NBC News: Chemical Hair Straightener linked to Uterine Fibroids and Cancer in Black Women.

[Peachstate]

Thankfully, relaxers are less popular now than they used to be. And yes, most of us got out first relaxers at very young ages and didn't know anything different until the natural hair movement.

 

[MajesticLion]

Who cannot hear must feel.

 

[Dave24]

Subbed

 

[Gloxina]

Are they killing us or are black women killing themselves with internalized self hate? How many will stop using these chemicals to straighten their hair even after knowing how dangerous they are?

I really don’t like how some brehs approach this topic because many of you don’t acknowledge the way white society treats Blackness and black HAIR. Black women have been discriminated against because of our natural hair. Some of our men have made it clear they prefer “looser hair” and women have tried to fit that look with chemical relaxers. I mean, brehs treat me differently when my hair is in braids VS out and straightened, and EVERY Black woman will tell you that.

Discrimination based on hair texture in the United States - Wikipedia

 

[Mac Milli]

This should be a huge story. This could be poisoning thousands of black women all around the world.

 

[Glorious]

Are they killing us or are black women killing themselves with internalized self hate? How many will stop using these chemicals to straighten their hair even after knowing how dangerous they are?

 

[Peachstate]

I really don’t like how some brehs approach this topic because many of you don’t acknowledge the way white society treats Blackness and black HAIR. Black women have been discriminated against because of our natural hair. Some of our men have made it clear they prefer “looser hair” and women have tried to fit that look with chemical relaxers. I mean, brehs treat me differently when my hair is in braids VS out and straightened, and EVERY Black woman will tell you that.

Discrimination based on hair texture in the United States - Wikipedia

Exactly. Hell, black men used to straighten their hair, too. It is what it is. Now that we know better, we can do better. Nothing else really needs to be said.

 

[Uachet]

I really don’t like how some brehs approach this topic because many of you don’t acknowledge the way white society treats Blackness and black HAIR. Black women have been discriminated against because of our natural hair. Some of our men have made it clear they prefer “looser hair” and women have tried to fit that look with chemical relaxers. I mean, brehs treat me differently when my hair is in braids VS out and straightened, and EVERY Black woman will tell you that.

Discrimination based on hair texture in the United States - Wikipedia

What you are saying is true and all, but there is a caveat. There are plenty of Sisters who tell Brothers we need to stay out of their business when it comes to issues like hair, eyelashes, etc. So they can't out of one side of their mouth say they do it because of the way we treat them when they don't, but then out of the other side tell us to shut up when we speak out against the very thing they say they do because they believe we like it.

I.E. they can't tell us to not speak on the dangers and problems concerning them getting perms one moment, then the next moment use us as the reason for why they are getting perms.

 

[DreadBrown]

I really don’t like how some brehs approach this topic because many of you don’t acknowledge the way white society treats Blackness and black HAIR. Black women have been discriminated against because of our natural hair. Some of our men have made it clear they prefer “looser hair” and women have tried to fit that look with chemical relaxers. I mean, brehs treat me differently when my hair is in braids VS out and straightened, and EVERY Black woman will tell you that.

Discrimination based on hair texture in the United States - Wikipedia

Come on sis,

‘White society’, ‘Our men’ isn’t it

It’s your hair you can do what you want with it, especially in 2022

Also I’ve never heard a black man say he prefer straight hair on black women in my life. Not once

 

[Uachet]

Come on sis,

‘White society’, ‘Our men’ isn’t it

It’s your hair you can do what you want with it, especially in 2022

Also I’ve never heard a black man say he prefer straight hair on black women in my life. Not once

Actually, I have seen some right on this site make statements trying to correlate natural hair with negativity in Black women. Outside in the real world, the evidence is abundant that their are brothers who prefer straightened hair, but in 2022 I am pretty sure many brothers are seeing that our sisters actually look so much more beautiful with their hair in natural styles.

 

[ORDER_66]

IT's for black women to throw these shyt in the garbage go all natural from now on...

 

[DreadBrown]

Actually, I have seen some right on this site make statements trying to correlate natural hair with negativity in Black women. Outside in the real world, the evidence is abundant that their are brothers who prefer straightened hair, but in 2022 I am pretty sure many brothers are seeing that our sisters actually look so much more beautiful with their hair in natural styles.

This is vague bro,

But I know the statements you’re talking about they say black women with natural hair are more likely to date other races. We’re not talking about interracial relationships, we’re talking about black people

You can’t say evidence is abundant and not provide any

 

[HARLEM AL]

I really don’t like how some brehs approach this topic because many of you don’t acknowledge the way white society treats Blackness and black HAIR. Black women have been discriminated against because of our natural hair. Some of our men have made it clear they prefer “looser hair” and women have tried to fit that look with chemical relaxers. I mean, brehs treat me differently when my hair is in braids VS out and straightened, and EVERY Black woman will tell you that.

Discrimination based on hair texture in the United States - Wikipedia

Look at this bullshyt

 

[Uachet]

This is vague bro,

But I know the statements you’re talking about they say black women with natural hair are more likely to date other races. We’re not talking about interracial relationships, we’re talking about black people

You can’t say evidence is abundant and not provide any

You are right, since I can't pull up a study on this issue to support my statement.

I can say that what I have seen over the years via interactions between males and females in our community, by statements made by some brothers concerning what they like, how some brothers are wiling to help pay the exorbitant prices women pay for perms, and how many of the women who are considered dimes (not all) have their hair in perms. Also, can point out the history of some brothers calling sisters nappy headed if they did not have a perm or hair straightened. So what I have is a lot of anecdotal evidence, but it is true I do not have any statistic evidence gathered to make an actual statistically significant supported statement about the issue.

 

[Nigerianwonder]

I really don’t like how some brehs approach this topic because many of you don’t acknowledge the way white society treats Blackness and black HAIR. Black women have been discriminated against because of our natural hair. Some of our men have made it clear they prefer “looser hair” and women have tried to fit that look with chemical relaxers. I mean, brehs treat me differently when my hair is in braids VS out and straightened, and EVERY Black woman will tell you that.

Discrimination based on hair texture in the United States - Wikipedia

Stop it. Watch the clip breh posted below from the chris rock movie. White folks didnt protest that movie. Black women did. Black women shut it down not white folks. There are black women mad at Chris rock to this very day over this movie. Whole film exposed the black hair care industry and dangers to black women and that was over 10 years ago. Black women shut it down. They didnt wanna hear it.

The shock at the chemist when Rock told him that black folks put sodium hydroxide in their hair to straighten it.

Chemist: "Why would they do that?"

Rock: "To look white."



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@Neo The Resurrected ONE

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