If you dont have a relaxer then dont go around calling it creamy crack. Especially if youre a nappy nazi..... <<<<<< Irony and sarcasm at its finest 
If "it's not that serious" why not respect a person's right to be uncomfortable with the word? You're making it more of a big deal than the people who are "too serious" by making this an issue of debate. They (we) don't like it, and there's nothing you can do about it.Making remarks on how it's not that serious isn't going to change the fact either.
Take your own advice and let go and let live.
Some people actually believe that relaxers are evil.I've never really liked the term. You see it more over at the natural hair board.
Bingo. Which is silly to me. I don't see why people put all the problem on the relaxer. Maybe they didn't apply it right or take care of their hair when they had it. Like i said, it isn't that deep to me. Relaxers are easier for me, since i'm in school and i really don't have time to devote to being a natural. I'm happy for those who do, but you can lose hair being natural and you can lose hair being relaxed if its not healthy.
It can be taken too serious from either side. You say its just a word, ease up, okay, to those who use it negatively, its just a word, ease up.
Choice of hairstyle doesn't make one a better or more intelligent person.
Exactly. Sometimes it is used as just another way to divide, as if class/education/sexual orientation were not enough from the larger society as a whole. There are a lot of assumptions/misconceptions made about people who wear their hair natural too, there is no need for this high horse.Bingo. Which is silly to me. I don't see why people put all the problem on the relaxer. Maybe they didn't apply it right or take care of their hair when they had it. Like i said, it isn't that deep to me. Relaxers are easier for me, since i'm in school and i really don't have time to devote to being a natural. I'm happy for those who do, but you can lose hair being natural and you can lose hair being relaxed if its not healthy.
It can be taken too serious from either side. You say its just a word, ease up, okay, to those who use it negatively, its just a word, ease up.
Some people use it offensively. So therefore Im sure some people take offense to its use. As if crack is something good to be compared to.
Some people use it offensively. So therefore Im sure some people take offense to its use. As if crack is something good to be compared to.
.Well, I got rid of it very quickly, why would I go all around talking like a fool and offending some people's feelings and keep saying dont take it personally, it's just a joke. One single hurt person, it all that it takes ... It's all about being polite and give people the respect we all desserve.
Some people actually believe that relaxers are evil.
Yes, it offends me depending on how you use it. I know a board that uses the term and they don't use it "in a funny way."
Sounds like another word, let me help you guys. It starst with an "N"
I do sometimes get annoyed with that name for relaxers. Why does it have to be called crack, a drug? I doubt i would be as bothered if people didn't use it in a bad way, like relaxers are evil or something.
. It's not the relaxers that most folk are referring to as evil, but it's the way in which some conduct themselves when it is time for a touch-up. They actually fiend for the product like a crack addict to drugs. Now, while perhaps many do not act this way, many do; thus the terminology.
Hi fiya'slovechild and the rest of the thread here.
My hand is flying up, guilty as charged!
I first heard the word at a Yahoo dreadlock discussion board that I created called, Lovinlocks. Some of the membren were transitioning, or looking to transition, or wanted to know about the possibility of transitioning from chemikilly treated hair. Many folks themselves used the term to describe their own feelings (at one time or another). We used the term freely there. I can see how at at site like this some may find it offensive on the other hand. There are also some like the lady above who admits, yup, I need/want my fix and takes it in stride.
If YOU think I should not say it, I will try not to.
Hugzz,
LL
In my opinion, MY opinion, looks to me like you didn't know how to take care of relaxed hair so you're blaming it on the relaxer. If you'd gone natural back then without learning proper haircare your hair wouldn't have been that much better off.
Sounds like another word, let me help you guys. It starst with an "N"
AZAfroGurl said:That's a stretch
