Black Women Hair, Skin, Beauty April 2008 @ War Museum

Inspired Black Women/ Black History Walks debate the light/dark thing and natural vs weave
www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk for events list

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[Applebaum]

marcdaddy most black men arent feeling black women having afro hair or locks I appreciate and love that u do...but most Black men in the UK arent even interested in Black women let alone Black women who have their own natural afro hair...it seems to me that UK Black men mostly into into the european ideal white girls &mixed girls, lighter skin and natural long curly wavey straight hair. your the minority marcdaddy33.

equality would be so nice

Colonialisation and slavery have alot to answer for

[jordan484]

Im a darkskin black man and i love to see black women in a afrocentric way so marcdaddy aint the only one.

[DarkPrince1785]

I'm from America and I'm a dark skinned black man. Everything that's being said is pretty much true. I have to say, I love the way these people talk.

[brinafr3sh]

interesting

[tuddyfruity4]

not one white woman in the room- segregation....

[rosekunda]

im a blk wm and i were my natural hair which is curly i gt more attension wearing my naturla hair then fake. yh blk men r datin outside the race but a majority still marry blk women u need to love urself 1st before anyone else can begin to love u. giving f a bad attitude or acting like a diva will nt gt any race of women anywhere

[marcdaddy33]

Think about the message it sends about black women's hair when BEAUTIFUL black women like Beyonce or Naomi Campbell are wearing weaves all day and/or have their hair relaxed.

Now think of how revolutionary it would be if such attractive black female celebrities wore their hair natural and the psychological message it would send to BOTH black men and women.

I was able to see attractive BW with natural hair and compare it with beautiful BW with weaves/relaxers and it was EASY to choose natural.

[marcdaddy33]

"marcdaddy most black men arent feeling black women having afro hair or locks"

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I hear what you are saying, Applebaum... but you have to understand that if BM aren't used to seeing BW with their hairs natural it will be difficult for them to like it.

One thing that would GREATLY help BM desire natural hair in BW is if BEAUTIFUL black female celebrities and attractive black women in general wore their hair natural. THAT was what got me to prefer natural over all other hairstyles.

[Applebaum]

and I wish i was there, Black Britain needs more talks like this. Blackness is almost always defined by Americans

[Applebaum]

i wish u had mics at this event