I’m fighting a hair war right now. I am going to grow my hair ridiculously long for all those who doubt that black hair can grow.
Situation 1:
I was hanging out with one of my friends, and her Puerto Rican boyfriend.
My friend’s hair is neck length. Her boyfriend had shaved off all his hair a couple of months ago, and now his hair is very long (not the top, just the nape). They have been having this ongoing battle on whose hair is going to be longer. He says that in less than 4 months, his hair will be past hers. She says to him “Of course your hair is going to past mine, remember I am only HALF spanish”. Meaning because she is half-black her hair won’t grow as fast as his.
First of all, she isn’t Spanish at all. Her mother is 25% spanish IF THAT (The father was pure jamaican, and her mother was not even half dominican)…, And My friend’s father is 100% jamaican. So she is not even ¼ dominican. But she always claims to be half-dominican. Anywhoo..
I say, “It doesn’t matter if your half spanish or not, because every one’s hair generally grows ½” a month” They both shook their heads at me, like I was clueless and they both said I DONT BELIEVE THAT! I explained to him and HER that the reason why his hair is growing faster than her’s is because his hair is natural and that he doesn’t process it, perm, color, blowdry or do any other things that would break his hair off. All he does it wash it and get it braided. And she does damaging stuff to her hair. (This girl thinks that perm is a conditioning, so she perms her hair every 4 weeks from root to tips, blowdrys it every wash, and colors it often)
He says, Well I don’t take care of my hair either and my hair still grows faster. I said REGARDLESS your not damaging your hair with harsh chemicals” so your hair is not really breaking. He says “yeah it is breaking when I comb it I see hair in the comb” (I wanted to say its probably shedding from you wearing braids for a while ya dumb a$$) But I was keeping my cool. So after arguing back and forth (with her siding with him) I realized I wasn’t getting anywhere so I just said “NEVERMIND” and left it alone. He smirked like he won.
Side note: She spent the night at my house yesterday and wanted to wash her hair so I gave her a shampoo, conditioner and then I handed her a plastic cap for her to do a deep conditioning with, and she asks me “what is it for?”
She TELLS people all the time, her hair is not like “other” peoples hair. That she has that “Good” hair. But as long as I can remember her hair has been neck length for all the years I have known her for. Yet I’m 100% african american and my hair is the longest it has ever been (with the exception of childhood)
AND GET THIS she tries to tell me what to do with MY hair. That I wash it often, that I need to use the relaxed and natural line, YADDA YADDA.
Situation #2:
I have Puerto Rican neighbors who btw are like family to me, and all my life I had to fight with them because they swore black people’s hair does not grow. As soon as they saw that my hair was shooting off, and getting really long they said “Oh wow you have long hair for a black girl cause you know their hair can’t grow”.
One day she looked in the mirror while doing her hair, and she says boy am I so glad that I don’t have your type of hair that I need perms and stuff. (Meanwhile, this b&%$* had a perm back in the day because her hair was SUPER curly, thick and unmanageable)
Anyway..
I seen her last weekend, and I had my hair in a phoneytail. You know this itch had the nerve to say oh I see your wearing weaves now, I thought your hair grew!!!
SO my hair goal now is however long it can grow, and still be thick and healthy. SO if I that means waist length/butt length I am going to DO IT
Situation 1:
I was hanging out with one of my friends, and her Puerto Rican boyfriend.
My friend’s hair is neck length. Her boyfriend had shaved off all his hair a couple of months ago, and now his hair is very long (not the top, just the nape). They have been having this ongoing battle on whose hair is going to be longer. He says that in less than 4 months, his hair will be past hers. She says to him “Of course your hair is going to past mine, remember I am only HALF spanish”. Meaning because she is half-black her hair won’t grow as fast as his.
First of all, she isn’t Spanish at all. Her mother is 25% spanish IF THAT (The father was pure jamaican, and her mother was not even half dominican)…, And My friend’s father is 100% jamaican. So she is not even ¼ dominican. But she always claims to be half-dominican. Anywhoo..
I say, “It doesn’t matter if your half spanish or not, because every one’s hair generally grows ½” a month” They both shook their heads at me, like I was clueless and they both said I DONT BELIEVE THAT! I explained to him and HER that the reason why his hair is growing faster than her’s is because his hair is natural and that he doesn’t process it, perm, color, blowdry or do any other things that would break his hair off. All he does it wash it and get it braided. And she does damaging stuff to her hair. (This girl thinks that perm is a conditioning, so she perms her hair every 4 weeks from root to tips, blowdrys it every wash, and colors it often)
He says, Well I don’t take care of my hair either and my hair still grows faster. I said REGARDLESS your not damaging your hair with harsh chemicals” so your hair is not really breaking. He says “yeah it is breaking when I comb it I see hair in the comb” (I wanted to say its probably shedding from you wearing braids for a while ya dumb a$$) But I was keeping my cool. So after arguing back and forth (with her siding with him) I realized I wasn’t getting anywhere so I just said “NEVERMIND” and left it alone. He smirked like he won.
Side note: She spent the night at my house yesterday and wanted to wash her hair so I gave her a shampoo, conditioner and then I handed her a plastic cap for her to do a deep conditioning with, and she asks me “what is it for?”
She TELLS people all the time, her hair is not like “other” peoples hair. That she has that “Good” hair. But as long as I can remember her hair has been neck length for all the years I have known her for. Yet I’m 100% african american and my hair is the longest it has ever been (with the exception of childhood)
AND GET THIS she tries to tell me what to do with MY hair. That I wash it often, that I need to use the relaxed and natural line, YADDA YADDA.
Situation #2:
I have Puerto Rican neighbors who btw are like family to me, and all my life I had to fight with them because they swore black people’s hair does not grow. As soon as they saw that my hair was shooting off, and getting really long they said “Oh wow you have long hair for a black girl cause you know their hair can’t grow”.
One day she looked in the mirror while doing her hair, and she says boy am I so glad that I don’t have your type of hair that I need perms and stuff. (Meanwhile, this b&%$* had a perm back in the day because her hair was SUPER curly, thick and unmanageable)
Anyway..
I seen her last weekend, and I had my hair in a phoneytail. You know this itch had the nerve to say oh I see your wearing weaves now, I thought your hair grew!!!
SO my hair goal now is however long it can grow, and still be thick and healthy. SO if I that means waist length/butt length I am going to DO IT
