The White Image of Beauty and Our Hair

Hey ladies,

I wanted to do a video about black women and wigs. I think this is a really serious topic that we need to be honest and open about.

Thanks for watching! Hugs!

Annie

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[redheadfemme]

what nice skin you have

[vikingaprinsessan]

@redheadfemme you think so? thanks! 

[khalilahinjapan]

awesome... I love your videos. I live in Japan and I had tried the wigs and synthetic hair for a while and then I just got locs and never freakin looked back lol! I have no more problems with my hair.

[vikingaprinsessan]

@khalilahinjapan thanks!!

omg you know what i would love to get locs but i just feel like it's such a huge commitment and i am afraid that i am too fickle!

how do you start with locs?

[LCMJB]

BS we all have a choise to say yes or no! The reason our children learn that white is better is beacause that is what you keep teching them. If we do not like it tech them something else !!! Take responsebility for your own lifes and STOP blameing our problems on everybody else.

[ChaseLily]

its sad that people feel so weird about "good hair, bad hair" and i always love to see a black woman confidently wearing her natural hair but when she is rocking her weave or wig or what ever ppl get upset...these poor children are also seeing this and it terrible because to have a little girl thinking the only way she can be pretty is with straight hair, its just wrong. i know its not how society is but this should not be the message that little girls are getting

[ChaseLily]

Dont think I'm saying your wrong or that I know exactly how you feel cause i dont, I am a white girl but i do wear wigs and extensions. i totally 100% agree with you about the beauty image and this is actually why i feel i have to wear wigs also. i have very thin hair and i dont feel beautiful without it

[Lavern4101]

@Lavern4101 It just so happens that black people are the only race who are generally born with kinky hair. Kinky hair is a distinct trait among african people, while ALL of the other races have straight, wavy and curly hair. So its not about trying to look 'white', it's about trying to compete against all the other non-black races who have that 'good hair'. To me, wigs and weaves look fake and unnatural on a black woman. They should learn to take pride in their real hair.

[Lavern4101]

You made some good points. But I really think you're over reaching when you blame the history of slavery being the reason black women wear wigs to have straight hair. The fact is, white women do not corner the market for having straight hair. Latina, asian, indian, middle eastern women etc all have straight hair, not just whites. Also, these women are considered to be just as beautiful (if not MORE beautiful) than white women.

[ADIVASTOUCH]

YES IVE NOTICED THAT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BLACK WOMEN FAVOR WHITE WOMEN THIS ISNT HOW I FEEL BUT MAGAZINE, RECORDS ANG PEOPLE FEEL THIS WAY

[TopTress]

I think black people fail to realize lighter skinned people were favored in Slavery because they were blood offsprings of the slave owner So in actuality the white slave owner favored dark they engaged in sexual relations with the African dark skinned slave First! The lighter skinned secondly because it was their blood I promise you no white person thinks a black woman looks white, whiter or whitish because she has on a straight wig or weave. African Americans pump that warped agenda

[MultiSkysthelimit]

Most Blacks in America are mixed and I can style myself to look whiter or blacker depending on my mood.How about I feel good in both looks.

How about slavery does not define black peple. slavery was in the U.S. and it was a blink of history ,there was blackness 100 of years before Amercan slavery. Is your mother white?

[MultiSkysthelimit]

How about black women got the highest self esteem on earth.White girls don't have naturally blond hair they dye it., and if you talk to a white girl their self esteem is usually sucky.I got gorgeus hair, but I love wigs and they got plenty of dark complected people got so called white hair. Don't get caught up on so up on white stanards of beauty,A lot of people is just fine with blackness.We got you tube now.