Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part III of a four part series about current (as of October 2016) attitudes among African Americans about the word "nappy".
Part III features several videos that showcase various Black natural hairstyles in the United States and elsewhere. Selected comments from these video's discussion threads are also included in this post.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/10/changing-attitudes-among-african.html for Part I of this series. Part I highlights a 2015 vlog (video blog) about a second apology that African American comedian Sheryl Underwood made on a CBS talk show where she is co-host about comments that she had made on that show in 2012 disparaging "nappy" hair. Selected comments from that video's discussion thread are also included in this post.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/10/articles-about-black-natural-hair.html for Part II of this series. Part II provides information about the Black natural hair movement in the United States, France, Ivory Coast, and Brazil. Information about the Black natural hair type classification system that appears to be widely used by African American natural hair care professionals and African Americans with natural hair styles is also included in one of these articles.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/10/hip-hop-group-nappy-roots-song-po-folks.html for Part IV of this series. Part IV highlights the Hip Hop group Nappy Roots and their 2002 hit song "Po' Folks"'. Selected comments from the discussion thread of a video of that song are included in that post.
The content of this post is presented for cultural purposes.
Thanks to those who are featured in these videos and thanks to all who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these embedded videos.
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Other pancocojams posts on the word "nappy" will be published periodically. Click the tag "nappy" or "natural hair" for links to previous posts and new posts.
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FEATURED VIDEOS
Example #1: Happy Nappy [Ivory Coast, West Africa]
Mariam Diaby, Published on Apr 19, 2014
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Here are selected videos from this video's discussion thread:
2015
Darrin Jackson
"I love the natural hair. Keep on Keeping on!"
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Pretti Uneekhair
"Awesome I Just read your article on CNN! Sooo glad to hear about your group! I subed and hope to experience "natural hair across the world" from you and the group!"
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Kamau Kirikou Re'Xi
"Love and honor to you all who embrace, love and honor your natural beauty."
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Example #2: Natural Hair [Kenya, East Africa]
Kenya CitizenTV, Published on Aug 3, 2014
Beauty they say is in the eyes of the beholder but for some it appears, a woman’s beauty is in her hair. And it is because of that the hair styling and beauty industry is a multibillion dollar enterprise worldwide. And whilst debate continues on just what makes hair beautiful and whether women should wear artificial hair or apply chemicals on their hair, there appears to be a growing trend among women to go natural, or in their words to return to one’s roots. Just what do the men think of this trend? Evelyn Wambui sort to find out that as well as several other perspectives that inform the natural hair debate.
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Here are two comments from that video's discussion thread:
NydiaSimone TV, 2016
"I couldn't understand what the men said! Someone please translate for me!"
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originalathenah, 2016
"+NydiaSimone TV--- One of them said that if they get their hair cut, they will look like them (like men), the last one said that he loves a woman with natural hair, her own hair. Leave the wigs alone, because every time she cooks for you she´s removing hair from her mouth all the time, and every weekend it´s the salon. Natural hair!"
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Example #2: Afro Hair Pride March Brazil - Marcha do Orgulho Crespo Brasil [Brazil, South America]
Marcha do Orgulho Crespo Brasil, Published on Oct 30, 2015
The purpose of the 1st Afro Hair Pride March is to celebrate our natural hair texture as being part of the black identity, especially for women as a means of empowerment. It was organized by Blog das Cabeludas and Hot Pente, took about one thousand people to the streets of São Paulo to celebrate natural hair beauty as a symbol of resistance and to protest against racism. The event happened in July, 26.
FOLLOW Marcha do Orgulho Crespo Brasil on Facebook: ttps://goo.gl/thrjGT
E-mail: orgulhocrespo@gmail.com
Instagram: @orgulhocrespobr
Twitter: @orgulhocrespo
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Here are a complete sub-thread (as of the date of this post's publication) from this video's discussion thread. All of these comments are from 2016. I've added numbers for referencing purposes only:
1. DerekDaCadillacQadafi Ficklin
"NOW ONLY IF THIS MOVEMENT COULD SPREAD UP TO THE U.S."
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2. Alexander Black
"DerekDaCadillacQadafi Ficklin Do you live or have even been to the US this movement has been happening here....black men and women everywhere are embracing their hair. I live in the south and I see more black people wearing their natural hair than any other form."
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3. watchulla
"Where have you been or moment was in the 70's"
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That blogger's comment probably means "Where have you been? Our [the United State's Black natural hair] movement [began] in the 1970s.
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4. DerekDaCadillacQadafi Ficklin
"ALEXANDER AND WATCHULLA YES I LIVE IN THE SOUTH.THE WEAVE INDUSTRY IS THRIVING WELL OFF THE MONEY FROM THESE SISTAHS.CANT PULL THE WOOL OVER MY EYES."
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5. MisMupp
"DerekDaCadillacQadafi Ficklin Do me a favor and type in natural hair in the YouTube search and see tons of videos pop up from US women. I live in the South too near NOLA. I've been natural nearly a decade. Most of my family is natural and it's extremely common in my area. where I live they even have natural hair events where they have stylists doing tutorials, vendors selling products, people swapping products etc. Not to mention if you go to Target, Walgreens, Sally's there are tons of brands geared to natural hair like Shea Moisture, Kinky Curly, talia Waajid, Curls, Mixed Chicks, Jane Carter. Even traditionallyrelaxed brands like Dark and Lovely are making natural lines because relaxer sales have tanked. So to say it hasn't taken off in US is untrue. maybe you need to get out more."
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6. DerekDaCadillacQadafi Ficklin
"I AGREE THERE ARE PLENTY OF VIDEOS UP SHOWING NATURAL HAIR.NOW DO MII A FAVOR.LOOK UP THE AMOUNT OF MONEY BLACK WOMEN SPEND ON WEAVES EACH YEAR.THEN YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY I SAID WHAT I SAID."
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7. MisMupp
"DerekDaCadillacQadafi Ficklin You said you wished the movement would spread to the US. The overwhelming majority of natural hair bloggers and vloggers are from the US. Most natural hair products made in US. If there weren't that many US women with natural hair they wouldn't have the huge following and sales like they do. It's called supply and demand. As someone who speaks more than one language I can tell you the on slot of black women stopping with relaxers mostly started in the US and spread to other areas. Not the other way around. I watch videos in Portuguese and Spanish and I watch English speaking people from the U.K., Caribbean and Africa. I have heard many of them talk about how they were inspired by US black women to embrace their texture and big chop. SO DON'T GIVE ME THERE IS NO MOVEMENT HERE. While I don't buy hair, looking up weave sales is comparing apples to oranges. being natural means you don't use chemicals in your hair. Just because you see someone in extensions or a sewin doesn't mean they relax their hair or that they always wear fake hair. Natural is no texture altering chemicals. As I said where I live I see black women every day who are wearing their natural hair out. When I first went natural nearly a decade ago it was not like that and I had to order stuff on line that I can now buy in the store.
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8. MsSweetMolasses
"Natural Hair movement started in America first then it went global."
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Example #4: 20 Natural Hairstyles for Teens and College Students [United States of America]
Cassidy Dixon, Published on Jul 30, 2016
Music:
www.soundcloud.com/workthatcassmusic
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Here are a few comments from that video's discussion thread.
2016
Skye Stewart
"Was your hair blown out when you did these hair styles?"
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Cassidy Dixon
"+Skye Stewart No, Twist Out"
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blown out = wet hair dried with an electric blow dryer
twist out- the hair is twisted (plaited/braided) at night and then the plaits/braids are taken out and the hair is worn uncombed.
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Tiana Jackson
"GIRL ya melanin and hair is POPPIN!"
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"Melanin" here means skin color (complexion). "Poppin" (:popping") means it is "hot" (great).
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Connected One
"Gotta love it! ! Black Women Loving the Skin their in...#BlackGirlsRock"
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Albus Dumbledore
"You hair pattern is amazing!!! Did u twist it or anything?"
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megagymnast676
"She said it was a worn out twist out"
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Hair pattern = hair texture; hair type . This used to be called the “grade of hair”. I'm glad that term is no longer used. I remember hearing that (most) Black people had a "bad grade" of hair.
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Cristle
"how many years post relaxer are you, and is this your curl pattern?"
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Cassidy Dixon
"+Cristle I never had a relaxer"
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relaxer= chemical treatment to temporarily “relax” ("straighten") the natural hair curls/kinks
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PhanShipperWithFro
"she said that she was 3c/4a on another comment."
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Information about this numbered/letter Black hair classification system is given in Part II of this series.
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Example #5: 6 Cute Ways to Style Your natural TWA 3c 4a 4b & 4c friendly [United States of America]
Markia Daily, Published on Jul 6, 2016
DISCLAIMER: The small white buds in my hair is the build up of both products used( gel and leave in conditioner). When 2 products don't have the same base they don't mix well.
DETAILS
Hi Guys, So today i decided to show you 6 styles I do with my TWA. [Teeny weeny afro] For everyone who has a Teenie Weenie Afro knows its difficult to style it, because its so short and you don't know what to do with it. Been there Done that. I got sick of the regular curly fro after a week so I started to play around and experiment with my hair and came up with these 6 styles. They're different and easy to achieve. I hope this video helps.
1.) The Wash N Go Revival is reviving my 4 day old wash n go. I do [t]his by applying water to reactivate the product already in my hair.
2.) The Side Part is pretty self Explanatory, lol.
3.)The Afro is my curls and kinks being picked out.
4.)The half up is like wearing back fro but instead I sleek the sides down and pin the top half up.
5.) The back Fro is my edges sleeked back but the back of hair is in an Afro.
6.) The Sleek Slick Back is brushing ALL of hair down and to the back. xoxo Markia Daily
Products Used:
Spray bottle ( filled with water)
Cantu Shea Leave In Conditioner
Detangler comb
Soft Bristle Brush
Hard Bristle Brush
Olive Oil ECO Styler Gel
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Click http://www.curlynikki.com/2015/08/curly-only-while-wet-type-4-wash-and-go.html for suggestions about wash n go hairstyles for the above listed hair textures.
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Descriptions for the numbered and letter hair classification system are given in Part II of this series.
To briefly summarize, a lot of the online articles that I've read indicate that most African Americans' hair pattern is either #3 or #4. Those numbers are divided into sub-categories. However, a person can naturally have more than one hair pattern.
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Selected comments from this video's discussion thread:
2016
Jahna Trapp
"hi when did you big chop? I did mine June 2nd 2016 and I just want someone I can keep progress with and my hair is 4a like yours so it's perfect lol."
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"The big chop" is a term that refers to getting all of your permed (chemically straightened) hair cut off. Everyone who "goes natural" (or returns their hair to its natural condition) doesn't do a big chop, but might cut some of their hair, and/or wait until the perm gets out of (the rest of) their hair.
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Markia Daily
"Hi! I did my big Chop in April but I colored it and cut it shorter in June."
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Notice that people who "go natural" may still color (dye) their hair.
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Markia Daily
"+Jahna Trapp I'm a 3c/4a"
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Jahna Trapp
"+Markia Daily aight got it thanks."
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Geraldine Ezeokeke
"this will not work on 4c hair"
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Markia Daily
"Geraldine Ezeokeke tried it out on a friend, it definitely will."
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Kelly D
"I'm so glad I found this video today. I big chopped a couple days ago and needed to get some inspiration for styles. :)"
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This concludes Part III of this four part series.
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