I wouldn't pay those ignant dudes any mind. They got the Beyonce look on their brains. if a woman don't look Like Nicki Minaj, or Beyonce or any of those broads that the media parades before the dudes as the idea of Beauty (based on Euro standards), then they have no idea of what is going on. Most of those dudes are ignorant anyway and nobody any woman should be bothered with giving him her time. What is interesting, nonblack men seem to admire black women who are natural more than the brehs.
i agreed..i was once asked bc im a dark complexion with medium lenth curly hair was i fully black..bc i dont look fully black that i look like i could have some dominican in me
I just love the fact that you mentioned Trinidad! Funny enough Ive seen more women wearing weaves, wigs and relaxer here than natural hair. I get funny looks when I wear my 4b hair out in a fro. I dont care. love my hair :D
YES! My husband has locs and I am natural- and people think we are "hippy". smh. And bc I am lighter skinned, I must be mixed. Im not, though. I hate assumptions!
@Barfetta3000 *Clears Throat* Rele?? Like your comment was SO pointless && ignorant! Idk what you were talking abt or your POINT for that matter! U rele should have just kept those ignorant comments to ur self! SIGH Oh && to do the world a HUGE favor...Go play in traffic!!!! && P.S.. I enjoyd this vid && I so know where's she's coming from.. smh it is a shame!
I know this was an older video but I wanted to put my two cents in.... I feel that I'm discriminated against by other black women as well. I've gotten ugly comments and good comments about my hair being curly. I think all hair is beautiful and no one should be talked about because of their hair.
OMFG THANK YOU ! god they assume that all dark skinned natural hair girls are all down with man black power and other bs ! im only 15 and ive been natural for about 4 months...and my mom is medium toned with dreads, and shes mixed. so i totally get these stereo types, and i agree they need to DIE ! also, people assume that i am directly mixed because my hair is 3c/4a mostly. its still an afro tho lol but thank you for saying this because its totally true!
It sucks that anyone was rude to you because of this video. I agree that the stereotypes are annoying. I sure wish hateful people would stop acting silly on here.
are you serious right now?? you just mad an entire video about this... see I was trying to listen to the entire thing to make sure you were going to say something that was worth worth listening to.
you are so stupid and you sound like the typical black bish who takes everything personal.. you took one lil thing some guys said to you at the store and made some dumb ass video about it!! get a life complainer!!
@MsBeautybandit First do you see how old this video is and for you to sit up here and write a long ass COMPLAINT on her video , is patheic . Get a life and stop worry about it , if you didnt like the video , why watch it or comment . GTf
@mcj19991 i soooo agree with you on it not being wrong to access someone intially because we all do it. It is the prejudice part that ticks me off from any race. My own or any other.
@taren 916 Lol @ your impression of the ignorant dude. However, I definitely agree with how ridiculous it is for people to stereotype on the smallest things. I am always prejudged one way or another. If my webcam wasn't broken i'd make a vid response just to show my face and have you guys help me better understand some of the regular judgements I get as well. Natural or not.
I know exactly what you're talking about. My boyfriend asked me why, when I went on job interviews, I would straighten or hot roll my hair. I told him that throughout my life I found that people took me less seriously when my hair was naturally curly. He called me crazy but I really feel that way. I dont know if it look unkept/unpolished to other people maybe? Or that my 'crazy' curls reflect that of my personality?
indeed, i get the "down sistah"/ "soul sistah" stereotype all the time. it's irritating, im not a part of any movement other than just being yourself - seriously it's like y does it have to be about something serious all the time like im making a statement. the only statement im making is -i want to let what grows out of my scalp be as it is without chemically altering the texture -end statement. im not deep, im just not relaxing my hair
I TOTALLY agree! There is always someone putting me in a "box" and categorizing me based on my hair. A stereotype that I've dealt with was when I had my hair straight. I have a dark complexion and back when my hair was longer it was very thick and full. And I would always get asked what nationality I was. I would be like "Um, I'm black" and ALL the time they would like but you aren't regular black because of your long hair, so what are you. Like seriously?? What the HELL is "regular black"?!
i relax my hair and people have said that i look like im from india, or that i look hispanic , i am biracial, black and white. some people are so closed minded, i hate sterotypes!
I just came across your video, and I have to say, this is so true. I did a b/c in Oct. of 2010, and all I keep getting are the "That's a real black woman there" type of comments. I have a mix of 3c (in the back), 4a/4b hair, and its almost unbelievable, the comments and stares that I get. And don't even get me started on how some white ppl perceive me. They look at me like I'm militant, and I'm the complete opposite... I am a tree hugger...lol. Its true looks can be deceiving. Nice Video.
Wow! I fit the "stereotypes" in the "Biracial Box". I'm becoming a vegetarian, I'm a tree-hugger, I wear long dresses (I love long dresses, and skirts), I'm extremely bohemian/hippie. Lol. But I was the same exact way before I went natural. But, I don't light incense (I do like them though), and I don't listen to Jill Scott or India Irie everyday, though, I love them! Lol. I didn't think my hair would justify anything, but I guess to some people it can. Humph! Oh well. It's still okay.
"..Stereotypes are standardized and simplified conceptions of groups based on some prior assumptions." I think I'm 'outside the box' also. But most stereotypes are a generalization most people use to INITIALLY assess a person. It is wrong? Not really. THE DIFFERENCE is If you show to someone your 'outside the box/uniqueness" and they still have a preconceived notion of who you are, it changes to 'prejudice', because after they know you, they are still unwilling to 'know' you. PS Luv yur vids!!
I completely co-sign what you said. Black people especially are really hung up on hair - I don't know why. My son has somewhat curly hair. I am a dark-skinned black woman and my husband is very dark from West Africa. I can't tell you how many people, mainly black people comment about how my son's hair is so nice and seem surprised that his hair is the way it is. This happens almost on a daily basis whenever we go out. I get so tired of it and I wonder what message it is sending to him.
Omg i love that you talked about this! Im half black and half Puerto rican. But i am brown skin. And I have 3c type hair. For years I keep my hair bone straight to look like other black girls because I was made to feel that because of my complexion I couldnt have hair like i do. And my hair is not even that awesome! lol But i got over that b/c I had to be myself. And who I am is a girl with curly hair. Race doesnt matter. I dont run around saying look at me and my hair cuz im mixed, you know? <3
I do have to say something though... I have to disagree that our hair only says a little about us... I do agree the generalizations are WRONG but, I believe our hair says a LOT about us... It takes a BUNCH of courage for most of us to go natural (and remain there) and be willing/strong enough to FIGHT (or at least deal with) the sterotypes. To me, a natural woman is courageous... But that is not to say that a non-natural woman also isn't courageous.
With the bohemian sterotype is a 'sub' category (especially for us black women with darker complexions) and that is that we are 'rebellious', not professional or are really HARD/STRONG ... like the black panther movement. People expect a really millitant type of 'black' woman and don't appreciate we just want to go natural because we are just embracing WHAT our hair looks like!
Yes! Yes! Yes! I get that biracial 'good hair' thing all the time. No! I'm just a light complexion black chick and hair is hair. It isn't good and it isn't bad. It just hair. I have a slight long face so it's always the 'Indian' mix. Nope! I'm not Cherokee that I know of. Just black.
to let people know an example of where i am coming from; my lil brother is 5/7 black and the rest chinese. He looks like a latino to alot of people. He obviously looks mixed, and doesnt look even part black at all. But he is true to himself and can say I am black. period. He doesnt look at the whole mixed thing so seriously like alot of people. I have a sister-friend who is black/spanish and knows herself to be black. but she has the so called mixed hair. Luv what makes you, you! thats all uhave
Part 3- All I have to say, if god thought that only one/or two types of hair were good hair, then we would all have it. But he obviously thought that all types of hair were beautiful. and I can honestly say I prefer my natural hair to the permed straight hair and I have the tightly coiled hair. People who always touch my hair and alot of them white, say my hair feels so soft. They like my natural hair. I think that no one but god can judge what is beautiful or not. Peace
part 2. - Natural black hair is beautiful. But alot of people dont know how to take care of it. I also don't like the term 'nappy'. nappy is a negative way of saying that our hair is very, how do you say... Unwanted? Our hair is very tightly coiled. we have a tight curl pattern. My mother had hair down her back, but the perm damaged it. I had a bad treatment that caused my below the shoulder hair to fall out. Going natural is saying I want to go back to how god brought me in the world.
Wow alot of these comments are awesome. To clarify a few points, There is no mixed category. Every application you fill out will say, are you black, white, latino, or alsakan/something. You are 2 races. If you want to say I am black and you are black/white mix, go ahead, you can. as long as you have a black parent, you black. no matter how pale you get, b/c sooner or later one of your children will come out black. You have that gene. To be continued.....
So u said not everyone is 100% black. This seems to be a general consensus with many on youtube and I assume that you are referring to African Americans in the US. Many people from Africa are 100% black and there are many in North America and all over the world. Also I've realized that this issue with black hair n stereotyping is really prominent in the States more than anywhere else...n most of the bashing/stereotyping comes from other black people and I find this very sad...Says a lot!
in america "black" hair is considered ugly. but in africa its loved well in the good parts where white ppl didnt take over. just like us black in america.
Very true! My race is Black, my nationality is African American, and I have yet to run into someone who didn't assume that I'm mixed just because my hair comes down to my thighs. When I tell ppl my race is Black, they either give me the once over, ask to touch it (check for extensions), or try to tell me what I am in their mind, and some, even get an attitude for whatever reason. At this point, I expect these things to happen and it doesn't bother me, because the saga will undoubtedly continue.
the fact is that people will always be judged by the way they look. My parents are both nigerian but because i have hazel coloured eyes and i am light skinned people always assume that i am mixed or from the west indies. now i have 5 children. 3 are almost white with hazel eyes, one is dark brown with brown eyes and one is almost black. They all have one father who is nigerian. I think its beautiful how God created us to look very individual. Just ignore it and do you!
yeah im a natural but i wear weave more than anything. braids, n kinky twist people think Im from Africa even actual Africans. They think im afrocentric, but Im not a vegetarian, I dont eat pork or red meath though lol. I do write poetry, I dont really wear dresses, but i wear metallic dangling jewelry. Im more like a snobby natural jk.
Im Haitian and I have coiled hair...i always meet people from Africa speaking their dialects with me.. because they think that im African...Or they can just come up to me and ask "what part of Africa are you from?" I would say "im African from the Caribbean" and they will say " sorry I thought u were Nigerian or Senegalese"....I hate when people are guessing others ethnicity by their skin color or hair type...Dont do that please!
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Barfetta3000 sounds like he may be mad that he has an unattractive mother/father whom he may of may not look like. I myself am BROWN complected and AFRICAN American and NATURAL with very defined CURLY hair. Everyone who is black in America who's family came over during slavery has something else in them. Maybe you should stop being mad about who you are and make some friends. Maybe some black ones... with curly hair. WHO CAN HELP YOU NOT BE RETARDED.
@SuperMommav Try again in English you moronic fool. Actually I am a beautiful mixed WOMAN who has no qualms with calling out the ignorance that I see on a daily basis from stupid black women who jealous self-haters. I know for a FACT that Taren and others like her get grief from black women. ALL MIXED WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY DO. Jealousy is an ugly ugly thing.
If you are so beautiful or even a woman. why don't you show yourself? Actions speak louder than words... I am a black woman who has not been turned down for anyone of multi-heritage. People have different preferences, but confidence needs not competition. I don't compete so I never had any issues with self image. Be who you are and be happy. The ignorant comments that seem to be drawing attention are coming from you, someone who is desiring such attention. @Barfetta3000
@Barfetta3000 You sound very ignorant yourself. You skin tone, whether light dark or whatever doesn't define you. Skin tones should not define anybody. If you are letting your skin tone and mixed race define you, then you have a problem with yourself. If you are a beautiful woman then you are beautiful woman. It doesn't matter what race or skin tone you are. You are generalizing when you say ALL MIXED WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY DO. YOU can only speak for yourself and from YOUR own experiences.
who cares what shes mixed with. she has unique natural hair as do the rest of us....i can no longer take part in this ridiculous convo....ignorance is bliss
Monique is definatly NOT ugly, and who are you to even say that. I get that she may not be appealing to you but to call the woman ugly is just disrespectful.
The one that really bothers me the most, is the assumption that you are militant because your hair is natural, especially if you're wearing a fro. You don't appreciate the idea that you have to explain yourself to people but more often than not, you find yourself doing just that. Also, why is it that natural women, no matter what shade they happen to be, have to have some ulterior motive for being and or looking the way the good Lord made them. Why should we be met with negativity for being us
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Fact: Most men find mixed women attractive more so than black, or white. Fact: Walk down any street as a mixed woman and you will get all kinds of ugly looks from black women. Their attitudes stink and they need to stop the jealousy.
all those stereotypes I have seen or that if your natural you are ungroomed. thats a big one and one of the most ignorant in my opinion. "you need a perm" "you look messed up" dummmmb. anyways good vid. you rock.
Hey Mama!!! I guess cause I'm Jamaica I find all the stereotypes positive. Let them think I'm a tree hugger or whatever. I'm gonna do it fabulously still.
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Or what I hate is when people think jsut because you're light skinned you're supposed to have curlier hair or "good hair" psh, I love my fro. Don't let people get to you, you and your hair are beautiful. :)
Okay, first thing's first. Your hair is gorgeous! Now, on to my comment... Sistas(and brothas) with natural hair are vegans that don't wear shoes, smoke weed all day, and only listen to Neo-Soul and Bob Marley music. Yeah, not even reggae music, just Bob Marley! LOL Do you see how silly that is? Well, I guess since I'm fairly dark-skinned, once I finally BC, I'll get the Black Panther jokes. Whatever! Once again, you and your hair are gorgeous. Have a great day!
@drelle504 First of all, she is not a SISTA. You could not be more ignorant and blind. I swear black people are getting just as bad as white people in their racism. I have friends of all different shades but I do NOT befriend ignorant fools and have no balls to admit what a person is. If you are mixed, then YOURE MIXED! End of discussion. Black people need to stop trying to claim mixed people. It makes them look really lame and pathetic.
@Barfetta3000 What's your deal? It's obvious to me that you're angry inside and I'm sorry about that. This doesn't give you the right to piss on everyone else though. Please try to keep that anger to yourself. Better yet, instead of harassing others on YouTube, get off the computer & get some help. Try to have a nice day.
very true( tho im late) when i told people i was going natural over a year ago i got the fist smh. no offense to people who are all about black power..to each his own, but I just liked the texture of my new growth and i had been relaxed since I was 8. I've also gotten "what are you mixed with because my hair isn't extremely kinky and I'm not even light skinned! I'm brown skinned. its pretty .....interesting
I was on the school bus last year and this black girl cam up to me and asked me if i was biracial, and i said no, she was like then how is ur hair like that, i just said i dont know. lol. i dont even look mixed. nd i remember tht episode of tyra....
I was asked by a guy as to why I cut my hair, because I'm currently rocking a TWA, and I told him that I did it because I want to grow my hair out natural,and he had the nerve to say black girls don't look right without weaves in there hair, and me being the classy African American girl I am , I just walked away, I had no time to even make statement to his ignorant remark, smh lol, oh and the 5 people who disliked this video must have been dropped on their heads
@eveforever90 A similar thing happened to me a few weeks back. I was at a store being rung up, and the male cashier ask me why I cut my hair (my response was the same as yours). After looking at my id, he told me says "See? Here, you look like a movie star!", to which I responded with a shrug "It grows back."
Even my dad was apprehensive about me doing the big chop!
That is sooo ridiculous, and I feel you. I got so frustrated with being stereotyped as afrocentric, hippie, lol! I started straightening my hair, but now going back to it cause I think it is beautiful.
people think i'm a pot head who loves indie music and also they believe that i don't date "thugz" lol. && tht i'm weird! && only one of those are true.
LMAO! I can actually picture the whole scene...mama don't let the ignorance get to you! I so admire your natural hair, I'm in transition and when I'm feeling weak I look at your videos for inspiration....
I get some of those stereotypes to, especially the black power one. Another one I get, especially when my hair was shorter, was that people thought I was gay or trying to be like a boy =/
Hi, ms. Taren. My name is Coleeee, and I get stereotyped EVERY DAY. They call me white boy, Corbin Bleu, Zero from Holes, and the occasionally ''NAPPY'', when my hair is prettier, and actually curly.. (haters). Out here, where I live, every time a Light skinned boy with sandy curls comes along, we're asked: WHATCHU' MIXED WIT', and it's ALLLLL very annoying. Both of my parents are black, my dad is fair skinned with light grey eyes, but I'm only black. Just stoppin' bye, like whatcha' do.
Im glas thatt you made a video like that especially because you r light and have culy hair that tells me that you are not one of those stuck up red girls who think that their the shit i can't stand boys and girls like that but i respect you for making a video like that we could be good friends
LOL at your last point! I have curly-tight coily hair and I haven't experienced that but I know what your talking about! I'm not mad at white people or the world, haha I'm happy :D I hope no one stereotypes me or says that to me when my hair gets longer :/
hehe i get that question if im mized alot i say no but i recently relized that my grandpa was white!! so i guess im kinda mixed but not directly hehe and i saw that tyra show..luv it and i actually do like poetry i was in poetry club..hehe and when i told people they were like oh you look like a poet..but poets normally look at the world in a different way kinda so i guess thats why they think that
I hate that when I used to go to salons they would ALWAYS tell me that I need a perm. WTH that is totally offensive and just because my hair is thick and curly doesn't mean that is it 'bad' or unmanageable. Needless to say those same stylist have not receieved a dime of my money since.
I completely agree. My fam feels like im trying to find myself and that Im going to get a perm soon. Um no i just did my BC. A generalization is much easer to understand than a contradiction to that rule.
the one stereotype i always seem to get is that people assume that because i have such curly hair, i must be black. in fact there was once a woman who asked me and when i told her that i was mexican on both sides of my family she went off! lol she kept going on and on about how i couldn't possibly be mexican...i HAD to be at least 1/2 black or cuban or something. it pissed me off, but i had to laugh it off.
@btwunmenada The only way to dispell them is when mixed people acknowledge that they are mixed and stupid ignorant fools stop trying to claim us mixed people as one or the other. I am SICK OF IT! Obama is biracial. NO he is not our freaking first Black President. Only people with brains admit this. When Wesley Freakin Snipes becomes president, THEN we will have our first black president. All it does is make Americans look incredibly stupid by not admitting this obvious fact!
Just the other day I was with my 2 older cuzins...Im transitioning and its been almost 7 months so I wear bantu knot outs and curly fros...etc. So we went to Mickey D's and I just wanted fries and bcuz I didnt get a burger they like "Oh u going natural so u dnt eat meat either" and "why you got on nail polish for when u doin natural" and Im like are u serious?!!?! Smh
i just found your channnel but i can relate to this topic SOOOOO much n i always have allot to say about this. and ever since i was lil i also here "wht u mixed with" "you got that good hair" but im black just very light skinned both myparents are black. Sometimes i wear my hair curly sometimes straight but ppl always say im white or i have that good hair. i always have to defendmyself esp bein 16 in highschool,there is not enough space to say everthing but i really appreciate this video ha!
I mean you cant say to some degree that a lot of people who do wear natural hair isn't excepting there natural beauty and finding themselfs because if that wasn't some what true then us naturals wouldn't want to be natural. Because I always hear people saying "I cant do that my hair isn't 'good' enough" and plus back before youtube the people who did have natural curls, afro, or locs was more neo-soul. NATURAL was not as popular as now!
i really did enjoy this. im 15 and have been natrual for about a year and a half. im light skinned so ppl assume im mixed with black and white when im full black. im just a red bone- lol . i do have curly hair and i love it. i did get alot of opposition about growing my hair out but i stuck to it. and now i have the hair i always dreamed about. lol
Thanks for this because I was told the "natural look" wouldn't fit me because I'm light skinned. Supposedly light skinned women only look good with straight or wavy hair. At first I was offended by this but now I just realize they are iiiigggg-nant!!
also...i am brown skinned and my hair has different textures....the back of my hair is extremely curly and the front is more afro textured...my father would speak of his grandmother having long silky hair...my mother's family has curly and afro-textured hair and we are all african...so these stereotypes r done out of ignorance really
idk why ppl automatically assume that light skinned ppl must have a white or mixed background...I am african and I know many africans who are light-skinned bcuz they are light skinned lol.....black ppl come in all colors...all the races came from us...therefore we have the capability of diff hair textures and skin tones.....
@SisterTalkGlobal That is totally untrue. Only a handful of tribes were brought over here from Africa. Anyone with half a brain stem can tell when someone is mixed or not. How can you be so ignorant? Look at her freakin skin tone and hair? Please. All it does is make black women look desperate for trying to claim very attractive women as their own. She is NOT fully black. Get a clue.
@Barfetta3000 well seeing as I AM African I think I would know more about my ppl and history ur lack of sophisticated language is uneccessary but its ok, bcuz most ignorant ppl speak in that manner...if u take a look at ppl from Ghana, they have some of the darkest skin tones in Africa Yet their hair is naturally curly, my hair is very curly, that sometimes ppl ask me how I got it that way, we do have different textures...whether u believe it or not..have a nice day
@Barfetta3000 the Fulani ppl are naturally light-skinned, you find them all over Africa...we have different skin tones naturally, slaves were taken from places as high up as Mali even down to Cameroon, plz learn ur history, read a book, and meet new ppl....thank u
I think there are beautiful men and women in every race, and as a multiracial person I would not rule out an entire race as unattractive. But yea, just wanted to respond to the whole stereotyping thing that allot of us natural beauties seem to get. I LOVE your hair by the way, absolutely stunning :)
Besides, how can you tell someone's romantic preference by their hair style or texture??? It most def doesn't bother or concern me, I am not on the "market" for any man other than my boyfriend of 5 years anyway, black or whatever race they may be. But I just found that to be interesting and wondered if you or any other natural women have received a similar response from black guys.
I just wanted to comment on a strange stereotype that I have been subjected to since I have started wearing my hair in its natural state. I have had some black guys say they assume that I am not interested or attracted to black men. Lol, I have no clue what that's about! My bf is part black so that's clearly not the case.
Thank you for this but AA are identified by their hair, education is the only thing that they can't knock nor do they try because they know who they are dealing with once they find out you are articulate. Right -on education is the key. I am mixed but no one knows and if someone ask then I tell them but to me its no big thing to me but society can't move on. I am my hair skin and mind.
Well said Taren, I don't like when ppl ask me if I am mixed, what does it matter? My biological sister can rock a big Afro, and I can do a wash-n-go with the help of Fantasia IC or ECO styling gel and we have the same mother and father...no one ever ask her if she is mixed...stereotyping!!!
um wtf is she talking about... one of my best friends is black and she doesnt have ppl tlaking about her being a tree hugger. most ppl know black ppl dont give a shit about the environment far less america's environment.
I hate when people automatically assume that my hair is "nappy" b/c its curly! it really irks me. I have extremely curly hair but i can still run my fingers thru my it. and i def agree w/ the stereotypes you named b/c they are definitely sumthin that i have seen & experienced. another thing i hate is when i go to the salon & i tell them im natural, they want to charge me xtra b/c they think my hair is "unmanageable". & they always say "are u sure you dont want a perm". i find it rather offensive
@Naturallyhomegrown Stupid, she does not have nappy hair. She is mixed. Mixed people have the best of both worlds with hair. Does she look fully black to you? I cannot stand some of you mentally challenged people that think mixed people are black. WE ARE NOT! And p.s: You can be mixed with things OTHER than Black, you know that right?
not a lie! i was told coz i dont wear my hair like the majority, i mus be "rebellious"! but i mus admit i do love my long dresses and my poetry and my jill scott! amongst other things outside the stereotypes. needless to say i was into all that before i went all natural. but i agree those things shouldn't necessarily be associated with people who have natural hair.
OMq.! THought I was the only one! L0L! Well. I'm natural too and people seem afraid to pass me the chicken because they just "assume" I'm a vegeterian!!! (hope I spelled it rite.. Lol!) and u are very pretty BTW :)
@livingthelife194 Her hair is awesome because its beautiful bouncy curls. She DOES NOT have typical black woman's hair. She is mixed so she is not going to be. Are you blind?
@Barfetta3000 I said letting your natural hair texture be is awesome. Every hair texture is unique. And what are you saying, typical black woman hair isn't beautiful? pshhhh... Oh and by the way, i wrote this comment 5 months ago...
hahah just watched this video. u right not everyone that has curly hair is mixed. i have 3b and 3c hair kinda like urs just a lot longer. and i am puerto rican so no mix.
been natural my entire life and i agree people stereotyping isn't good but when you really think about it, these sterotypes aren't derived from nothing. u talked about treehugging, and how there are natural women who aren't environmentalists....well in a way we all are, to go natural means u care about the crap you're putting in your hair. The soilder sister well it takes a strong woman to be natural and an educated one too.
Wow! Its amazing how people stereotype us as naturals. You hit the stereotype right on the head! Why do I have to be a tree-hugger because I wear my hair in a natural state. I'm glad you made him explain why he said it. I'm going to do that in the future when I'm stereo typed b/c I want to know what they think and why! My mom looks at natural hair in a very negative light. When I stopped perming my daughter hair she had the nerve to say "no let her have cute lil girl hair" What????
Soooo true! Your hair is sooo beautiful. That's what I consider mixed to be too (like the 1 parent this the other parent that). I get that I'm mixed a lot cause of my skin and hair...so stupid. One boy kept on saying I was white over and over again when I was like both of my parents are black! It gets annoying.
you are telling the truth i just say you have to know yourself and don't get caught up in the hype i hate to say we just have some ignorant people. but it is not a bad thing, just they ignor the facts meaning they don't know especially among this beautiful black,brown race of ours we are ignorant when it comes to each other.
I love this video and I can totally relate.People always hit me with the "good hair" comment. or "How do you get your hair like that?" and they are truly shocked that curly hair grows out of my scalp. what year are we in? 2010? and there are still stigmas/sterotypes against people that have natural hair. but i guess old habits die hard ya know? :P
Lovely vid girl! The sterotype I absolutly hate for people with kink in their hair is that it grows slowly or that black people's hair grows slow. I find it truely ridiculous with the shit people think up sometimes. ._.''
I love that you addressed the stereotype that all biracial people have curly hair. My hair is very coarse but a lot of people assume that because i'm half black/half white that my natural is curly. What makes things even more interesting is that my brother does have the "mixed curls" [that just confuses people lol]
I wouldn't pay those ignant dudes any mind. They got the Beyonce look on their brains. if a woman don't look Like Nicki Minaj, or Beyonce or any of those broads that the media parades before the dudes as the idea of Beauty (based on Euro standards), then they have no idea of what is going on. Most of those dudes are ignorant anyway and nobody any woman should be bothered with giving him her time. What is interesting, nonblack men seem to admire black women who are natural more than the brehs.
nancydrew5 1 month ago
i agreed..i was once asked bc im a dark complexion with medium lenth curly hair was i fully black..bc i dont look fully black that i look like i could have some dominican in me
TheJjackson2010 1 month ago
I just love the fact that you mentioned Trinidad! Funny enough Ive seen more women wearing weaves, wigs and relaxer here than natural hair. I get funny looks when I wear my 4b hair out in a fro. I dont care. love my hair :D
Shids89 1 month ago
no one ever called me a hippie lol
TXejas19 2 months ago
YES! My husband has locs and I am natural- and people think we are "hippy". smh. And bc I am lighter skinned, I must be mixed. Im not, though. I hate assumptions!
AscendByYah 3 months ago
YES! My husband has locs and I am natural- and people think we are "hippy". smh
AscendByYah 3 months ago
Love your big hair!
Diamonddusted68 4 months ago
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Diamonddusted68 4 months ago
@Barfetta3000 *Clears Throat* Rele?? Like your comment was SO pointless && ignorant! Idk what you were talking abt or your POINT for that matter! U rele should have just kept those ignorant comments to ur self! SIGH Oh && to do the world a HUGE favor...Go play in traffic!!!! && P.S.. I enjoyd this vid && I so know where's she's coming from.. smh it is a shame!
PrincessNaNa66 4 months ago
I know this was an older video but I wanted to put my two cents in.... I feel that I'm discriminated against by other black women as well. I've gotten ugly comments and good comments about my hair being curly. I think all hair is beautiful and no one should be talked about because of their hair.
2389kelly 4 months ago
OMFG THANK YOU ! god they assume that all dark skinned natural hair girls are all down with man black power and other bs ! im only 15 and ive been natural for about 4 months...and my mom is medium toned with dreads, and shes mixed. so i totally get these stereo types, and i agree they need to DIE ! also, people assume that i am directly mixed because my hair is 3c/4a mostly. its still an afro tho lol but thank you for saying this because its totally true!
lanatobasco1224 5 months ago
lmaoooo tht impression
candygirlcandie 5 months ago
It sucks that anyone was rude to you because of this video. I agree that the stereotypes are annoying. I sure wish hateful people would stop acting silly on here.
fromama2011 5 months ago
are you serious right now?? you just mad an entire video about this... see I was trying to listen to the entire thing to make sure you were going to say something that was worth worth listening to.
you are so stupid and you sound like the typical black bish who takes everything personal.. you took one lil thing some guys said to you at the store and made some dumb ass video about it!! get a life complainer!!
MsBeautybandit 5 months ago
@MsBeautybandit First do you see how old this video is and for you to sit up here and write a long ass COMPLAINT on her video , is patheic . Get a life and stop worry about it , if you didnt like the video , why watch it or comment . GTf
Smileyy122910 3 months ago
@mcj19991 i soooo agree with you on it not being wrong to access someone intially because we all do it. It is the prejudice part that ticks me off from any race. My own or any other.
MsExotic26 6 months ago
@swthoneybrown what are you talking about?????
MsExotic26 6 months ago
@taren 916 Lol @ your impression of the ignorant dude. However, I definitely agree with how ridiculous it is for people to stereotype on the smallest things. I am always prejudged one way or another. If my webcam wasn't broken i'd make a vid response just to show my face and have you guys help me better understand some of the regular judgements I get as well. Natural or not.
MsExotic26 6 months ago
I know exactly what you're talking about. My boyfriend asked me why, when I went on job interviews, I would straighten or hot roll my hair. I told him that throughout my life I found that people took me less seriously when my hair was naturally curly. He called me crazy but I really feel that way. I dont know if it look unkept/unpolished to other people maybe? Or that my 'crazy' curls reflect that of my personality?
catabrea 6 months ago
indeed, i get the "down sistah"/ "soul sistah" stereotype all the time. it's irritating, im not a part of any movement other than just being yourself - seriously it's like y does it have to be about something serious all the time like im making a statement. the only statement im making is -i want to let what grows out of my scalp be as it is without chemically altering the texture -end statement. im not deep, im just not relaxing my hair
aeonfluxx75 8 months ago
I TOTALLY agree! There is always someone putting me in a "box" and categorizing me based on my hair. A stereotype that I've dealt with was when I had my hair straight. I have a dark complexion and back when my hair was longer it was very thick and full. And I would always get asked what nationality I was. I would be like "Um, I'm black" and ALL the time they would like but you aren't regular black because of your long hair, so what are you. Like seriously?? What the HELL is "regular black"?!
MsMonai 8 months ago 9
i relax my hair and people have said that i look like im from india, or that i look hispanic , i am biracial, black and white. some people are so closed minded, i hate sterotypes!
114scenequeen 8 months ago 3
"yesterday, i rolled throught the hood..." love love love Kelis!
swthoneybrown 9 months ago
I just came across your video, and I have to say, this is so true. I did a b/c in Oct. of 2010, and all I keep getting are the "That's a real black woman there" type of comments. I have a mix of 3c (in the back), 4a/4b hair, and its almost unbelievable, the comments and stares that I get. And don't even get me started on how some white ppl perceive me. They look at me like I'm militant, and I'm the complete opposite... I am a tree hugger...lol. Its true looks can be deceiving. Nice Video.
ebbiesart 9 months ago
Wow! I fit the "stereotypes" in the "Biracial Box". I'm becoming a vegetarian, I'm a tree-hugger, I wear long dresses (I love long dresses, and skirts), I'm extremely bohemian/hippie. Lol. But I was the same exact way before I went natural. But, I don't light incense (I do like them though), and I don't listen to Jill Scott or India Irie everyday, though, I love them! Lol. I didn't think my hair would justify anything, but I guess to some people it can. Humph! Oh well. It's still okay.
wm0516 9 months ago
PPS: and I LOVE your hair!
mcj19991 9 months ago
"..Stereotypes are standardized and simplified conceptions of groups based on some prior assumptions." I think I'm 'outside the box' also. But most stereotypes are a generalization most people use to INITIALLY assess a person. It is wrong? Not really. THE DIFFERENCE is If you show to someone your 'outside the box/uniqueness" and they still have a preconceived notion of who you are, it changes to 'prejudice', because after they know you, they are still unwilling to 'know' you. PS Luv yur vids!!
mcj19991 9 months ago
I completely co-sign what you said. Black people especially are really hung up on hair - I don't know why. My son has somewhat curly hair. I am a dark-skinned black woman and my husband is very dark from West Africa. I can't tell you how many people, mainly black people comment about how my son's hair is so nice and seem surprised that his hair is the way it is. This happens almost on a daily basis whenever we go out. I get so tired of it and I wonder what message it is sending to him.
cestmoisheila 10 months ago
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@cestmoisheila it's because blacks in america have been conditioned to believe they are inferior
dirtydynasty128 10 months ago
Your impersonation of that dude is the best! LOL!
chocodeluxe 11 months ago 2
Omg i love that you talked about this! Im half black and half Puerto rican. But i am brown skin. And I have 3c type hair. For years I keep my hair bone straight to look like other black girls because I was made to feel that because of my complexion I couldnt have hair like i do. And my hair is not even that awesome! lol But i got over that b/c I had to be myself. And who I am is a girl with curly hair. Race doesnt matter. I dont run around saying look at me and my hair cuz im mixed, you know? <3
kelliane1seals 11 months ago 2
I do have to say something though... I have to disagree that our hair only says a little about us... I do agree the generalizations are WRONG but, I believe our hair says a LOT about us... It takes a BUNCH of courage for most of us to go natural (and remain there) and be willing/strong enough to FIGHT (or at least deal with) the sterotypes. To me, a natural woman is courageous... But that is not to say that a non-natural woman also isn't courageous.
Singityrara 11 months ago 6
With the bohemian sterotype is a 'sub' category (especially for us black women with darker complexions) and that is that we are 'rebellious', not professional or are really HARD/STRONG ... like the black panther movement. People expect a really millitant type of 'black' woman and don't appreciate we just want to go natural because we are just embracing WHAT our hair looks like!
Singityrara 11 months ago
i want to leave a big load on those lips!
jazzmelodicminor77 1 year ago
Yes! Yes! Yes! I get that biracial 'good hair' thing all the time. No! I'm just a light complexion black chick and hair is hair. It isn't good and it isn't bad. It just hair. I have a slight long face so it's always the 'Indian' mix. Nope! I'm not Cherokee that I know of. Just black.
Tippy2forU 1 year ago
Screw them INDEED!!!!
willame1 1 year ago
lol so steamed up. haha sorry
meiriony 1 year ago
to let people know an example of where i am coming from; my lil brother is 5/7 black and the rest chinese. He looks like a latino to alot of people. He obviously looks mixed, and doesnt look even part black at all. But he is true to himself and can say I am black. period. He doesnt look at the whole mixed thing so seriously like alot of people. I have a sister-friend who is black/spanish and knows herself to be black. but she has the so called mixed hair. Luv what makes you, you! thats all uhave
meiriony 1 year ago
Part 3- All I have to say, if god thought that only one/or two types of hair were good hair, then we would all have it. But he obviously thought that all types of hair were beautiful. and I can honestly say I prefer my natural hair to the permed straight hair and I have the tightly coiled hair. People who always touch my hair and alot of them white, say my hair feels so soft. They like my natural hair. I think that no one but god can judge what is beautiful or not. Peace
meiriony 1 year ago
part 2. - Natural black hair is beautiful. But alot of people dont know how to take care of it. I also don't like the term 'nappy'. nappy is a negative way of saying that our hair is very, how do you say... Unwanted? Our hair is very tightly coiled. we have a tight curl pattern. My mother had hair down her back, but the perm damaged it. I had a bad treatment that caused my below the shoulder hair to fall out. Going natural is saying I want to go back to how god brought me in the world.
meiriony 1 year ago
Wow alot of these comments are awesome. To clarify a few points, There is no mixed category. Every application you fill out will say, are you black, white, latino, or alsakan/something. You are 2 races. If you want to say I am black and you are black/white mix, go ahead, you can. as long as you have a black parent, you black. no matter how pale you get, b/c sooner or later one of your children will come out black. You have that gene. To be continued.....
meiriony 1 year ago
quick fact jada pinkett smith is mixed. for the ppl that keep bringing up that she's black. i found this out a month ago
dredonyal 1 year ago
So u said not everyone is 100% black. This seems to be a general consensus with many on youtube and I assume that you are referring to African Americans in the US. Many people from Africa are 100% black and there are many in North America and all over the world. Also I've realized that this issue with black hair n stereotyping is really prominent in the States more than anywhere else...n most of the bashing/stereotyping comes from other black people and I find this very sad...Says a lot!
hottpunkie 1 year ago
This video is so true. I am happy that you made it.
gmcmim1 1 year ago
ONE steretype i found is true..my bi-racial girlfriend is REAALLY down to earth. So i kinda disagree on that one
TwacyLeeLucas 1 year ago
@Barfetta3000....u make me wanna BARF...just like ur ugly name. lol
CherryFlavored29 1 year ago
in america "black" hair is considered ugly. but in africa its loved well in the good parts where white ppl didnt take over. just like us black in america.
15Justdoit 1 year ago
Your hair is Awesome! and all natural hair is beautiful regardless of texture and should be embraced!!!!!
Nauio21 1 year ago
Very true! My race is Black, my nationality is African American, and I have yet to run into someone who didn't assume that I'm mixed just because my hair comes down to my thighs. When I tell ppl my race is Black, they either give me the once over, ask to touch it (check for extensions), or try to tell me what I am in their mind, and some, even get an attitude for whatever reason. At this point, I expect these things to happen and it doesn't bother me, because the saga will undoubtedly continue.
TheGoddessUpdates 1 year ago
the fact is that people will always be judged by the way they look. My parents are both nigerian but because i have hazel coloured eyes and i am light skinned people always assume that i am mixed or from the west indies. now i have 5 children. 3 are almost white with hazel eyes, one is dark brown with brown eyes and one is almost black. They all have one father who is nigerian. I think its beautiful how God created us to look very individual. Just ignore it and do you!
e1hazeleyes 1 year ago
yeah im a natural but i wear weave more than anything. braids, n kinky twist people think Im from Africa even actual Africans. They think im afrocentric, but Im not a vegetarian, I dont eat pork or red meath though lol. I do write poetry, I dont really wear dresses, but i wear metallic dangling jewelry. Im more like a snobby natural jk.
wishywashygirl19 1 year ago
It's funny the way you imitate that guy!lol
High2high4me 1 year ago
LMAO @ save da erf...
winterssoulstyce 1 year ago
The perfect song.."I Am Not My Hair" by India Arie..lol
AyannaSunshine 1 year ago
What's wrong with looking like a hippie????? It was the hippie era that made the Afro look so outstanding and cute!
peperudi 1 year ago 13
Im Haitian and I have coiled hair...i always meet people from Africa speaking their dialects with me.. because they think that im African...Or they can just come up to me and ask "what part of Africa are you from?" I would say "im African from the Caribbean" and they will say " sorry I thought u were Nigerian or Senegalese"....I hate when people are guessing others ethnicity by their skin color or hair type...Dont do that please!
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nicoledeas 1 year ago
Barfetta3000 sounds like he may be mad that he has an unattractive mother/father whom he may of may not look like. I myself am BROWN complected and AFRICAN American and NATURAL with very defined CURLY hair. Everyone who is black in America who's family came over during slavery has something else in them. Maybe you should stop being mad about who you are and make some friends. Maybe some black ones... with curly hair. WHO CAN HELP YOU NOT BE RETARDED.
SuperMommav 1 year ago
@SuperMommav Try again in English you moronic fool. Actually I am a beautiful mixed WOMAN who has no qualms with calling out the ignorance that I see on a daily basis from stupid black women who jealous self-haters. I know for a FACT that Taren and others like her get grief from black women. ALL MIXED WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY DO. Jealousy is an ugly ugly thing.
Barfetta3000 1 year ago
If you are so beautiful or even a woman. why don't you show yourself? Actions speak louder than words... I am a black woman who has not been turned down for anyone of multi-heritage. People have different preferences, but confidence needs not competition. I don't compete so I never had any issues with self image. Be who you are and be happy. The ignorant comments that seem to be drawing attention are coming from you, someone who is desiring such attention. @Barfetta3000
MsVirgoSLC 1 year ago
@Barfetta3000 You sound very ignorant yourself. You skin tone, whether light dark or whatever doesn't define you. Skin tones should not define anybody. If you are letting your skin tone and mixed race define you, then you have a problem with yourself. If you are a beautiful woman then you are beautiful woman. It doesn't matter what race or skin tone you are. You are generalizing when you say ALL MIXED WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY DO. YOU can only speak for yourself and from YOUR own experiences.
jadi100 1 year ago
like you wanna save the earth lol
91WriterzStatus 1 year ago
she's so beautiful it's almost unbelievable.
cocoakissprettybrown 1 year ago 2
who cares what shes mixed with. she has unique natural hair as do the rest of us....i can no longer take part in this ridiculous convo....ignorance is bliss
andycamoon 1 year ago
You're a pretty version of Tisha Cambell, lol, for real. :-)
M0N3t7 1 year ago
Monique is definatly NOT ugly, and who are you to even say that. I get that she may not be appealing to you but to call the woman ugly is just disrespectful.
natishamonique910 1 year ago
wow!
dacathillac2 1 year ago
The one that really bothers me the most, is the assumption that you are militant because your hair is natural, especially if you're wearing a fro. You don't appreciate the idea that you have to explain yourself to people but more often than not, you find yourself doing just that. Also, why is it that natural women, no matter what shade they happen to be, have to have some ulterior motive for being and or looking the way the good Lord made them. Why should we be met with negativity for being us
newbiesparks2 1 year ago
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Fact: Most men find mixed women attractive more so than black, or white. Fact: Walk down any street as a mixed woman and you will get all kinds of ugly looks from black women. Their attitudes stink and they need to stop the jealousy.
Barfetta3000 1 year ago
@Barfetta3000 speak for urself boo
andycamoon 1 year ago
I wish I could pull your hair style but I'm...kinda lazy.
JacobBlackLova 1 year ago
all those stereotypes I have seen or that if your natural you are ungroomed. thats a big one and one of the most ignorant in my opinion. "you need a perm" "you look messed up" dummmmb. anyways good vid. you rock.
imsatindoll 1 year ago
Hey Mama!!! I guess cause I'm Jamaica I find all the stereotypes positive. Let them think I'm a tree hugger or whatever. I'm gonna do it fabulously still.
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KaraMichelle100 1 year ago
Or what I hate is when people think jsut because you're light skinned you're supposed to have curlier hair or "good hair" psh, I love my fro. Don't let people get to you, you and your hair are beautiful. :)
TaylorTots15 1 year ago
I am stereotyped all the time they think I am Militant!!
NArtLLC 1 year ago
i could care less what ppl think...natural hair is intimidating so tell that "you know what i'm saying" nigga to back it up.
commentinabluemoon 1 year ago
Okay, first thing's first. Your hair is gorgeous! Now, on to my comment... Sistas(and brothas) with natural hair are vegans that don't wear shoes, smoke weed all day, and only listen to Neo-Soul and Bob Marley music. Yeah, not even reggae music, just Bob Marley! LOL Do you see how silly that is? Well, I guess since I'm fairly dark-skinned, once I finally BC, I'll get the Black Panther jokes. Whatever! Once again, you and your hair are gorgeous. Have a great day!
drelle504 1 year ago
@drelle504 First of all, she is not a SISTA. You could not be more ignorant and blind. I swear black people are getting just as bad as white people in their racism. I have friends of all different shades but I do NOT befriend ignorant fools and have no balls to admit what a person is. If you are mixed, then YOURE MIXED! End of discussion. Black people need to stop trying to claim mixed people. It makes them look really lame and pathetic.
Barfetta3000 1 year ago
@Barfetta3000 What's your deal? It's obvious to me that you're angry inside and I'm sorry about that. This doesn't give you the right to piss on everyone else though. Please try to keep that anger to yourself. Better yet, instead of harassing others on YouTube, get off the computer & get some help. Try to have a nice day.
drelle504 1 year ago
@Barfetta3000 Excuse me, who the fuck are you to decide who is and is not black? Calm yo titties and get educated.
causticstorm 6 months ago
shut up
TheArcher85 1 year ago
very true( tho im late) when i told people i was going natural over a year ago i got the fist smh. no offense to people who are all about black power..to each his own, but I just liked the texture of my new growth and i had been relaxed since I was 8. I've also gotten "what are you mixed with because my hair isn't extremely kinky and I'm not even light skinned! I'm brown skinned. its pretty .....interesting
sweetjamaikan 1 year ago
I was on the school bus last year and this black girl cam up to me and asked me if i was biracial, and i said no, she was like then how is ur hair like that, i just said i dont know. lol. i dont even look mixed. nd i remember tht episode of tyra....
MJFanz411 1 year ago
I was asked by a guy as to why I cut my hair, because I'm currently rocking a TWA, and I told him that I did it because I want to grow my hair out natural,and he had the nerve to say black girls don't look right without weaves in there hair, and me being the classy African American girl I am , I just walked away, I had no time to even make statement to his ignorant remark, smh lol, oh and the 5 people who disliked this video must have been dropped on their heads
eveforever90 1 year ago 25
@eveforever90 A similar thing happened to me a few weeks back. I was at a store being rung up, and the male cashier ask me why I cut my hair (my response was the same as yours). After looking at my id, he told me says "See? Here, you look like a movie star!", to which I responded with a shrug "It grows back."
Even my dad was apprehensive about me doing the big chop!
But as they say, c'est la vie ^____^
jaxattack90 1 year ago
Was that kelis??
billionhieress93 1 year ago
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Yea =)
M0N3t7 1 year ago
That is sooo ridiculous, and I feel you. I got so frustrated with being stereotyped as afrocentric, hippie, lol! I started straightening my hair, but now going back to it cause I think it is beautiful.
aditi3333 1 year ago
@aditi3333 Why would ANYONE think she was an afrocentric hippie? SHE IS SO FREAKING WHITE! OMG, the ignorance in this country is nauseating.
Barfetta3000 1 year ago
Tiffany Pollard aka "New York" from flavor of love has natural hair. she doesn't fit ANY of those stereotypes. lol i ove it
heyitsbriefs 1 year ago
lmao @ your impression of the dude!!
I have type 4 hair, and I hate white people. Lol, thats a good one
xxmuzicchickxx 1 year ago
people think i'm a pot head who loves indie music and also they believe that i don't date "thugz" lol. && tht i'm weird! && only one of those are true.
LeticiaRamirezTV 1 year ago
LMAO! I can actually picture the whole scene...mama don't let the ignorance get to you! I so admire your natural hair, I'm in transition and when I'm feeling weak I look at your videos for inspiration....
Kelidescope726 1 year ago
I love your hair and video.
I get some of those stereotypes to, especially the black power one. Another one I get, especially when my hair was shorter, was that people thought I was gay or trying to be like a boy =/
loveshinae 1 year ago
your hair looks sooo beautiful in this!! It inspires me when I see how beautiful it looks on someone else!
Rebekah7713 1 year ago
Hi, ms. Taren. My name is Coleeee, and I get stereotyped EVERY DAY. They call me white boy, Corbin Bleu, Zero from Holes, and the occasionally ''NAPPY'', when my hair is prettier, and actually curly.. (haters). Out here, where I live, every time a Light skinned boy with sandy curls comes along, we're asked: WHATCHU' MIXED WIT', and it's ALLLLL very annoying. Both of my parents are black, my dad is fair skinned with light grey eyes, but I'm only black. Just stoppin' bye, like whatcha' do.
-Cole
epikhighdude 1 year ago 2
Im glas thatt you made a video like that especially because you r light and have culy hair that tells me that you are not one of those stuck up red girls who think that their the shit i can't stand boys and girls like that but i respect you for making a video like that we could be good friends
Freshman091000 1 year ago
Thank you SOOOO MUCH!!!
EgyptianKeyz 1 year ago
LOL at your last point! I have curly-tight coily hair and I haven't experienced that but I know what your talking about! I'm not mad at white people or the world, haha I'm happy :D I hope no one stereotypes me or says that to me when my hair gets longer :/
Tuchie09 1 year ago
You are soooooo RIGHT! uuugh!!! LOL
quicheagbor 1 year ago
your hair is beautiful girl!! I think we have the same hair type also
ladyOluvsU 1 year ago
hehe i get that question if im mized alot i say no but i recently relized that my grandpa was white!! so i guess im kinda mixed but not directly hehe and i saw that tyra show..luv it and i actually do like poetry i was in poetry club..hehe and when i told people they were like oh you look like a poet..but poets normally look at the world in a different way kinda so i guess thats why they think that
FathersFigah 1 year ago
I hate that when I used to go to salons they would ALWAYS tell me that I need a perm. WTH that is totally offensive and just because my hair is thick and curly doesn't mean that is it 'bad' or unmanageable. Needless to say those same stylist have not receieved a dime of my money since.
dominiquelovely 1 year ago
I completely agree. My fam feels like im trying to find myself and that Im going to get a perm soon. Um no i just did my BC. A generalization is much easer to understand than a contradiction to that rule.
LoveChrissiPoo 1 year ago
the one stereotype i always seem to get is that people assume that because i have such curly hair, i must be black. in fact there was once a woman who asked me and when i told her that i was mexican on both sides of my family she went off! lol she kept going on and on about how i couldn't possibly be mexican...i HAD to be at least 1/2 black or cuban or something. it pissed me off, but i had to laugh it off.
88hearts 1 year ago
I think these strereotypes will disipate over time as we continue to dispell them. Thank you for the video rant. I feel the same way, girl.
btwunmenada 1 year ago
@btwunmenada The only way to dispell them is when mixed people acknowledge that they are mixed and stupid ignorant fools stop trying to claim us mixed people as one or the other. I am SICK OF IT! Obama is biracial. NO he is not our freaking first Black President. Only people with brains admit this. When Wesley Freakin Snipes becomes president, THEN we will have our first black president. All it does is make Americans look incredibly stupid by not admitting this obvious fact!
Barfetta3000 1 year ago
@Barfetta3000 hes black
andycamoon 1 year ago
Just the other day I was with my 2 older cuzins...Im transitioning and its been almost 7 months so I wear bantu knot outs and curly fros...etc. So we went to Mickey D's and I just wanted fries and bcuz I didnt get a burger they like "Oh u going natural so u dnt eat meat either" and "why you got on nail polish for when u doin natural" and Im like are u serious?!!?! Smh
ThatEppGirl122 1 year ago
Rotfl hee hee, I'm a total ice queen so if anybody is thinking what you pointed out, I wouldn't know
anime4reek 1 year ago
eh, they were just flirting... you're beautiful. Simply that. Guys are simpler than we give them credit for...
gigimc 1 year ago
i just found your channnel but i can relate to this topic SOOOOO much n i always have allot to say about this. and ever since i was lil i also here "wht u mixed with" "you got that good hair" but im black just very light skinned both myparents are black. Sometimes i wear my hair curly sometimes straight but ppl always say im white or i have that good hair. i always have to defendmyself esp bein 16 in highschool,there is not enough space to say everthing but i really appreciate this video ha!
Jenbug015 1 year ago
I mean you cant say to some degree that a lot of people who do wear natural hair isn't excepting there natural beauty and finding themselfs because if that wasn't some what true then us naturals wouldn't want to be natural. Because I always hear people saying "I cant do that my hair isn't 'good' enough" and plus back before youtube the people who did have natural curls, afro, or locs was more neo-soul. NATURAL was not as popular as now!
MsEthnicBeauty 1 year ago
i really did enjoy this. im 15 and have been natrual for about a year and a half. im light skinned so ppl assume im mixed with black and white when im full black. im just a red bone- lol . i do have curly hair and i love it. i did get alot of opposition about growing my hair out but i stuck to it. and now i have the hair i always dreamed about. lol
SuperLaurenD2 1 year ago
@SuperLaurenD2 That is a lie. You have some non-african roots somewhere very near to your parents generation.
Barfetta3000 1 year ago
@Barfetta3000 - dang, how is it a lie? wow. african americans cant have curly hair?
SuperLaurenD2 1 year ago
Thanks for this because I was told the "natural look" wouldn't fit me because I'm light skinned. Supposedly light skinned women only look good with straight or wavy hair. At first I was offended by this but now I just realize they are iiiigggg-nant!!
HairLikeMyDaddy 1 year ago
also...i am brown skinned and my hair has different textures....the back of my hair is extremely curly and the front is more afro textured...my father would speak of his grandmother having long silky hair...my mother's family has curly and afro-textured hair and we are all african...so these stereotypes r done out of ignorance really
SisterTalkGlobal 1 year ago
idk why ppl automatically assume that light skinned ppl must have a white or mixed background...I am african and I know many africans who are light-skinned bcuz they are light skinned lol.....black ppl come in all colors...all the races came from us...therefore we have the capability of diff hair textures and skin tones.....
SisterTalkGlobal 1 year ago
@SisterTalkGlobal That is totally untrue. Only a handful of tribes were brought over here from Africa. Anyone with half a brain stem can tell when someone is mixed or not. How can you be so ignorant? Look at her freakin skin tone and hair? Please. All it does is make black women look desperate for trying to claim very attractive women as their own. She is NOT fully black. Get a clue.
Barfetta3000 1 year ago
@Barfetta3000 well seeing as I AM African I think I would know more about my ppl and history ur lack of sophisticated language is uneccessary but its ok, bcuz most ignorant ppl speak in that manner...if u take a look at ppl from Ghana, they have some of the darkest skin tones in Africa Yet their hair is naturally curly, my hair is very curly, that sometimes ppl ask me how I got it that way, we do have different textures...whether u believe it or not..have a nice day
SisterTalkGlobal 1 year ago
@Barfetta3000 the Fulani ppl are naturally light-skinned, you find them all over Africa...we have different skin tones naturally, slaves were taken from places as high up as Mali even down to Cameroon, plz learn ur history, read a book, and meet new ppl....thank u
SisterTalkGlobal 1 year ago
I think there are beautiful men and women in every race, and as a multiracial person I would not rule out an entire race as unattractive. But yea, just wanted to respond to the whole stereotyping thing that allot of us natural beauties seem to get. I LOVE your hair by the way, absolutely stunning :)
dreamgirl0829 1 year ago
Besides, how can you tell someone's romantic preference by their hair style or texture??? It most def doesn't bother or concern me, I am not on the "market" for any man other than my boyfriend of 5 years anyway, black or whatever race they may be. But I just found that to be interesting and wondered if you or any other natural women have received a similar response from black guys.
dreamgirl0829 1 year ago
I just wanted to comment on a strange stereotype that I have been subjected to since I have started wearing my hair in its natural state. I have had some black guys say they assume that I am not interested or attracted to black men. Lol, I have no clue what that's about! My bf is part black so that's clearly not the case.
dreamgirl0829 1 year ago
Thank you for this but AA are identified by their hair, education is the only thing that they can't knock nor do they try because they know who they are dealing with once they find out you are articulate. Right -on education is the key. I am mixed but no one knows and if someone ask then I tell them but to me its no big thing to me but society can't move on. I am my hair skin and mind.
5001Isaac 1 year ago
Well said Taren, I don't like when ppl ask me if I am mixed, what does it matter? My biological sister can rock a big Afro, and I can do a wash-n-go with the help of Fantasia IC or ECO styling gel and we have the same mother and father...no one ever ask her if she is mixed...stereotyping!!!
TheMakeupvirgin 1 year ago
um wtf is she talking about... one of my best friends is black and she doesnt have ppl tlaking about her being a tree hugger. most ppl know black ppl dont give a shit about the environment far less america's environment.
Here2QuestionYou 1 year ago
I hate when people automatically assume that my hair is "nappy" b/c its curly! it really irks me. I have extremely curly hair but i can still run my fingers thru my it. and i def agree w/ the stereotypes you named b/c they are definitely sumthin that i have seen & experienced. another thing i hate is when i go to the salon & i tell them im natural, they want to charge me xtra b/c they think my hair is "unmanageable". & they always say "are u sure you dont want a perm". i find it rather offensive
babyv2992010 1 year ago 2
@babyv2992010 :) who cares nappy hair is beautiful...id take it as a compliment! :)
Naturallyhomegrown 1 year ago
@Naturallyhomegrown Stupid, she does not have nappy hair. She is mixed. Mixed people have the best of both worlds with hair. Does she look fully black to you? I cannot stand some of you mentally challenged people that think mixed people are black. WE ARE NOT! And p.s: You can be mixed with things OTHER than Black, you know that right?
Sigh
Barfetta3000 1 year ago
great vid agree 100%
btw does anyone know the name of the song playing at the beginning?
Njowolk 1 year ago
I hate when they say ooohh girl i couldnt do it.!
And they're black...doesnt make sense.!
You Are Right About Everything You Said.!
MeLoveMichaelJackson 1 year ago
not a lie! i was told coz i dont wear my hair like the majority, i mus be "rebellious"! but i mus admit i do love my long dresses and my poetry and my jill scott! amongst other things outside the stereotypes. needless to say i was into all that before i went all natural. but i agree those things shouldn't necessarily be associated with people who have natural hair.
awztukat 1 year ago
OMq.! THought I was the only one! L0L! Well. I'm natural too and people seem afraid to pass me the chicken because they just "assume" I'm a vegeterian!!! (hope I spelled it rite.. Lol!) and u are very pretty BTW :)
nickyred94 1 year ago
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but what does it mean to have natural hair?
Love your videos :)
EmOhLee12345 1 year ago
@EmOhLee12345 It's when your hair isn't straightened or permed. It's when you wear your natural texture. it's when your let your hair be AWESOME:D
livingthelife194 1 year ago
@livingthelife194 Her hair is awesome because its beautiful bouncy curls. She DOES NOT have typical black woman's hair. She is mixed so she is not going to be. Are you blind?
Barfetta3000 1 year ago
@Barfetta3000 I said letting your natural hair texture be is awesome. Every hair texture is unique. And what are you saying, typical black woman hair isn't beautiful? pshhhh... Oh and by the way, i wrote this comment 5 months ago...
livingthelife194 1 year ago
@Barfetta3000 ur a fool
andycamoon 1 year ago
i loved your impression of the guy lol haha, very good video, everything you said is true!
maichai13 1 year ago
@maichai13 I was thinking that too lol he sounded dumb.
dannyd2485 1 year ago
i loved your impression of the guy lol haha, very good video, everything you said is true!
maichai13 1 year ago
hahah just watched this video. u right not everyone that has curly hair is mixed. i have 3b and 3c hair kinda like urs just a lot longer. and i am puerto rican so no mix.
and u are beautiful by the way
upsbabygirl18 1 year ago
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I would agree with being down the earth 2 cuz we're not worried about rain messing up what nature didn't intend.
coronaqueen221 1 year ago
I would agree with being down the earth 2 cuz we're not worried about rain messing up what nature didn't intend.
coronaqueen221 1 year ago
I would agree with being down the earth 2 cuz we're not worried about rain messing up what nature didn't intend.
coronaqueen221 1 year ago
been natural my entire life and i agree people stereotyping isn't good but when you really think about it, these sterotypes aren't derived from nothing. u talked about treehugging, and how there are natural women who aren't environmentalists....well in a way we all are, to go natural means u care about the crap you're putting in your hair. The soilder sister well it takes a strong woman to be natural and an educated one too.
coronaqueen221 1 year ago 2
Wow! Its amazing how people stereotype us as naturals. You hit the stereotype right on the head! Why do I have to be a tree-hugger because I wear my hair in a natural state. I'm glad you made him explain why he said it. I'm going to do that in the future when I'm stereo typed b/c I want to know what they think and why! My mom looks at natural hair in a very negative light. When I stopped perming my daughter hair she had the nerve to say "no let her have cute lil girl hair" What????
Jadison03 1 year ago
you remind me of tracee elis ross
melanie32790 1 year ago
lol u made me crack up when u were talking like him
cdm0014 1 year ago
You have beautiful hair its really nice
breakofdawn26 1 year ago
you don't even have to be light OR complected OR have curly hair for people to think you're mixed/biracial...
folx are just ignorant that all.
SMH
~LHDC
LongHairDontCareLLC 1 year ago
The way your eyes looked when you were emulating that man... lol
Aerialcw 1 year ago
Soooo true! Your hair is sooo beautiful. That's what I consider mixed to be too (like the 1 parent this the other parent that). I get that I'm mixed a lot cause of my skin and hair...so stupid. One boy kept on saying I was white over and over again when I was like both of my parents are black! It gets annoying.
babizg 1 year ago
I get do you have a texturizer or jeri curl....lol cracks me up!
MissLucky87 1 year ago
you are telling the truth i just say you have to know yourself and don't get caught up in the hype i hate to say we just have some ignorant people. but it is not a bad thing, just they ignor the facts meaning they don't know especially among this beautiful black,brown race of ours we are ignorant when it comes to each other.
platosklozet 1 year ago
Well I am "mixed" but almost everyone i meet thinks I am Mexican. they don't ask, they just assume that I at a Latina.
so... i don't know. I'm Jamaican and Portuguese. I'm not even African, but for the most part I am black.
tinashootsup 2 years ago
Wow your pretty and have nice hair
Appplecidder 2 years ago 2
1st time checking ur video. Truth on the stereotyping.
? Have anyone ever told u that u resemble Tisha Campbell?
lostnspace001 2 years ago 2
I love this video and I can totally relate.People always hit me with the "good hair" comment. or "How do you get your hair like that?" and they are truly shocked that curly hair grows out of my scalp. what year are we in? 2010? and there are still stigmas/sterotypes against people that have natural hair. but i guess old habits die hard ya know? :P
CheshireMagick 2 years ago
when i was a baby i didnt have much hair either like your daughter but now i have a head full of thick curly hair lol
bt im transitioning
im 7 months into it :)
CierraKisses 2 years ago
Lovely vid girl! The sterotype I absolutly hate for people with kink in their hair is that it grows slowly or that black people's hair grows slow. I find it truely ridiculous with the shit people think up sometimes. ._.''
somuchsoul 2 years ago 5
I love that you addressed the stereotype that all biracial people have curly hair. My hair is very coarse but a lot of people assume that because i'm half black/half white that my natural is curly. What makes things even more interesting is that my brother does have the "mixed curls" [that just confuses people lol]
PCherrell 2 years ago
this is so true!!
LadyVee1894 2 years ago