I seen old slave pictures of folks wearing headwraps but my Nigerian grandmothers never mentioned it as something they used growing up
How about for OURSELVES?
To be taken more seriously in the eyes of members of our community? Which would then aid in fostering a stronger sense of union within said community?Not big fan of the NOI, but they understood the importance of APPEARANCE. In my younger years, I gave MLK flack for his submissiveness compared to Malcolm X, but both he and Malcolm knew the importance of appearance. Both men were taken down by the FBI, but their optics made the government take both of them SERIOUSLY.
True. But with that being the case, why give them more shyt to use against us by reinforcing and feeding into the same damaging stereotypes that they THEMSELVES made up to dehumanize us. Why? Out of some misplaced form of rebellion? What's rebellious about emulating the lies that your oppressor told you and others about yourself before you were a preteen?
How about for OURSELVES?
I do think there were issues with the owner and the women that honestly will never be productively discussed online with folks in the convo that may be white, foreign or just self haters
one of the posters in that thread said my dead grandma was a hoe because of my opinions on the matter 
I wear my dooie while I do cardio at my local soccer field. I live in DC and the humidity poofs my hair upTo be fair, my stance on bonnets applies to durags
and nikkas trying to compared that to basic cleanliness and taking care of your body same thing with durags and PJs outside like who gives af mind your own business and keep it moving
I agree.
I don't expect us to be "united" in some sort of Disney, fairy-tale sense, but goddamn how about at least half of the time? Asians beef with each other outside of the U.S. all the time especially against the darker, southeast ones, but once that "Stop Asian Hate" thing trended, they banded together en masse.
Facts. Unfortunately, those people were afforded the privilege of coming here with money which therefore granted them political power off rip that we have to fight tooth and nail for.
Which is made easier (albeit, slightly) when a group controls their image and thus only allows themselves to be shown in an overall positive light, e.g. "positive" propaganda. Notice how each form of American media was used to denigrate us for generations since abolition (film, theatre, television, music, radio, etc) to the point that today some random rice farmer from rural India can probably name five Black stereotypes off the top of his head.
