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San Diegans with Afro puffs
Let me be more Clear or Correct myself....SOME black men, especially here in SAN DIEGO, tend to be, like you say, Brainwashed into what they consider "NICE HAIR" or ATTRACTIVE....I AM NOT SAYING what NICE HAIR IS....I LOVE MY FOLKS AND ALL TEXTURES OF HAIR WE HAVE, FROM DREADS, CORNROWS, FADES, FROS...I ESPECIALLY LOVE A CHOCOLATE BROTHER, (OOH HOW I LOVE DARK SKINNED MEN, where you don't know where the chocolate begins or ends because its so BEAUTIFUL) anywho.....I HAVE NEVER felt more SUPERIOR or SPECIAL because of my hair, I ESPECIALLY HATE when people notice and talk that way about what they consider "GOOD HAIR".... I was pointing out HOW SAD it is when I get my folks coming up to me, ADMIRING my hair, then comparing their hair to mine, IT IS SAD when you have OUR young men stating what was stated on this cover, BUT ITS BEING STATED ALL AROUND THIS CITY, this article should raise awareness with us as a People, the Brainwashing/OPPRESSION really worked,.... I have had young and old black Men tell me the same "I don't date Black Girls" "I want my daughter to have Pretty hair"....Its A DAMN SHAME...You are getting the wrong idea, just like most people are getting about Ms. Salaams' article, but I GET IT, I dont believe California is for US anyhow, thats why you have so many moving down South where this would not be an issue.. So I hope this clarifies what im trying to say!! WE AS BLACK PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO, even though we are a small community, NEED TO LOVE OURSELVES, KINKS, DARK SKIN, LIGHT SKIN, ETC..WE NEED TO TEACH OUR YOUNG NUBIAN KINGS HOW TO BE PROUD OF THEMSELVES AND OUR NUBIAN WOMEN, TEACH THEM OUR HISTORY IN THIS COUNTRY AND WHERE WE COME FROM SO THEY NEVER FORGET IT....even if they want to date another race!— July 16, 2012 2:43 p.m.
San Diegans with Afro puffs
This is a topic that makes most people on this blog Uncomfortable....Most people who don't agree with the Cover, DID NOT read the article...If you are on this Blog and you are not a Black girl, You can never know how it feels and what the author is trying to explain or what the author is searching for....Bottom Line is that here in San Diego, this topic is VERY relevant because of the small Black Community....I AM SO HAPPY about this Cover and the reactions it is getting...I am a dark skinned Black Woman with nice hair that is considered Long or Cornsilk textured, I know firsthand what black men and women admire, I have been made to feel uncomfortable plenty of times with my race of people coming up to me asking "What im Mixed with?" or "You have pretty hair", "if we had kids, our kids would have Long hair"....it always raised a Bigger question for me when being asked this because of my modest attitude, I would jokingly answer with "im mixed with Black and Perm", lol, I dont have a perm....but Black dudes (in San Diego at least) want children with nice hair, IT IS SAD, but REALITY...so why is everyone on here twitching in their seat, I AM ONE BLACK FEMALE that is SICK AND TIRED OF MY RACE MAKING PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE, so they want to AVOID the subject by singing Kumbaya, WE HAVE OVERCOME! #NOT....!— July 16, 2012 12:06 p.m.
San Diegans with Afro puffs
Black boys and men do walk around saying what this young man said that was quoted on the cover...it BREAKS MY HEART when I hear it being said, but its real, the article does drag and rambleat different times, but I totally understand...Yes, we have "OVERCOME" I guess, but this topic is a seed that was sown centuries back, for the BLACK family to be non existent, WE have been strategically programmed to hate our beatiful black skin, so here in San Diego the article was daring of her to write and not a surprise, BELIEVE, plenty of Black women have had this topic on their tongue, a topic that is painful...No offense to those of mixed race, or in a interracial relationship, the only one that could feel the pain or sting of the word s on the cover of this magazine could be a BLACK woman...it was a topic that was.desperately needing to be brought up, Can We Stop Getting along just to Get along and Keep it Real on some things!— July 14, 2012 1:19 a.m.