to this day. I am glad Chris Rock is calling attention to this via his documentary. Beauty comes in so MANY forms! Reminds me of the desire so many women have to transform ourselves into living versions of the blonde Barbies we used to play with. I find it kind of pathetic - and I AM one (more or less naturally)! Guess that makes me just as self-hating as the rest of our society. LOL.

Agingdiscoqueen - 10/13/2009 12:34 PM

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Norma, while you were getting relaxed, I was getting curled. Every three months for 15 years I got perms to put a little life into my "Marcia Brady" hair. After developing a permanent mohawk from the chemical damage, my hairdresser told me to give it a rest. I still envy woman with curly hair but I've finally accepted the fact that I'll never be one of them. At least the mohawk grew out.

Nuhser - 10/13/2009 11:58 AM

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Chasrock, or shall I say "q" ball! I am reporting you! Jerk!

thearubagirl - 10/12/2009 2:05 PM

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Norma - I for one would love to see what your "real" hair looks like. I think I might like it better than the current version. I have waist length, straight, boring brown hair and have always been jealous of people with curls and waves. (Would love to run my fingers through Sean's curls!)

musher - 10/12/2009 7:10 AM

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Don't worry Norma. I can remember some hair trends in the late seventies - early eighties that seemed equally offbeat. White folks sporting afros was all the rage. In the end it is what the person offers in the way of character that determines their true beauty. Attitudes toward physical beauty are constantly changing and infinitely diverse.

sabino - 10/11/2009 9:28 PM

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She really doesn't have to settle anymore with Lok and Blok (Moisture Block) www.sabinohair.com

jeannerocny - 10/10/2009 9:12 PM

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I really enjoyed this piece. I myself, being italian have long, straight thick hair but my 6 month old daughter is mulatto and has VERY curly hair. i absolutely adore it. she was born with so much and ever since i love sectioning it when it is wet and sculpting the curls around my fingers while it dries. i have a feeling that she might resent her hair someday but i just love it. i think you always want what you don't have at some point lol. i always wanted curly hair. nice writing :)

grammasaurus - 10/10/2009 12:32 PM

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Chasrock, that comment was completely unnecessary & rude. If you didn't like the topic, you didn't need to respond. If the topic was baldness, you would have had something to offer. In this day and age, there are treatments for baldness too, so you really do not have a reason to complain. It sounds like you are very unaccepting, not only of others issues, but of your own as well. Norma, you just can't have a battle of wits with an unarmed person, such as Chasrock. Maybe he should take heed to the words of that song you mentioned. Beautiful!!

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