Tuesday in MENA

[♥JP♥ 5]

I'd say it sounds like they are looking for a barber that speicalizes in kinky curly hair. I have curly hair, and I often say its nappy. You need to chill, seriously.

You can say what you want and that is fine, but when you call someone out for something that DIDN"T happen then be prepared for the backlash. You are making something out of nothing.

You are also implying she is racist which she is NOT.

Edited August 2, 2007 by amira_ordonia

[doodlebug 3]

Then you explain to me what that sounds like if you read it

Try and find a barber with a large amount of African American clientel!! That sounds like a sterotypical statment to me. Anyone can say what they want but that is what i think. I can and will say what i think about anything if in any forum if someone doesn't appreciate that then honestly i don't care.

AJ1

If that is how she meant if then"African American" should have never been mentioned. If it wasn't then no i would not have felt that way. But since it was i do. And as i stated before if you don't agree that's fine.

AJ1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_hair

Again...as in saying all Irish have freckles I don't think it's a far stretch to say that a lot of Africans have thick coarse hair. I don't think it's a derogatory statement at all just a general observation. I have many African American friends and most go to a hair salon that specializes in their specific type of hair and most have to use a straightener solution. Of course it's not true for ALL African Americans but it certainly is true for a lot.

[aj1 1]

Backlash all you want i will speak my mind when i feel its need i already chilled out i said what needed to be said. And as far as your comment in calling her a racist never came out of my mouth you said that. Keep the comments rollin I said my what i felt I am done with it. I am not scared to say what i feel no matter what is said afterwards believe that. As I stated African Amercian should have NEVER been said in her comments i don't care if you all agree or not.

AJ1

[♥JP♥ 5]

Backlash all you want i will speak my mind when i feel its need i already chilled out i said what needed to be said. And as far as your comment in calling her a racist never came out of my mouth you said that. Keep the comments rollin I said my what i felt I am done with it. I am not scared to say what i feel no matter what is said afterwards believe that. As I stated African Amercian should have NEVER been said in her comments i don't care if you all agree or not.

AJ1

Good for you. Maybe you should have sent her a PM instead of directly implying on this thread that her statement was racist.

I honestly could care less if you agree either because you clearly have issues.

[aj1 1]

Yeah i have issues its called I DON"t CARE

And i see i wasn't the only one who felt that way MelindaandTarek i see felt it was unappropriate as well hmmmm but i guess i am crazy. You need to chill your still going on about it i was finished like yesterday!

AJ1

[♥JP♥ 5]

First off i would like to comment on everyone's views of thier men getting there hair cut at an african american barber. First all african american's do NOT have course hair! SO i am sure what type of african americans you are all meeting. If you think that they you all are highly mistaken. I am african american and my haor is DEFINETELY not course!! And second if you think that african american barbers are better your wrong becaue i personaly know a few of them and they CAN NOT cut hair at all. My man has beatigul thick hair and when he gets here is least concern is definetly not about getting his hair cut. Its about being with the woman he loves and has not seen in 18 months. That is more important than going to what you all call an AFRICAN AMERICAN baber. And you all need to chill with all these racial statements because personally i am really starting to get affened by them If what i said causes this thread to get closed then i don't care because i felt as if my race was personally stereotyped by assuming that african americans have Nappy hair!! If you all don't like what i said them email me or im me personally i will send you a picture of myself and throw the sterotype comment that you all made in reguards to african americans having Nappy hair and you will see my hair is FAR from NAPPY.

AJ1

Here you go...

#1 Rahma didnt say ALL African Americans have course/kinky/nappy hair

#2 You are telling her to chill with racial comments which implies that she was making a racist comment which she didnt.

You are overreacting.

Yeah i have issues its called I DON"t CARE

And i see i wasn't the only one who felt that way MelindaandTarek i see felt it was unappropriate as well hmmmm but i guess i am crazy. You need to chill your still going on about it i was finished like yesterday!

AJ1

Do you actually think you can just imply someone is a racist and move on with your day?

[melly 0]

If someone keeps replying to a thread, obviously they DO care and do have some issue about it.

JP, I wanna see your nappy hair!!!

Edited August 2, 2007 by melly

[♥JP♥ 5]

If someone keeps replying to a thread, obviously they DO care and do have some issue about it.

JP, I wanna see your nappy hair!!!

Melllllllllllllllllllly I missed you girl! No chance of seeing my nappy hair since I flat iron every chance I get. It drives me nuts!

[Ban Hammer 12,842]

Yeah i have issues its called I DON"t CARE

AJ1

yet if you don't care, why bring it up in the first place?

[doodlebug 3]

ok wicked OT but Rahma I am so glad to see your name down there!!! Ever since I saw the news about the bridge collapsing I've been worried sick about you!!!!

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Oooo, I'm the next Imus. How's this for racial statements:

The first barber my husband went to was Hmong (aka asian refugee from laos). He shaved him bald because he couldn't figure out how to deal with his hair that is umm, nappy. One would assume that next he should find a barber who has experience with hair like his, and since his hair is similar to a lot of my black friends, I suggested he find a barber who had cut a lot of hair like that - thus, finding a barber with a large african american clientelle.

And to get even more racial, how about this - My husband used to chemically treat his hair so he could wear it like white people in the movie. However, after he watched the movie Malcolm X, where Malcolm decides not to conk his hair and be proud of his nappy hair and heratige, my husband also decided to be proud of his nappy hair.

There, I said it. Nappy hair. I like it. I think I'm going to go fluff it now.

Edited August 2, 2007 by rahma

[doodlebug 3]

[♥JP♥ 5]

Fluff away Rahma