Comments on: Relaxing Your Hair Is Just A Hairstyle Not A Sell Out

By: Comberge

Comberge — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:10:00 +0000

I am with you. Just do your hair how you want. Me personally it is ALL about what makes the individual comfortable. African Americans place too much emphasis on interpreting body/hair care with trying to be white. We are our worst enemy unfortunately. We can never pass a compliment to one without comparing it to trying to be white.

By: BHI

BHI — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:38:00 +0000

Actually a black man invented relaxer and quite by accident too! Maybe the original customers used it because they somehow wanted to ‘blend’ in with white people but to suggest that its the same reason that women relax today is silly quite frankly. Some barely know about black history, they just know that they want their hair to look like Beyonce’s.

By: Contactcici

Contactcici — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:04:00 +0000

No difference. Both are suicide by self-hatred. What is perplexing and disturbing is what some are calling choices. Who in their right mind chooses to poison themselves and potentially their family members/children? It’s insane. Relaxers were invented and popularized due to white supremacist indoctrination and pressures to assimilate. The fact that they are now the norm does not change history. I applaud brothers and siaters of all cultures and persuasions who embrace and appreciate people for the way they were created.

By: Contactcici

Contactcici — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:48:00 +0000

There are flaws in your reasoning, Sister. Just because some women with natural hair use other damaging or harmful products doesn’t mitigate the danger of using sodium hydroxide. Everything you put on your hair gets into your bloodstream because there are many blood vessels under your scalp. The negative effects of having drain cleaner in your blood are undeniable. Most deadly diseases don’t have outwardly visible symptoms. African people are dying of many of the major diseases at a higher rate than all other groups. This is attributed to lifestyle choices; not genetics, since there is one human race

By: guest

guest — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 04:24:00 +0000

I wonder what is the difference between relaxing hair and skin lightening???? Skin lightening is the process of applying potentially harmful products to your natural skin in order to achieve a lighter skin tone. Relaxing is applying a potentially harmful products on your natural hair texture in order to achieve a different hair texture