IS IN
MY HAIR
For example, I have abandoned the word nappy. This is the word I used to use to describe our beautiful African hair. European dictionaries acknowledge that the word nappy is only used derogatorily:
Nappy--Kinky: said especially of the hair of Blacks and used derogatorily or contemptuously.
I intended to substitute the word nappy with the word coarse until I looked up the negative meanings of the word coarse in Webster's New World Dictionary:
I looked up the word rough and things got even worse.� This definition used words like uneven, turbulent; agitated; not gentle or careful; violent; rude; unmannerly; uncouth; difficult; unpleasant; crude; unpolished; not perfected, elaborated or completed.� Wow! That must be some hair.�
Funny, when I look at or touch the rough bark of a tree, I don't feel any of these negative things.� The same must be true for my beautiful strong hair.
Straight--Extending continously in the same direction without curving. Having no irregularitites. Upright. Direct and candid. Uninterrupted. Accurate; true. Unmodified or unaltered. Undiluted. Not being a criminal, drug user.
There are many different ways to be stylish with African hair, however, we must always consider the reason we wear our hair the way we choose to wear it.
I am not one to say we should never be versitile with our hair. However, I have observed that many people of African origin refuse to ever be seen with their hair in its natural state because they believe the lies that many Europeans have brainwashed them into believing about their hair--that it is not simply hair, but BAD HAIR.
I have been given many reasons as to why we should not ever wear our BAD HAIR. Most of those reasons have to do with the 'comb theory.'
I have coined the term 'comb theory" to refer to the statements many people of African origin make regarding how difficult it is for people of African origin to get a comb to go through their BAD HAIR.
I challenge people of African origin to come up with as many reasons that their hair is GOOD HAIR as they have been brainwashed into believing about their hair being BAD.
REMEMBER: In the beginning African hair was allowed to simbly "BE," and this was niether good nor bad..
In order to answer this question we must recognize the origins of humanity, which began in Africa. We must acknowledge the origins of our African hair.
Sisters of the Sun has already informed you of the origins of humanity. It is important that you understand the origins of humanity before you attempt to understand the origins of African hair.
According to author, Cheikh Anta Diop, as cited in Anthony Browder's, FROM THE BROWDER FILE, the story of our hair began in Africa and is the direct result of our environment.
Living in a warm tropical environment such as the motherland, our hair needed to be naturally curly and short to cool the scalp and protect the brain from overheating. This is how we came to have our beautiful African hair. We were provided with what we needed in order to survive in our environment.
In cold environments, hair needed to be staight and long to insulate the body from the cold.
In this respect hair is niether "good" nor "bad." It is simply "necessary hair."
