Comments on: “It’s just hair”- Gimme that FRO!

By: PinkSkates

PinkSkates — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:37:19 +0000

I’ve always wondered why black women stopped wearing their natural hair in such overwhelming nuumbers.
Here it is 2009 and 73% of African American women relax their hair with chemicals!

By: afrikurl

afrikurl — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:53:57 +0000

I actually met Angela Davis a few years ago. She actually has looser texture. I would say 3b/3c ish. My friend actually asked her about the change in texture. She simply replied, I don’t know it’s just one of those things. With all of us though, if we brush, pick or comb, the ‘fro will show. I think that was the way people maintained theri hair. I read about this irony of using heat and chemicals for a natural look in Hair Story.

By: Bronze Trinity

Bronze Trinity — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:05:09 +0000

That was really interesting! I didn’t know any of that before. It would really be a dream if everyone wanted afro textured hair. Even non-Black people had afros back then. What the heck happened

By: Laquita

Laquita — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:46:38 +0000

Great post. I remember my mohter having an electric pick type thing … it was a pick with metal teeth that you plugged in )