chen bao jun
June 26th, 2014, 09:29 AM
http://www.chicagonow.com/its-never-just-black-and-white/2011/04/a-black-womans-hair-a-bald-white-mans-education/
I thought this article was interesting and funny. It was nice that the guy wants to learn how his wife feels about her hair. Of course he should not assume that all black women feel the same as she does. I personally am ecstatic that after being married 31 years (and having dated 7 years before that) my husband will FINALLY (tentatively) touch my hair. He's black and was so well trained by his mom and sisters never to go near their hair that it's taken me this long to get it through his head that I like having my hair touched (by him, anyway). Quite frustrating.
I also wouldn't call a weave 'natural' but maybe some think it is because they have their hair in a natural state under there? There are all kinds of permutations. One of my nieces, totally fried relaxed hair which looks pretty dreadful (to me, just my opinion) is so proud that she is the only one of her friends who doesn't have a weave so has her 'natural' hair...I also do have a (white) friend who is dyed blonde AND permed curly and is always boasting that her hair is so easy to do, since she just washes it and hops out of the shower (and I am always think, yes, once its dyed and fried..)So we all have our opinions about how natural we are, even if other people find them--self-deceiving...
Not that it matters in the grand scheme of things.
the guy is funny--I hope you guys enjoy him, too.
I thought this article was interesting and funny. It was nice that the guy wants to learn how his wife feels about her hair. Of course he should not assume that all black women feel the same as she does. I personally am ecstatic that after being married 31 years (and having dated 7 years before that) my husband will FINALLY (tentatively) touch my hair. He's black and was so well trained by his mom and sisters never to go near their hair that it's taken me this long to get it through his head that I like having my hair touched (by him, anyway). Quite frustrating.
I also wouldn't call a weave 'natural' but maybe some think it is because they have their hair in a natural state under there? There are all kinds of permutations. One of my nieces, totally fried relaxed hair which looks pretty dreadful (to me, just my opinion) is so proud that she is the only one of her friends who doesn't have a weave so has her 'natural' hair...I also do have a (white) friend who is dyed blonde AND permed curly and is always boasting that her hair is so easy to do, since she just washes it and hops out of the shower (and I am always think, yes, once its dyed and fried..)So we all have our opinions about how natural we are, even if other people find them--self-deceiving...
Not that it matters in the grand scheme of things.
the guy is funny--I hope you guys enjoy him, too.