how come black men are the only ones who HAVE to have sharp shape ups?

[user1]

I do it for symmetry and I like going to the barber



Not me, I got my haircut one week and a shape up the next, I never had braids or cornrows which is what I personally feel leads to baldness and the receding line.

This made me think of Jermaine Dupri. He just couldn't let them braids go

 

[Kane]

Getting your hair lined up has nothing to do with your hairline receding. That's based almost purely on genetics. Cornrows and other hairstyles that pull back on your hair can lead to a receding hairline tho.

 

[HarlemRiverDrive]

Black males aren't known to have long, straight hair as often as any other ethnicity. Our curly, short 'natural' hair is a trait.

You don't HAVE to get shape ups/line-ups. Get some hair styling shyt and do your thing. I remember in HS I rocked a mohawk

 

[user1]

Yall put this shyt on ur own backs. .... you follow the expectations of whites and trif whores for your OWN reasons

Me and my sons dont follow this shyt. I have a short cut... but sometimes its just grew out like whatever.
One son dreads, others various styles.

bytches dont care as long as you're confident w it

This is true unless you out there chasing hoes

 

[user1]

it's funny me and my fam had this same discussion when i went to get my current job.... fresh from the barber, shape up

stepdad: so you gonna shave that goatee or nah

me: nah why would i do that... it's clean and short


stepdad: you ever walk around corporate meetings with the bosses at a company? you notice how many don't have any facial hair.. majority right? why you think i shave every time i go for one, then grow it back out when i get the job


mom: you ain't gotta do that shyt... don't conform for them white people!! i don't change my braids when i go for jobs


stepdad: yea and who's making all the money around here and steady climbing the corporate latter


me: i'm just gonna go shave




got the job.. but it was a real ass convo... conform for the white man to sneak in his circle or be yourself and possibly jeopardize your pockets when he ain't feeling your corporate look


but i am near dc... these white folks here be on that political shyt... another thing pops said.... you ever see a recent president with facial hair? clean cut rates better with that type of crowd



did i sell out brehs i got it all back now.. shyt i rock an afro and NO shape/beard right now like fukk it now, you already paying me

Even as a women I follow your dad's advice. My hair was natural but I sure do straighten that shyt out for job interviews. Add water and go natural once I get the job. Sometimes you just gotta compromise/play the game. Gettin paid gettin paid

 

[BaldingSoHard]

Sad to say, that is true. Why else you have some broke nikkas in the barbershop every week getting line-ups and pushing their hairline farther and farther back? That shyt is low-key making the dating scene hard for black brehs that ain't on that flashy lifestyle.

I think rather it makes it much easier to stand out from the crowd. As long as you don't look like a straight up bum, that is.

 

[Swirv]

Havent had a line up in 3 years or been to a barber either. Grew my locks natural then cut them myself. Feels good not having motherfukkers in my hair.

 

[Kufismack]

This reminds me of when I used to think from watching pornos that women naturally had the landing strip

 

[sang_bleu]

Even as a women I follow your dad's advice. My hair was natural but I sure do straighten that shyt out for job interviews. Add water and go natural once I get the job. Sometimes you just gotta compromise/play the game. Gettin paid gettin paid

I cannot respect that.

 

[MightyHealthy]

It is bullshyt really.

A cac balds or his hairline recedes no one makes a big deal out of it. A brotha experiences the same, he clowned on by insecure nikkas

I remember Mowgli getting clowned HARD with gifs of his hairline being formed by a Dragon Punch...

...then feeling a tinge of guilt, when I'd realize how crooked my shyt was after having a great day.

 

[godkiller]

Because otherwise your hair doesn't look neat and you'll have a hard time getting jobs or women. Same with black men and swag. If you're a cac, you don't have to have much swag per se, but swag is an essential part of any black man's game. Line ups don't affect your hair line either. That's genetics.

 

[Kalik]

In 2015 the edge, lineup, is more important than the haircut. You can have the bushiest fro, dreads, twists, hair look like you just woke up.

That edge fresh, you good. Seen All-star weekend?

I've even stopped getting my locks retwisted as much. Just a clean edge and neck taper, and beard edged up too.

That cripsy lines, is the freshness.

 

[Wild self]

It actually is. Why am I expected AS a BLACK man to have perfectly neatened hair line to get A JOB?

 

[Lewis Black]

One of the worst threads of 2015




1. Nas is not the reason why people were getting shaped up, look at my avi, that was tyson in the late 80s shaped up. Way before nasher showed up.


2. Black people get shape ups because we like it, its our thing. It has nothing to do with white people expecting it from us lol

3. Shape ups do not lead to baldness.

 

[KOOL_G_TRAP]

Why though? What makes a jagged or moon crescent hair line less desirable? The appluads a black man receive for a pointy hair line turn into strange feelings when it's a black woman, a vice versa.

scust as fukk