Miss*Tress
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An article from the NYTimes was posted to a blog I read semi-regularly. It's all about potential mothers who go to a sperm bank looking for genes the opposite to their own. Here's an excerpt of the article:
Out of the 124 comments on the article, this is one of which I agreed with the most:Wanted: A Few Good Sperm
By JENNIFER EGAN
Sperm banks do try to address the amorphous question of character; many include psychological studies of donors as well as "staff impressions." Some offer audiotaped interviews in addition to the lengthy written questionnaires,...
While many single mothers look for donors whose features and coloring resemble their own... A 40-year-old African-American woman I spoke with wanted a Latino donor so that her child would have lighter skin and nonkinky hair. "I'm the African-American," she told me. "The child will get that from me."
Various other aspects of "multiculturalism" (not relevant to hair) are at stevegilliard.blogspot.com.And I got news for the black woman wanting a Latino donor to insure "good hair." First, there's no guarantee, since Latinos have a fair amount of African blood mixed in them, too. And second, if she does get the hair she's looking for, it still won't change the fact that the problem is not hair texture, but that most blacks are clueless about haircare in general and have unrealistic expectations about so-called 'good hair.' My advice to blacks, learn how to care for your hair and maybe you'll like it a whole lot more.