Nappturology 101

It Ain’t Even Real…

April 3, 2008 · 15 Comments

Y’all look at this picture…and tell me…what is wrong with this picture?

I saw this on AOL, Wednesday, in a slide show that was talking about how you should know your hair and understand what it’s trying to tell you. Each slide featured a different hair fact such as things about the hair structure, growth cycle, scalp issues and such. Also each slide had a different straight haired model that was attempting to depict something about each hair fact. Most were white. One that I can remember was Asian. And low and behold the last one was of this young lady. And what are they talking about…hair thickness. I’m like screaming… you gotta be kidding me? She’s freaking wearing a weave or a wig. It reminded me of that scene in Spike Lee’s movie School Daze when the Wannabees and the Jigaboos have the confrontation in a doorway, just before the big dance number at Ree Ree’s Salon. Tisha Campbell tosses her light-blond, long-haired weave back and Spike Lee’s sister’s character says (I think it was her anyway), “It ain’t…even…real.”

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