[Gangsta4alife]

Originally posted by RudeBoyy

Ya'll really need to stop. I've never seen a 2 yr old with a perm, like ever. Why do Beyonce's fans keep implying that this happens? Also I hate to bring up a baby but Blue Ivy's hair was clearly not cared for at all. Being lazy and leaving your kids hair matted, uncombined, tangled and messy =/= leaving her natural.

Or how about we SHUT UP and don't bring up a child's hair at all on a public forum. This debate is about as tired, redundant and illogical as Bey's supposed bleaching

Originally posted by Javan

Well Beyonce, Naomi, Iman don't have to answer to anyone. They can't be hurt at this point as they have already made it. They are in a position of power. People equate Beyonce to beauty all the time, imagine how empowering that would be for young black women if she wore her natural hair.

a black girl's self esteem shouldn't be so heavily reliant on a celebrity. It doesn't matter if they wore their natural hair, in the workforce they still have to perm it. And all those women from time to time rock their natural hair, and curly/afro texturized hair. It is what it is

[Callisto.]

Originally posted by Javan

[CENTER]

Somalians have kinky hair too

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This one Somali gor almost sliced my neck off cause I didn't know Somalians had straight hair. Told me only a minority of them had kinks and what not.

[Javan]

Originally posted by Gangsta4alife

Or how about we SHUT UP and don't bring up a child's hair at all on a public forum. This debate is about as tired, redundant and illogical as Bey's supposed bleaching





a black girl's self esteem shouldn't be so heavily reliant on a celebrity. It doesn't matter if they wore their natural hair, in the workforce they still have to perm it. And all those women from time to time rock their natural hair, and curly/afro texturized hair. It is what it is

Well the entertainment industry does have huge influence on what's hot and what's not. And Beyonce is one of the most relateable role model for young black girls. Which is a problem since she looks closer to a white woman than anything else. And rocking it for 5 minutes is not enough. Nobody associates any of their beauty to their natural hair. Will Naomi rock natural hair for at least 1 of the 100 Elle Vogue covers she has under her belt?

Originally posted by Callisto.

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This one Somali gor almost sliced my neck off cause I didn't know Somalians had straight hair. Told me only a minority of them had kinks and what not.

All the somali men in my school have kinky hair. But then again they are all related so I suppose it's not very representative.

[Gangsta4alife]

Originally posted by Javan

Well the entertainment industry does have huge influence on what's hot and what's not.

Fair enough but you mean to tell me with the advance on social media we can't show these little black girls anything else. We have to just sit here and act like if hollywood isn't showing us anything all hope is lost.

We can't show them the Naomi Campbells, Alek Wek's and Iman's who have been beauty symbols for decades. We can't instill in them pride african movies that anoint s many dark women as beautiful. Other dark skinned women breaking barriers in industries outside of hollywood.

Yes the media is powerful I will never deny that but that doesn't mean there are a lack of several examples to show.

And Beyonce is one of the most relateable role model for young black girls. Which is a problem since she looks closer to a white woman than anything else. And rocking it for 5 minutes is not enough. Nobody associates any of their beauty to their natural hair. Will Naomi rock natural hair for at least 1 of the 100 Elle Vogue covers she has under her belt?

And who are you to control their hair and state when it is not enough?? You should be redirecting more of that anger towards the society that enforces us all to conform somewhat to their standards.

[Iman]

Originally posted by RudeBoyy

Ya'll really need to stop. I've never seen a 2 yr old with a perm, like ever. Why do Beyonce's fans keep implying that this happens? Also I hate to bring up a baby but Blue Ivy's hair was clearly not cared for at all. Being lazy and leaving your kids hair matted, uncombined, tangled and messy =/= leaving her natural.

Originally posted by Javan

[CENTER]

Natural UNCOMBED hair.

Blue's hair was perfectly combed and taken care off at the vmas when chris brown's side chick made that comment on nat'l tv

[Iman]

Originally posted by Teezy

The Heat is off to a good start post-Lebron...

they played the wizards

[Callisto.]

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Am sor but Alek Wek is not cute.

[Javan]

Originally posted by Gangsta4alife

Fair enough but you mean to tell me with the advance on social media we can't show these little black girls anything else. We have to just sit here and act like if hollywood isn't showing us anything all hope is lost.

Well I've never seen social media contribute to paradigm shift in the western world. Just fads.

Originally posted by Gangsta4alife

Yes the media is powerful I will never deny that but that doesn't mean there are a lack of several examples to show.

And who are you to control their hair and state when it is not enough?? You should be redirecting more of that anger towards the society that enforces us all to conform somewhat to their standards.

I'm not angry at Beyonce. I'm just saying she and the other major black public figures who are known for their beauty have the power to do more. BEYONCE was a personal album and regardless of content, it would have blew up, as it was a surprise album. Now imagine if she wore her natural hair for at least half of the videos, that is one instance in which people can make positive connotations to natural hair. No point waiting on society.

Originally posted by Iman

Blue's hair was perfectly combed and taken care off at the vmas when chris brown's side chick made that comment on nat'l tv

No it wasn't. They just gave her a cute Alice band. Her roots are still neglected.

[RudeBoyy]

Speaking of Karrueche, did yall know shes black too, i was shocked. I was here wondering why she was on BET.

I also watched Sparkle, it was a great movie and Tika and Jordan snatched my wig. Did anyone see the drumline movie? Rumor has it it will be turned to a tv show.

@Callisto your friend was lying. I can say anything about the weave thing because all my faves have weave too. Nobody is forcing them though, a lot of these girls have issue.

[Javan]

You's would have been better off if you remained segregated and fought for independence instead of equality.

[Teezy]

Originally posted by Javan

I'm not angry at Beyonce. I'm just saying she and the other major black public figures who are known for their beauty have the power to do more. BEYONCE was a personal album and regardless of content, it would have blew up, as it was a surprise album. Now imagine if she wore her natural hair for at least half of the videos, that is one instance in which people can make positive connotations to natural hair. No point waiting on society.

nobody wants to see that pretentious ass bullsh*t. Save that for India.Arie and the likes.

Like, what would even be the point of that? tf

[Gangsta4alife]

Originally posted by RudeBoyy

Speaking of Karrueche, did yall know shes black too, i was shocked. I was here wondering why she was on BET.

I also watched Sparkle, it was a great movie and Tika and Jordan snatched my wig. Did anyone see the drumline movie? Rumor has it it will be turned to a tv show.

wait I thought karrueche was biracial and considered herself such

[umich]

Long Islands >>>>>

[Callisto.]

Originally posted by RudeBoyy

Speaking of Karrueche, did yall know shes black too, i was shocked. I was here wondering why she was on BET.

I also watched Sparkle, it was a great movie and Tika and Jordan snatched my wig. Did anyone see the drumline movie? Rumor has it it will be turned to a tv show.

gf

Why were u shocked.
She looks like any randomly light skinned gorl.

[Javan]

Originally posted by Teezy

nobody wants to see that pretentious ass bullsh*t. Save that for India.Arie and the likes.

Like, what would even be the point of that? tf

Interesting use of words.

[RudeBoyy]

Originally posted by Callisto.

gf

Why were u shocked.
She looks like any randomly light skinned gorl.

Originally posted by Gangsta4alife

wait I thought karrueche was biracial and considered herself such

I thought she was a southasian girl, turns out she was mixed idk how she identifies.

[Iman]

Originally posted by RudeBoyy

Speaking of Karrueche, did yall know shes black too, i was shocked. I was here wondering why she was on BET.

me too, i always thought she was just asian

[Javan]

Originally posted by RudeBoyy

Speaking of Karrueche, did yall know shes black too, i was shocked. I was here wondering why she was on BET.

I also watched Sparkle, it was a great movie and Tika and Jordan snatched my wig. Did anyone see the drumline movie? Rumor has it it will be turned to a tv show.

@Callisto your friend was lying. I can say anything about the weave thing because all my faves have weave too. Nobody is forcing them though, a lot of these girls have issue.

Mess. She looked as black as Amerie to me?

But I don't have room to talk. I thought Jasmine V was black at 1st. I remember watching That's Me Right There and wondering why it was so felt so forced and awkward. And I guess now I know

[RudeBoyy]

Originally posted by Teezy

nobody wants to see that pretentious ass bullsh*t. Save that for India.Arie and the likes.

Like, what would even be the point of that? tf

How would that be pretentious? Of anything spending thousands of dollars and hours sewing someobe else hair into your head.

Originally posted by Javan

Interesting use of words.

i thought Tinashe was Asian aswell. I thought lady gaga was black when i first heard her.

[Gangsta4alife]

Originally posted by RudeBoyy

i thought Tinashe was Asian aswell. I thought lady gaga was black when i first heard her.

You thought Gaga sounded black . Black card revoked