History of African American Hair

               Composition of Hair

The composition of hair varies based on the hair type, one's age, sex, origin, and hair color.  Your hair grows from the scalp, it serves to protect the head from injury, and from the elements - the sun, cold weather, etc.  The foods and vitamins you in-take play a role on the growth and healthiness of your hair.  The DNA in the body predetermines the length to which the hair will grow.  The average head is about 120 square inches, and there are about 1,000 strands of hair per square inch, giving the average head about 120,000 strands of hair.  However, there are products that can aid the sheen strength, and overall well-being of you hair!

 

i no right its a good thing thow u would make a good teacher - pastor - preacher ext

dat was deep. cant progress into the future w/o knowin ur past

This post is out of pure love for my people. I wanted to plant a seed in your mind and hope that it will blossum into a fruitful tree of a mighty orchard of strong black men.  

In the words of Mavin Gay, "What's going on?"

What's going on Brother, What's going on Sister?

War between us is not the answer!

 

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Naw, I just read books without somebody making me do it. I choose to seek the "Truth" and not let it be told to me by somebody else.

The truth is not mentioned in public schools or at home anymore so we have to actively seek it on our own.

African American hair is very political. The way you choose to wear your hair speak volumes about you morals and values.

Ask yourself these questions:

1. Do I know my African Culture?

2. Am I proud of my African Culture?

3. How do I express my African Culture?

4. Did my father teach me anything about being a MAN?

5. Can my mother teach me how to be a MAN?

6. What's the difference between my mother teaching me how to be a MAN and my father teaching me how to be a MAN?

7. Am I taking the place of my father as my mother's husband?

8. Am I moma's little man or am I my own MAN?

The answer to the last question is, I am my own man and my mother is a woman not a MAN. She has been socialized to think, act, and recieve help from society as a female. So no, I am not my mother's husband. I am my own MAN and when I become a MAN I can only use 50% of what my mother has taught me, the other 50% will have to come from a MAN who has lived as a MAN in this society.

Wake up MEN, Step up MEN, Speak up MEN, or be your mother's little man!

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Biggmike is right about schools they dont teach us about our culture they tell about columbus how he find america a black person could have found america they just mighta keep it a secret cause they know a white person would have took over it and got the credit u feel me

You  will not learn anything unless you read and ask questions. I've studied African Anthropology and African American history. With these two fields of study, I am combining a BA in sociology. This is how I'm able to come at you guys like this everyday. Guys if I could write about African culture and how it has been lost in America, I wouldn't run out of words.

Seek the truth and compare it to the present day conditions of the African American culture. Our house has been divided against itself. The culture of hair today is a reflection of this destruction. I sale hair care products all day. Who do you think spends the most money on their hair? It has to do with an identity crisis. Who do you think is confused about how to wear their hair, confused about will it be accepted? Ask yourself, do they care what we think! Why not, is our opinion less valued than others opinion? Do we as men contribute to this destruction by ignoring our own African heritage and not expressing it in our actions and words?

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Thoughts = Seeds

Seeds grow into plants and plants grow into trees with deep roots.