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Random Thoughts
The Black Power movement showed the progression of the Black race. For the first time in history, American Blacks had the opportunity to name themselves… African-American. Terms like Negro and Colored were considered taboo.
Black history month is proof that African-American history is becoming more mainstream and common knowledge. I learned few facts growing up, but the majority of my Black history knowledge was attained after high school in my undergraduate studies.
In gaining Black history knowledge or “consciousness” many people go through a Black Power stage, sometimes in an extreme sense. To become pro-Black, as we know, does not necessarily mean anti-White or prejudice. It is an expression of self pride. An expression, which at a time, was absent in our mainstream society.
I consider this Black consciousness stage similar to the consciousness of natural hair.
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The first few years I was natural I was really lost. I would wear mostly ‘fros and scarfs, or variations of the two. If I was lucky my roomie would braid my hair. Sometimes I would rock braids just in the front, with a ‘fro in the back. A few times she even did Allen Iverson skeleton braids.
My mom was not very fond of my uneven ‘fros, or my black t-shirt cover up bun. She would ask “Why don’t you go press your hair”.
I didn’t understand her dislike at first. I have always known her to have short hair. Half of the time it was natural.
A few weeks before graduation, my mom asked, “Should I get a perm or cut my hair?” I of course said, NATURAL!
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Styles • Afro • TWA (Tennie Winnie Fro) • Twist-Out • Lady Kinnks • Random Thoughts • Transition •
I typically do not watch the Academy Awards, but something compelled me to stay up and watch this past Sunday.
Sapphire
The movie Precious is based on the book Push. “Push was unpublished before being discovered by the renowned feminist literary agent Charlotte Sheedy, whose interest created demand and eventually led to a bidding war. Sapphire submitted the first 100 pages of Push to a publisher auction in 1995 and the highest bidder offered her $500,000 to finish the novel.”(1) WOW!
Joking around, TRYING to be funny, I told someone they looked like Susan Boyle. Not to mention, she was a Black woman that had no features to resemble her. She really took offense and said that, I looked like a field slave with my nappy hair.
I don’t know about yal, but it really hurt my feelings. The whole situation had me lost for words. I think it hurt mainly because, I don’t look at my friends in terms of light skin and dark skin. It also left me with many questions on the mindset of people within 2010. Would it be better if I looked like a house slave? Honestly, to be a descendant of any slave shows the strength and determination that is within our blood. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in 1865, 145 years ago. I am proud, in this short time, ‘we as a people’ have advanced, however…‘We as a people’ still have stragglers with a “slave mentality”. They say things like, “She’s pretty for a dark skin girl.”
I hope you had a Happy Valentine’s Day! If you are single on this commercially romantic day, I hope you used it as an opportunity to pamper yourself. You deserve it!
It sounds like a lot of you, especially wild sleepers, have problems keeping their hair under wraps over night. A few of you have asked, what do you use to cover you head at night?
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