First off this is my first Locker Room thread so welcome ya boy to the fam. Also this may not be the best written thread on here i'm pretty rusty when it comes to this so for this i apologize in advance. I apologize for the lengthiness of this... Okay lets get started.
I always hear black women talk about how black men don't appreciate their natural hair when that couldn't be farther from the truth. It was black men who initially pushed black women to go natural.
Black men have done this for decades but we really cranked it up around 2007. And from 2007-2011 is when almost everyday you would find three or four new videos and articles from black men about how black women should accept their hair (and their body) in it's natural state.
For years we crusaded, explaining the dangers of perms and skin bleaching. We constantly told black women that weaves look goofy and that afros and dreadlocks were beautiful. We reassured black women that their dark skin was endearing & sexy not off putting & masculine.
And do you know how those women reacted? They called those men every type of fakkit in the book. Those men were berated and were questioned as to why they had such concern for black female hairstyles. And had to hear things like "Why are you so worried about hair? I thought i was the woman but y'all are more concerned with hair than me" coming from the very women they were going to such great lengths for.
Around 2012 is when the natural hair "trend" finally took hold among the black female populace. But what followed that totally baffles my mind till this very day. Black women started accusing black men of not appreciating their natural hair. As if the last four years didn't happen. You started seeing video after video of black women accusing black men of hating themselves and idolizing white women.
Not only that but they credited white men with pushing them to embrace their natural selves. Yes, white men the same ones who created the caste system from which every black female insecurity comes from. Those are the ones who they think accepted them as is the most *smh*. If this isn't a total slap in the faces of black men i don't know what is.
Now were almost in 2016 and white men are now getting full praise for the work black men put in. And most black chicks with natural hair go for white men specifically which is not something i have a problem with but still. Black men fought for black women to embrace themselves because we love them as is.
But for some strange reason black women seem hell bent on being in direct opposition to black men. Even going as far to deny reality itself and give credit for black male actions to an already overly exalted group who are the cause of the very problem black men fought (and still fight) so hard to remedy.
I always hear black women talk about how black men don't appreciate their natural hair when that couldn't be farther from the truth. It was black men who initially pushed black women to go natural.
Black men have done this for decades but we really cranked it up around 2007. And from 2007-2011 is when almost everyday you would find three or four new videos and articles from black men about how black women should accept their hair (and their body) in it's natural state.
For years we crusaded, explaining the dangers of perms and skin bleaching. We constantly told black women that weaves look goofy and that afros and dreadlocks were beautiful. We reassured black women that their dark skin was endearing & sexy not off putting & masculine.
And do you know how those women reacted? They called those men every type of fakkit in the book. Those men were berated and were questioned as to why they had such concern for black female hairstyles. And had to hear things like "Why are you so worried about hair? I thought i was the woman but y'all are more concerned with hair than me" coming from the very women they were going to such great lengths for.
Around 2012 is when the natural hair "trend" finally took hold among the black female populace. But what followed that totally baffles my mind till this very day. Black women started accusing black men of not appreciating their natural hair. As if the last four years didn't happen. You started seeing video after video of black women accusing black men of hating themselves and idolizing white women.
Not only that but they credited white men with pushing them to embrace their natural selves. Yes, white men the same ones who created the caste system from which every black female insecurity comes from. Those are the ones who they think accepted them as is the most *smh*. If this isn't a total slap in the faces of black men i don't know what is.
Now were almost in 2016 and white men are now getting full praise for the work black men put in. And most black chicks with natural hair go for white men specifically which is not something i have a problem with but still. Black men fought for black women to embrace themselves because we love them as is.
But for some strange reason black women seem hell bent on being in direct opposition to black men. Even going as far to deny reality itself and give credit for black male actions to an already overly exalted group who are the cause of the very problem black men fought (and still fight) so hard to remedy.
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