Black Hairstyles for Black Women Only??

Image via WikipediaWe all know the deal: everyone loves long flowing locks. Long hair is feminine, men love it, and it just looks pretty. I didn’t read Wuthering Heights and watch Thorn Birds without learning something – long hair is the stuff of romance. Short hair can be sexy but it’s not for everyone (honestly, I wish I could just shave my head but I’m pretty sure it’s shaped like a Milk Dud under these naps). So white girls, keep your hair long and flip it in people’s faces, tuck it behind your ear, or twirl it between your fingers like a ditz. Use it as a prop and have a blast. Use very little product, throw it into a ponytail, go swimming and hop out of the pool without a care in the world. Get your privilege on and buy any old shampoo and conditioner because its all designed for your hair just as it already is. If you simply must cut your hair get your Mia Farrow/Twiggy on, go bald, or do any of the approved looks above, just make sure to accessorize and take your face shape into consideration – short hair can be really cute and ethnically appropriate! But there is no stop on the road to the right short cut for a white lady that involves spiking gel, curling irons, or a shaved nape. Please leave such hair gymnastics to the black girls.

Black Hairstyles for White Women?

Listen, I know that straight hair is “for” white women and millions of black women endeavor to such every day. But when white women get any of the hundreds of haircuts that American black women have created and cultivated because we’ve had little choice, it just annoys me. When it comes down to it, black women tend to have shorter hair – ours is more prone to breakage thanks to dryness and all of the crazy chemicals we use, and that is why things like stacked curls and pencil curls even exist (not to mention the advances we’ve made with hair weaves, which y’all are free to dabble in if you like). We do a whole lot with a little bit of hair and I believe that many styles work to combat damage we’ve done to our tresses – for example, no one can tell me that the first swoop bang wasn’t meant to hide edges that have been burnt out by too many perms. And these white women born with straightforward wash n’ go hair just chop all of that white privilege off and throw away what black women pay good money for at the hair store? It’s just not right.

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