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Osama Bin Laden’s Hair Type ?
I am assuming it’s wavy or curly.
I don’t really care about Osama Bin Laden’s hair type…but it is a hair blog after all.
After 9/11 there was a new hatred in the American air.
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I do not subscribe to cable television. Some may think this odd, but I use it as somewhat of a safety net. It started out as a way to save money, but the truth is I can’t handle it! Once I turn on the TV, I end up watching it for at least four hours. Any show or series becomes an obsession. I keep telling my self, ‘You must see what happens next!’ It doesn’t really matter that I don’t have cable. I still find things to watch in other outlets like netflix.
My newest entertainment fix is Black Women’s Entertainment Network. I had no clue how popular Black web-series are!
I found a few series featuring characters with natural hair that caught my eye…
Thanks Laquita for sharing the following video…
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March is always touchy feely for me. My wedding anniversary, and the anniversary of my mother’s death are two days apart. They initially happened a year apart, but the joy and pain will last a life time.
This past weekend I spend time in Washington DC aka Chocolate City to celebrate 5 Years of Marriage! (I had a fabulous time!) Every time I visit, I am in awww over all the natural hair.
If I am in DC, Richmond or event Connecticut… the trend of natural hair is growing, and here to stay!
Even more evident in the following video…
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If you are familiar with the term octoroon, you understand that if you are 1/8th black, you are considered a Black person despite all the generations of any other race that may be in your ancestry. This law was an economic decision. Keep Blacks enslaved = free labor, more wealth for plantation owners.
In other nations like China, being Black can means something different. A while back on Naturally Sophia‘s blog I saw the story of Lou Jing. Lou grew up in China with her Chinese mom, never knowing her African-American father.
Click read more to see video from CNN…
Whenever anyone looks at Lou Jing, they see a Black girl. Besides her skin color, Lou Jing is Chinese. She knows no Black people. Due to our interesting world, Lou needs to labeled, and put things into a neat box of race that does not exist for her.
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