Big Deal!

Hair. Is it really that big of a deal?

Actually, in the black community, particularly so. It's all about the hair. Nappy, curly, kinky, wavy, etc. etc. etc.

Good hair=closer to the curly wavy spectrum
Nappy hair=well, it's nappy! People don't exactly say "bad hair," but if they call it nappy, it isn't good hair. Sorry.

My TOK presentation tomorrow is going to address this, except in a more scholarly light. My heart is in a mini-knot though because I am fearful for what people will think, as always. Why is this black girl ranting about hair and the things black people do to it to make it straight? It's not like they have to straigten it.

True. But why do we feel as though it is implied that are our be straightened?

Why can't I address this without seeming dramatic? Race issues are impossible. If you address them you are whining, and if you don't, you are in an insensitive bigot, right? I wish we could sweep it under a rug just like anyone else, but how much awareness would that foster?

So in short this is an apology/disclaimer/advertisement.

I'm sorry I feel the need to address this.

My presentation is NOT going to be a black pride tyrade.

Come see it if you want to be enlightened.