I've noticed over the past couple years  that most black women now have fairly straight hair.
WTF? There was a black girl in my 9th grade, she sat right in front of me and I fantasized about her.

But hair has changed for blacks. I've found out they now use Sodium Hydroxide to straighten their hair.
This shit I've used to etch aluminum because it is so toxic and corrosive.

What about the girls? We need to stop this garbage and let black girls be natural again.

Hos rockin the 'fro. Yup.

Here's where I would put some well-thought out commentary about what black women's hair trends say about societal attitudes being skewed towards the white standard of beauty... but alas, this passive-aggressive non-post will have to do.

Get it? "'Do."

Signed,

Si Kopath
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how bout we let people do what they want to their hair without judging them for it?

how bout we let people do what they want to their hair without judging them for it?

Well yes of course you're correct, people can do whatever they like.
I was commenting more on the toxic nature of the chemicals used along with an observation that it's use has become far more prevalent in recent years. Almost to the point of exclusion.

Sounds no more corrosive than the "permanents" my grandma insisted I had done at the local beauty school from ages 5 to 11.
She was a proud Scandahoovian (prolly spelled it wrong) who survived the depression and was convinced my stick straight fine hair was a curse. So she took me to the beauty school because it was cheap, and made me sit in a chair while students applied chemicals to my little head. They all were like "look how grown up you are" while my scalp burned and my eyes watered from the vapors coming off the cotton around my head that was suppose to keep the chemicals from my eyes. My hair was curly in the end, but smelled awful. Then Grandma would forbid me from washing my hair for 3 days "so it can set".  After 3 days, I would wash my now greasy curly hair and the curls would start looking funny. A few months later, Grandma is talking about "going to the beauty school for a permanent. You need one too. You get to sit on the chair and feel pretty and grown up!".

She died when I was 14. I miss her so much. I don't miss the "Permanents"

Most black girls I know just use a straight iron and a shitload of conditioner.

I've always considered the "Beauty Industry" as something of a vampire.
Umm to further address tricky's concerns, I blame this thread on the blue stuff.

I was subjected to perms as well. They were horrible and never looked good.

I like the natural look on black girls, I am jealous of the volume they can get.

To each their own, plenty of people ruin what they have with the wrong clothes, makeup, and hair.

... others are just ass-nasty!