Miss Dominica-Natural Hair Beauty Queen (Miss World 2013)

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

141. Yes, I agree. It's changing, too. On YouTube, there's misogyny from some popular black male

YouTubers (see Tommy Sotomayor, for instance). Straight up hatred of black women, especially dark-skinned black women. (Yes, he admits he hates dark-skinned black women the most!!) However, there are positive, socially conscious brothers on YouTube who are honestly fed up with weaves and wigs. I think they have come to understand how superficial they make black women look; the amount of money, effort and time that go into a weave installation or braids. The fact that *SOME* black women with weaves or perms don't work out much, run from the rain, don't go swimming, won't take showers with their significant others--all because they'll mess up their hair...I think there are many black men who have had it with that. There's a movement, even among many black men, to ditch the weaves and go natural. They are getting black women to think about giving up on relaxers and going natural. However, it's going to take some work and patience from black men as well. If they want us to "go natural," they need to be prepared to support us all the way by not freaking out when we have to cut all our hair off (cutting the relaxer out). The hair will go back in its natural state but it takes time. They need to be prepared for how we're treated by our friends and family, by their friends and family, even. Just because they may have come to accept black hair doesn't mean that other people in the community have evolved to that level. This is a huge decision and huge change. It is changing but will take some time.