Many Black Women choose hair styles like this because they can easily wear this style for 3-months straight and so they don't have to do their hair.
This is the part where Occam's Razor applies; meaning the simplest explanation is the most plausible. See, when a woman has the economic ability to keep her hair done, she does - even if she has to pay for it. But when they don’t - especially Black Women in the United States they don’t. Some will claim the Natural Hair Movement as a reason why they are “going natural”, but the opposite is also true, which would mean that outside of them “going natural” now they’ve been going “unnatural” by default in the past. Hence, it’s fair to say that the rip tide underneath the Natural Hair Movement is the fact that many Black Women who subscribe to the Natural Hair Movement are often times simply too broke and too lazy do their own hair.
A good "Bundle" of hair can cost anywhere from $100 to $300 not including "insultation."
As a point of reference, there isn't too many women outside of Black Women who subscribe and project to the world that they are a part of the Natural Hair Movement; because for them hair is just their hair – they don’t give it much afterthought. But for Black Women in contrast, it’s not that simple. For many of them it boils down to one simple question and that’s: do you have hair or not? This is a point to be made because so many Black Women have literally “fried” the hair off their heads. For those that don’t know, when they [Black Women] take out the hair weaves that don’t have the same texture as their “natural hair” or take off the lace front wigs or take out the “box braids” and whatever other hairstyle they deem to be a “protective style”; most of the time their hair is not in the best condition.
The question still remains are Black Women and women that subscribe to these methods too lazy to do their own hair or do they have other underlying issues?
It’s almost like when the artificial hair comes off and out, the real onset of self-pity, low self-esteem and inadequacy sets in. So, the question is: is it possible for them to “normalize” displaying their own hair instead of being heavily dependent on wearing someone else’s hair? The answer is a hard maybe. But will it take a hell of a lot of strength and courage on their part. And the main source of the strength and courage they need will first start with them being able to take accountability and responsibility for messing themselves up when it comes to hair and other things outside the scope of this article.
We are not here to slam women, but we are here to spark a much-needed conversation. And the base of that conversation starts here at vedamaghtx.com
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