They done gentrified Shea Moisture; CEO Speaks Out
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*Angel*
Frozen Flames Goddess
Tribal Outkast
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That last tweet though! I've BEEN saying this! Too many people and businesses are raking in dollars off the backs of mostly black folks. How many of these companies are really feeling the pain off of people clowning them on twitter? They might take a hit right then but they all eventually bounce back and keep doing it like nothing happened to them. It's getting to the point where people are "cancelling" a company every week now. There has to be a better way to do this shyt man.
Mirin4rmfar
Superstar
Yep, people need to be more objective's about woman's concerned. To me, I just see it as pointless outrage but I get it. A company that mainly supported by black woman is using the wealth brought to them by black women and is now excluding them and replacing them with a mix race and white women. That's pretty fukked up. We all know why that is....For example look at some of the more diverse night clubs in the cities, their flyers always feature cacs...that is just wrong.
I remember some white girls tryna tell me how to pronounce Shea Butter
It's pronounced "Sheah butter". She pronounced it "Shay butter". Too funny
that is how it's pronounced
I think you're right about West Africans pronouncing it as "Sheah", but Black Americans definitely pronounce it as "Shay".
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rabbitfood
Ancillary Character
I'm glad that the original woman can finally feel comfortable wearing her natural hair. I guess sistas can use it too.
Malt-O-Meal
Banned
Thank you for being the only one to get it. Black women made companies like Shea Moisture and Carol's Daughter millions if not billions. Carol's Daughter went from selling out her kitchen to QVC to being in stores nationwide thanks to black women and yet she sold us out.
It's funny men like to criticize black women's hair, tell us how stupid we are for wearing weave, and say we're trying to be white but see nothing wrong with once black owned and targeted companies selling out. White and mixed women's hair is very different from most black women's hair and the stuff that works for them doesn't work for us.
Thanks to he natural hair movement many products sprung up catering to our hair and we supported them. Natural hair is a lot of work and especially so when you're not used to doing anything but straighten it. Having all these new options has made many Black Women go natural. Now the companies we made are leaving us out. It's difficult as it is to find stuff that works for your hair type now we're being limited again.
FYI to the rest of y'all, Shea Moisture and the like don't sell just shampoo and conditioner but different styling products and hair moisturizing/repairing creams and serum skin.
i love shea moisture products
i was happy when they stocked the whole line at the brand new super target that opened up by me
When white people or in this case, white women do not understand something that goes popular in the black community and feel left out so they run head first into it without understand anything about it or why it exists and how it only makes sense for black people.
In this case. White women started to feel some type of way when black women began to not chase after looking like them, at least in the hair department. They felt that it was an attack on them personally, so they infiltrated the natural hair movement, not understanding that black women are doing it for health reasons be it physical health or mental health. Its a overall positive thing for black women, however to white women its a stab at their attractiveness. How ironic is it to see a white woman say she has natural hair.
In this case. White women started to feel some type of way when black women began to not chase after looking like them, at least in the hair department. They felt that it was an attack on them personally, so they infiltrated the natural hair movement, not understanding that black women are doing it for health reasons be it physical health or mental health. Its a overall positive thing for black women, however to white women its a stab at their attractiveness. How ironic is it to see a white woman say she has natural hair.
the entitlement is absurdshe was out here performing good business and doesn't owe y'all shyt
Malt-O-Meal
Banned
When white people or in this case, white women do not understand something that goes popular in the black community and feel left out so they run head first into it without understand anything about it or why it exists and how it only makes sense for black people.
In this case. White women started to feel some type of way when black women began to not chase after looking like them, at least in the hair department. They felt that it was an attack on them personally, so they infiltrated the natural hair movement, not understanding that black women are doing it for health reasons be it physical health or mental health. Its a overall positive thing for black women, however to white women its a stab at their attractiveness. How ironic is it to see a white woman say she has natural hair.
White women have been trying to co-opt the natural hair movement for years now, talking about they have curls too so they understand. Chile please smh
Malt-O-Meal
Banned
she was out here performing good business and doesn't owe y'all shyt
Entitlement? Boy bye. We expect people we support not to start excluding us. But people like you wouldn't understand, y'all don't believe in building with your community.
It's funny, how many times have we heard that the black hair industry is a billion dollar industry, yet black businesses feel the need to be inclusive. Crazy how the Asian beauty supply owners don't feel the need to cater to anyone but black women and make a killing.
nah y'all lost having feelings of exclusivity over a fukking business
how the fukk are they excluding you? there products haven't changed at all there just marketing to more people. Get the fukk over yourselves.
