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Post by quartermetis on Jan 10, 2006 9:56:24 GMT -5
Talk about racist topics. By the way most parents don't style their kids hair anyway,black or white. Most of the time Afro-hair is braided and styles in a beauty palour or barber shop. The same with caucasians. Actually most black mothers don't go to beauty salons to get their children's hair done, its was too expensive. Believe it or not most of us got our hair done at home by mothers of sisters, neighbors or aunts. If you know how to do "Black" hair its not that difficult to manage. Thankfully my mother's side of the family is the mixed on and they knew what they were doing.
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Post by aroundtheworld on Jan 10, 2006 9:59:16 GMT -5
I think the "difficult to manage" basically means getting it to look caucasian.
I've seen hair like the kids have in the pic and when it's long it looks no different than any of the typical hula dancers seen at resorts in hawaii.
It's when it's short and the person is in a professional status is when it's hard. I don't hear black with long hair complaining about managing their hair b/c so much can be done with longer hair anyways ie(french braid, curls, flattening, waving, spirals, feathering, etc).
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Post by Planet Asia on Jan 10, 2006 10:05:19 GMT -5
Please tell me what group of unmixed SSA has hair like this child's? Ethiopians, Somali, Yemeni, and Kikuyu in Kenya have hair like this. So do Tuareg. The child in the pic is mulattoid and could pass for any of the countries mentioned. that type of hair isn't "Caucasoid" and with the exception of the Tuareg and Amfara Ethiopians, the others are lightly mixed, not nearly enough to change the hair texture of an entire group of people and kinky hair is almsot rare in Somalia but very common in Ethiopians.
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Post by Ilmatar on Jan 10, 2006 10:25:46 GMT -5
Right. Fine, silky and wavy "Nordic" hair might be is surpricingly hard to manage too. For instance, mine just flies around when it's cold and dry outside and flattens when it's hot and humid. If I wear my hair longer it's too slippery to stay braded when clean. However, I have to wash my hair at leat every other day, because it gets dirty very quickly and looks just awful when dirty. So, I spend an average of 3-4 hours every week just to wash and style my hair, even if it's short (bobed under the ears).
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Post by MC anunnaki on Jan 10, 2006 10:57:14 GMT -5
@ilmatar: I actually have a bit of 'Nordic' hair myself. I wasn't blessed with the rich, luscious tresses of your average Middle Eastern woman. My hair is rather fine and silky and lacks volume.
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Post by aroundtheworld on Jan 10, 2006 11:08:19 GMT -5
@ilmatar: I actually have a bit of 'Nordic' hair myself. I wasn't blessed with the rich, luscious tresses of your average Middle Eastern woman. My hair is rather fine and silky and lacks volume. poor annunaki. I know how you feel. As I am getting older my hair is getting thnner and flatter. As a teen it was full of body, volume and stayed "fixed" in any weather. Now, most of my waves are non-existent and my ends are straight. it's quite a mess to deal with so I keep it in a bun like a librarian or teacher. ;D
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Post by zemelmete on Jan 10, 2006 11:16:45 GMT -5
Mine hair are straight, medium thick and really slippery. It is almost impossible to style my hair without bandeaus, hairgrips and hair-slides. Even then they just slip out and I have to fix them almost every hour. That's why I don't make any hair style in everyday use. I usually go out with hair which are left open and are styled minimally. Sometimes I go out also with "horse-tail" or plait. Yes, I have to wash very often my hair too. They get dirty very quickly and it is perfectly visible on straight hair.
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Post by MC anunnaki on Jan 10, 2006 11:23:02 GMT -5
it's quite a mess to deal with so I keep it in a bun like a librarian or teacher. ;D Ha, so do I! My friends tell me to let it hang free over my shoulders, but it's so flat and boring it looks like I have two curtains at the sides of my head.
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Post by MC anunnaki on Jan 10, 2006 11:24:12 GMT -5
Yes, I have to wash very often my hair too. They get dirty very quickly and it is perfectly visible on straight hair. Mine too. I've been told you shouldn't wash your hair more than once a week but I have to wash mine at least once every two days or else it'll be very flat and dirty.
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Post by tatus on Jan 10, 2006 11:47:03 GMT -5
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Post by aroundtheworld on Jan 10, 2006 14:02:54 GMT -5
I find biracial hair to be the most "manageable" b/c it's a mixture. The curls or waves and the textures make it look like some are naturally styled. The Shirley Temple look is had by lots of biracial girls naturally and the curly-haired rosy cheeked look of little caucasoid boys in old art works are typical of biracial boys and some hispanics too.
I've seen many caucasian rant and rave over the pretty hair of some of these kids.
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Post by aroundtheworld on Jan 10, 2006 14:09:49 GMT -5
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Post by tatus on Jan 10, 2006 22:38:39 GMT -5
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Post by Josh on Jan 10, 2006 23:09:01 GMT -5
@ilmatar: I actually have a bit of 'Nordic' hair myself. I wasn't blessed with the rich, luscious tresses of your average Middle Eastern woman. My hair is rather fine and silky and lacks volume. Same here. I have very thin hair. I'm trying to grow it out, and it is quite annoying, since I'm at the point where it is just below my ears, and when the wind blows, it just flies backwards and looks ridiculous. Not to mention that the thinness of my hair causes it to break often, so I have a lot of shorter hairs interspersed with my general hair, causing it to look poorly kept, unless they are pasted together with gel. But when I do that, it can look a bit greasy. So it seems hard to win sometimes, hehe.
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Post by murphee on Jan 11, 2006 2:08:25 GMT -5
I use containment techniques (braids & ponytails) to manage my very thick curly hair. Also, growing it long makes it easier to manage. It is about twice as long now as in this picture.
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