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Brett Moor ,Rout Inspector
W Warren Ave rchant A oc. 5601 W Warr.n, Detroit,
READERS WRITE
It'
a "hair thing"
Men and women of all colors have a preoccupation with hair length
aoo style, but especially in the Black R ceo A Black woman with long
hair is perceived as blessed or has a weave. But if Black women kept
their hair in it's natural tate instead of abusing and processing it, their
hai r would be long and could grow. Anyway, Black women use to have
long hair but not any more because of the abusing and proce ing of it.
I am ick and tired of the behavior of Black people. I have a problem
with Black folks both males and females, especially Black women. The
problem i that I have boulder length jetblack hair that i very thick.
When I wear my own hair in a French Roll or even in a Pony Tail; I ee
the envy and jealously from Bla k females and mal when they look
at my hai r, so they feel I have hair extension. I do not wear a penn
because it takes my hair out - I haven't had on in 5 to 6 years. I just
wear my hair pressed or natural, and it is in excellent condition.
However, it i always Black women with very, very short hair who
think I have a weave! And Black men are not better because they think
I have a weave, too. Why is it that Black men and women are worrying
about whether some one else hair is real or fake? Tha i crazy I
Fudhennore, I was told by BI ck men and women who are associates,
tha f I was Ught skin, B people \\7bukl-gi¥
doubt because in the Black race it is assumed that light skin Black
women automatically have long hair. But since I am medium brown
skin my hair is fake in the Black community.
With all the problems in the Black communities that needs to be
cleaned up, we still have Black folks looking and debating whether
omeon has a weave or not. Case in point, I have heard Black men and
women debating and arguing among themselves about whether my hair
is real or fake. I was asked by a Black man why my hair i not nappy at
the back like a whole lot of Bla k women. Some of the comments
coming from Bla k men are, it's no her hair because the majority of
Black women are bald headed Black women do not hav hair like that
anymore; Why i it that these Black girls cut off all their hair just to put
a weave in it, and the lists goes on and on.
IT I A EVERY day thing for me to endure. I have to put up with
it in chool which is another tory, the malls, the movies, etc. Ju t the
other day, I was in Ley ton's wit� my sister �nd you �hould. have seen
the Black women in th tore stanng at my hair, my hair was in a French
Roll style, so I got mad and sta.t� t�at I am tiring of these, wom�n in '
this tore worrying about my hair, It 1 not a weave but my own hair, so
go and get a life (putting it mildly).
One of the alesperson asks me what was the the matter. I told her
that I am si k and tired of Black women looking artd staring at my h,ai!.
She looked at my hair and stated it was pretty and �n tell that It 1
my own hair. The al person also tated that they just want my hair
that's all.
I said that majority of Black females do not have any hair so they
as ume you do not have any hair like them. That i really petty, I do not
care whether omeone h a weave or not in their hai r because it i none
of my busin . What orne one has in their hair whether it i a hair
extension, or wave it i their busines not orneone else's.
Black people cannot be h n t with themselves and realize tl'.8t they
still dwell in a European perception of Beauty. �at is why wh�n they
e a Black woman with a weave, they are reminded that their own
self-hate may have inspired her to ee� that tyle. It is ti�e for Black
people to top blaming all our ills on white people or �e ��te men. We
have to take r ponsibility for all th ills that we are inflicting upon our
elv . Thi pr ccupation with h,air length, te�ture and tyle, the long
and the h rt 0 it, i that w continue to wade In elf-hate.
I ask thi que tion why i it that we can resent people who judge us
for what' on the out ide uch as, our cornplexi ns, tyle of dres ,
language, and forth, Instead of what' inside and yet we as Black
people have th arne prej udice ours lves. , _
I ask the qu tion again, why are we 0 concerned With omcon
el e' hair?
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W.M., Detroit
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HOW V R, WHEN 1'H
pending of all African-American
families is added together, the total
comes to $270 billion per year. If
African-American consumers were
a separate country in terms of th
goods and ervices they purchase,
they would repre ent/ fourteenth
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1970's
1980's
The' Evolution 'of Black on Black Crime
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The name "J e Raincy,"basn't
been uttered over Philadelphia r dl
tations for generations, yet om
still remember. He wac; a tiny, well­
drcs d man who welcomed tw
Black Panthers into the broad ast
tudio of WDAS R dio one Sunday
in 1970.
On w Capt. R ggie ch 11; th'
other, hi Lt. f Inf nnati n. Both
had done a lew 0 bro dcasts t -
gether, n quit a f 'IV 1V and radio
tations but thi w different.
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undi puted pow rh u e of Phi la.
Black R dio, our br adcas t would
reach our tar et audicn - Bla k
Philadelphian - quickly and di
r uy we uti liz dth opportunnj
to build th party, and inform th rs
.of party a tiviti nationally and I -
cally.
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