The other day we told you about some girls on Twitter using the hashtag #afro to describe their hair that appeared to be either, super thick, messy, bed head, or just untamed. Click here to read that post. Well it didn’t stop there; the same thing is happening on Instagram and Twitter, except the new cool, a.k.a. negative, term white women are using is #nappyhair.
Other online publications have, tongue in cheek, exposed these girls using terms that clearly do not apply to them so we are sort of obliged to share our own slightly more serious view on this common trend. Personally, I find the whole thing a tad bit annoying with a whole lot of ignorance attached. These women have no idea what nappy means historically, how the term was used years ago versus how we use it now.
All they are doing is taking something that sounds “cool” and applying it to themselves, a.k.a. columbusing. The thing about this whole situation is that it would be hard to make these girls understand just how they come across using words that just don’t apply. So what if we turned it around? I mean how dumb would I sound if I put a picture on Instagram saying “oh I feel like such a #redneck today”. What would that even mean?
From the perspective of a white girl, what if she said to you that you are being unreasonable, and to give her a list of things she can’t say, like: “I can’t say Afro, because that’s yours; I can’t say Nig*a because that’s bad; I cant say Negro because that’s bad too, and now I can’t say nappy?”
When you look at it that way, you may seem a tad bit touchy to say the least. It’s almost as if we have a whole language of words that white people can’t use now, due to to their particular history. It’s a hard pill to swallow that to be honest many of us black folk have very little sympathy for. And the bottom line is that it’s just one of those things that other races will have to just wash down with a bit of water.
I will not apologize for feeling offended about the use of any words that have historically been used to describe me or my hair in a negative light, so I will not suddenly think is cute or mainstream for anyone “outside the fold” to describe themselves that way.
I put the question to my husband. I said to him, “Honey*, would you be offended if a white girl called her hair nappy?” He said no, initially, because he said maybe she just means that her hair is messy; she can’t mean it in the black sense of the word.
Let them have it, it’s not a phrase I use about myself or other people anyway.
Totally agree!
Nappy, means anything from fuzzy hair to a disposable diaper. I am actually waaaayyyyy more offended when Black people use the term than white people. The first time I heard someone non-black use the term was from a Hispanic co-worker who had been putting up decorations all day and her hair was sweaty (she has curly hair); she referred to the state of her hair as nappy. I thought the statement was cute……bc I realize that she was talking about HER hair and that is how she sees it in that state. I did not in any way feel that she was mocking Natural Black Hair. Again, I thought it was interesting that she used that term. I also personally heard her rebuke a black female when that female referred to her own daughter’s hair as nappy ( I was so embarrassed that she said that in front of “company”). Anyway, they can have the term….we know what is means for them —BAD HAIR DAY….but black people please stop using that term….because it is very offensive coming from us!!!!!!!!!! From us it means that we don’t like the hair that grows out of our heads!
I agree. I do not use that term to describe black hair. I have very curly, or tightly coiled hair. I so wish black people would stop referring to our hair with that term, because we are not thinking positive about our hair.
I don’t use nappy. I use #curlykinkynatural
^^right, i don’t see anything wrong w/ them using nappy or afro…and “feeling redneck” was a bad example..lol
These girls hate not being part of everything, if they like it so much they can have it, we have new terms now anyways its called natural hair!
They are taking natural hair too!!
Natural hair is NOT synonymous with nappy hair. And these girls in the photos were just fishing for compliments, trying to imply their hair was messy (nappy) but it wasn’t.
they should call their hair matted dog when its messed up, ijs
I don’t think anything of it, i dun care wat anyone wana tag their hair as..
We as blk ppl barely got a understanding of the word. I really could careless if they use it though.
The term nappy has so many negative connotations that I never use it and would hope other women of color feel the same way. If Caucasian women feel the need to use the term in an ignorant manner without knowing the history of the word so be it.
Agree, but some white people have “nappy” hair. Should they not use the term because they are white? The “n” word also has so many negative connotations, but we can’t even get blacks to stop using it.
Yes some white people do have kinky hair but it is women of color who have been schooled since birth that “nappy” hair is unacceptable, unattractive and wrong. Who are told that to be considered beautiful we must change what nature has given us. Yes the N word is unacceptable and we as people of color shouldn’t use it… but that mentality will come in time with educating our children and grandchildren that it’s unacceptable. Each one teach one.
Damn!!! Now we can’t have nappy. Remember my Gma calling me ” little nappy headed girl” LOL
I used to get that one myself. Lol!
She was most probably dissing your hair. Nappy isnt a term of endearment it means bad hair. Nothing to laugh about
Nappy like most “diss” words in our community are uplifted to positivity. It used to be an insult to be thick. Now it’s not
It was an insult before we started taking pride in the way our hair naturally grows from our head. My hair is nappy and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. I love it nappy, kinky and curly!
Have a seat
We give too much power to words and ideas sometimes. I refused to be weakened by other folk’s ignorance nor empower them. Educate if you feel so and move on. Ignorance is found everywhere.
Not to sound racist but white people always copy black people style, language, trend, etc….. i just look at it as we must be doing something right.. they slick dissing a fro but yet posting and acknowledging the fact they have one (which they are misunderstood cause they clearly dont have one)
Do true
I agree completely
Yep so true
So true..
I agree
You’re not racist, you’re honest honey
You couldn’t sound racist at all. You’re prejudice though. And you have a right to be. You prejudged based off prior experience. And that’s alright.
Black people copy white people too. You don’t sound racist, you sound ————. Weaves, blue contacts, blonde hair, relaxed hair . . . Aren’t all these things black women search for to look less black?
^^^ Weaves, blonde hair and straighten hair has always been in the African heritage.
, Weaves, blond weaves, relaxers etc are not apart of African heritage.
They are a result of a white dominated society where the beauty standard is euro beauty traits, when black ethnic traits, kinky, curly, coily hair was seen as unacceptable, being BLACK in general was unacceptable, so to get through in a white world and to be accepted , Black women changed their hair to look like straight white hair and other things like lighter skin, colored contacts, etc. and natural afro textured hair has been rejected as seen as bad hair up to this day.
Afro textured hair on the other hand has ALWAYS been a part of African Culture.
I like this comment the best. I agree. And I’d like to coin that term “Columbusing” meaning these folks taking what’s ours and applying their negative stereotypes to it like a hair masque after a two month braided do… because they’re ALWAYS so OBLIVIOUS to the fact that they’re putting a negative connotation on it. Wouldn’t care if it was being applied to like a tossled look or a blow-out on a curly ginger. It’s like if someone asks “Hey how’s your little ones doing?” And the mother jokingly replies “psh.. they’re bad as hell” And the person who initially asked says “Yea, your kids are bad as hell” HOW’S THAT GONNA LOOK? lol. We can say Nappy. no one else. HMPH! ^_^
You better preach lol
Yup agree.
I think that hair can be nappy no matter the race…I think people shouldn’t care…so what
I really don’t get what the whole fuss is about. It is just hair.
Media brain washing at it’s best. I never knew any race owned a word? This exact reason why the world is so simple minded and negatively race happy. Words? Almost had channeling my inner Allen Iverson lol
In the UK we use the word “nappy” to refer to what you call a diaper. So if they want to describe their hair as nappy they can have it. We all know what the purpose is for a ( nappy/diaper ).
Lol I know..my friend told me pampers were called nappies, she is from Australia though, it’s called nappies in UK too…lol…I giggled when she told me that tho
Smh @Melissa Brown, it’s ridiculous that people what to argue over such a word.
Hello, I have heard white women using that term for ages! Who cares! “What defines Nappy Hair?”
Everybody wanna be down until the po-lice roll up…lol
CTHU
#TRUTH
Lol, that’s messed up but true 🙂
LMAOOOOO YES!
Speak that Brenda Matthews!!!!! Dick Gregory was talking at the Black Union Address and said the similar thing. He said, White folks like the “black label” we give them. But you don’t see them using that as their address!!!!!
We spend tooooo much time caring about what people say, think and write! Enjoy the uniqueness of YOU!
The sad thing is this word was used to describe our hair for centuries in a bad way. That’s why some are offended because now it’s somehow cool…. I personally don’t use it but it does show the ignorance of our society as a whole. Black people fighting for words that a negative and historically been used to make us feel bad and whites using it to feel “in.” We’ve got to do better as humans..
I don’t care. got other things to think about
Thank you.
I personally have met and have done the hair of nappyhead white girls. Some of them had more texture than some black girls and it was their natural hair, no perm or color.
I don’t know how derogatory the term nappy could be if black women are walking around with shirts on that describe themselves as, “happy to be nappy”.
If they’re nappy they’re nappy. Trust me when I say, some of them ARE NAPPY.
This is also true. It started off derogatory, But We seem to use it so often.
This debate sounds fun.
It’s not being columbused. They are just looking stupid.
The word nappy wasn’t started by “us” it was given to us by the “Columbuses”. So I say let them have it, it wasn’t really “OUR” word to begin with.
For them to use the insult given to us years ago, and to see “them” use it referring to themselves is really funny and amusing actually.
It’s just annoying how much of our culture they want to claim. Even the negative.
I don’t care, everyone has freedom of expression!!! Nappy is a word and not a “black word”!!!
I just laugh at at stuff like this. It’s beyond hilarious
Loooool now this is too much my God really ?!!
Some people are ridiculous. First they tried calling their hair natural and now they want to use nappy to describe their hair.
Smh they couldn’t handle nappy if they were born with it pipe downnn I know that for a fact because I’m natural and my hair is tightly coiled so I know the struggle
Wouldn’t last 2 days!
Hate the word they can have it
But the fact that the republicans won because most didn’t get out to vote was not important enough to raise and issue about but this is? Jesus help us all.
Repubs and dems are on the same team
Doesn’t matter but the fact that a lot of us didn’t feel the need to vote in this election are on here entertaining stupidity.
It isn’t necessarily true that republicans won just because people didn’t vote. I know several democrats who exercised their right to vote by voting for republicans.
Fact still remains that the polls didn’t have a great turn out because a lot of people did not vote. I was there and amazed that the lines weren’t long at all. I asked a few young sisters did they exercise their right to vote and they said no. One asked me”what election? I don’t care if they voted republican or democratic because everyone is entitled but instead of us worrying about what the white people are doing or thinking about our natural nappy beautiful kinky hair, we should be talking about something more important.
Let them have it. Our hair isn’t nappy it’s curly. Good for them…
why should we care about that, if they want to use it the let them. Lets focus on positive things.
Why would I pout & rant about others using negative terms to describe themselves? One chick used the hashtag “ratchet”; am I supposed to get up in arms about that, too? I don’t think I have nappy hair & I’m certainly not ratchet so NEXT!!!
The word nappy is a negative word only if you allow it to be. It’s just an adjective. ‘Nappy’ has no higher or lower connotation- on our imaginary word scale- than any other word…
Who cares they use it. Why black people always make a fuss of everything
I do use the word napp and I use it proudly. I don’t disagree words have power buto people place and internalize the meaning and how it makes the feel. As for white girls using the word nappy, it’s a fad, sounds good to them and don’t apply.
Just let it go people!
I say let them have it, as an African American I don’t have “nappyhair” I have extremely curly hair, hair that has texture and is more versatile than those “nappyheads” so if they want to use the word let them because the word itself has always been used in a negative manner.
I don’t personally don’t use the word to describe myself or anyone else, so I don’t care that much but her ass bet not call me nappyheaded, they better understand that. -_- lol
I know a knappy headed white girl my niece whose biracial! That girl got my brothers hair!
I dong think nappy hair is bad….let em use it.. they aren’t trying to stop us from perming our hair or dying it blonde!
Amen
you do know their are blacks born with straight blonde hair
Kick dirt ladies you can have that
Wow, like its nothing more important in this world to worry about… smh..pathetic, obviously some people are too ignorant to understand nappy is a term used to describe hair texture, like a white person cant have tight curly hair too, and yet we wonder why its always gone be a racial divide… black word white word? Ignorance I say!
I think using the word “nappy” is offensive based on the context it’s used and the perspective its received. To me, “nappy” is an adjective that can be used to described anyone’s hair; it’s not attached to a race. It doesn’t bother me if people who aren’t black use the word. However, if they use “nappy” to describe their hair with a reference to that of black people’s, it’s offensive. We share fads and slang. They come and go. I don’t think we should be offended by everyone that isn’t black that uses the word. We should only be offended when we know it was intentionally used as a racial remark. If we don’t, then we are stereotyping people that say the word “nappy” as racist when some of them are really just using it as way to describe their hair with no racial negativity at all. It’s all about communication. Unfortunately, we wont know the intentions of everyone that uses the word, “nappy”. So, we take it with a grain of salt in an effort not to become a people thats so sensitive that issues such as this rock us!
Smh lawdd lol
But yet, everyday, women of color are buying and putting these silk weaves and human hair in they heads, all types of colors and textures and yet have I seen a article of a white woman complaining about that, get it together ladies! *MESSAGE!*
Always trying to copy black folks lol
I think that Jews will be HIGHLY offended if someone used words that are traditionally offensive to Jews. I do not know what words those are nor off hand. I think that any race using those offensive words would be schooled quickly about how such word is inappropriate. So if all other races defend themselves I do NOT think that Blacks should be timid about defending themselves. I also think that the perpetrators of theses faux pas should be informed readily of their intolerant and inaccurate use of language.
Like I said ignorance! So to your comment … are all these women that wear weaves trying copy the “whites”. SMH… it will never stop…
Right lol..
But they wanna be black for real
Wait… who said that only black women have nappy hair? Ive seen with my own eyes nappy headed women of ALL races. Black people please stop being so sensitive to everything. Its becoming plain old annoying..
I think using the word “nappy” is offensive based on the context it’s used and the perspective its received. To me, “nappy” is an adjective that can be used to described ANYONES hair; it’s not attached to a race. It doesn’t bother me if people who aren’t black use the word. However, if they use “nappy” to describe their hair with a reference to that of black people’s, it’s offensive. We share fads and slang. They come and go. I don’t think we should be offended by everyone that isn’t black that uses the word. We should only be offended when we know it was intentionally used as a racial remark. If we don’t, then we are stereotyping people that say the word “nappy” as racist when some of them are really just using it as way to describe their hair with no racial negativity at all. It’s all about communication. Unfortunately, we wont know the intentions of everyone that uses the word, “nappy”. So, we take it with a grain of salt in an effort not to become a people thats so sensitive that issues such as this rock us!
I was getting my hair done at the same time a white woman was getting her hair done. We both had 4b hair. She had thick, red hair, freckles, possibly Irish. It is not rare for people from that part of the world to have hair similar to ours. I read that in years past they were not accepted as white, but instead pale-skinned blacks.
This is so sad and stupid.
Stop
But they don’t wanna be black for real lol
I have four daughters besides myself with natural hair. We never use that term to describe our hair. Matter of fact, I never hear my daughters talk about someone else’s hair like it’s better than theirs and they range in ages from 9-15. We love our hair! 🙂
Let them have it l.
They not bout it lol
Lol
Sathiyyah Tai Nichols i feel your fustration but this site said black hair magazine so that’s what the discussion is about. Not politics
People stop! Who wants nappy hair? It has a bad conotation and is a demeaning way to describe hair. When are all people going to move forward? These are the types of questions that hold everyone back. As blacks, we fought to be treated with dignity and honor, and not be excluded out of everyday happiness that people deserve. Now! People want to hold on to negative speech and claim it as their own. What is going on? Nappy is a term that should not be used at all. Soon as you say that one is group trying to act like another group, when those things are negative, you are opening up doors for people to say that other people that act in negative way reflect an entire group. If you want to be different, do something that will have a positive effect, get likes that are like worthy and not just commentary!
Good for them. Nappy head asses.
Okay
Lmao
let’s see what white people style can we copy…hum, lice head no um…redneck,nope, blue eyed devil naw.. I got nothing we are just too dang beautiful, smart, and better #blackpridelove
Forreal we dont have nappy hair..they need to learn how to comb+brush their hair..smh give me a break
Petra are you saying they don’t wake up with tangles and snags in their hair I didn’t know blacks own they word nappy shit let them haven’t and any other term of hardship they desire it’s time we adopt new terms for how we feel about ourselves today which is beautiful smart intelligent if we bury the term nappy it will always belong to us which has never been fact in the first place any more of these post and I’m out
Anyone’s hair can be nappy anything hard to comb through is nappy, and just because the word nappy has a negative image it shouldn’t be seen that way, I know I call my hair nappy cause it is to me I love it all nappy thick corse hair of mine.
I must need a history class on nappy beside I always thought it just meet tangled messy hair. Yes most people used it to refer to black hair but I never considered it racial.
This makes me think of Paul moonie. He said “don’t love me to much because white folks will take me”…. and this just proves how true it is…. I’m pretty flattered at the fact that we are still in one way or another being looked up to or admired to the point other races want to me us. There was a point in time it easy not desirable to be blk or associated with anything black. Another thing is by the time Caucasianshe come around to seeing just how awsome we are we done moved on to a higher level of awsomeness. Let them hashtag themselves as whatever. It’s their life, their tweets, their IG and their circle of friend’s subscribing to the foolery. Our culture is awsome, of course someone gonna wanna be a cheap copy of original greatness!
Nah. Uh uh. This was dumb. You can have nappy hair one day and not be nappy the next. Nappy hair isnt a black thing. And i swear some of the girls looked asian who said they were nappy. So why is this about black vs white? If only asians started using the word nappy to describe their hair would it be an issue? Are we confusing nappy with kinky? Maybe the article should of started with the definition of what the writer believes nappy means. My long hair dog has nappy hair , is that a problem
It’s not a big deal, really.
Same old mess! Too much to say on this *sigh*
I’m an advocate against black people using “nappy hair” to describe our beautiful Afros!
But, if we give this a pass, I’ve we’ve seen with the n-word. They’ll be calling themselves that too. The problem is it’ll be cool for then, but a negative term for us. They can use whatever words they want, but don’t bring that mess around me. I will not tolerate it. #gladimnotontwitterorinstagram
They need to be corrected their “bad hair day ” can be defined with other words
I say let them use the word. as long as they ain’t saying to my face!
Tenderheaded. A comb-blended collection of hair stories. Love this book!!
Any type of hair can get nappy!
My hair ain’t nappy! Sorry white girls… all hair gets tangled!
Nappy is nappy …if they are now just learning to embrace their natural hair and being as a women…I say join the crew this is a movement of women loving their natural self is it not
I don’t think it’s a bad thing for them to be saying it as long as they’re not using it towards black people I’m cool. I’ve been hearing white girls say their hair gets nappy and their hair being in an Afro for as long as I can remember and never got offended. If their hair doesn’t get nappy then what does it get? “Tangled”? And if their hair does get tangled, the wouldnt that mean that we can’t say our hair gets tangled? Although, I do understand why you would get offended because when they’re saying it, they’re saying that their hair is messy and looks undesirable. But nappy isn’t a word to describe just black hair. I like kinky curly:)
Who cares… I laugh when I hear them use this term… “my hair is so nappy, u know what I mean?”…. ummm no I don’t because my texture of hair is not “nappy” and I just laugh… be the butt of your own joke, demean your hair, say something ignorant who cares it just shows what u were taught or what u really think. Keep putting your foot in your mouth.
First they calling each other niccas then they started twerking wearing Jordan’s getting but injections now they can put nappy hair in they vocabulary wtf is next
And as usual they try to steal something that is referred to as a “black thing”….but they can have it! I refer to myself as a curly cutie, not nappy headed. But I was wondering how they were gonna jump on the natural hair bandwagon.
Next natural step after joining the natural hair movement…
Nappy means kinky or a term for hard to comb…I don’t know any pure whites who need to be using that term for their damn hair
They like to make fun on the low. People are so blind
Who cares if they want to call their hair nappy…. Who came up with description for black people’s hair anyway…. I never refer to mine nor anyone else’s hair as nappy!!!
Yea, a tad bit annoying
Where is the “nappy” is this??
No problem…. I been saying #wannabeme
Far as I’m concerned they can have the word nappy I wish black women would stop using it
Its such a stupid thing to say! Wanna see nappy? I will take my bun out and show you some nappy hair. #lazyyyyywgs
#juststop
Smh, silly rabbits
There are some Caucasians with nappy hair, so what’s the issue again?
tangled and nappy hair is not the same. And ive never known a white person to have nappy hair. Some of yall have it confused. Its frizzy, dry, tangled, and some other things but nappy never. I have never seen a white person with the same texture hair as i have.
My opinion is alot of you are ok with them using the term bcuz you see it as a negative. When they use it somehow makes it ok to have nappy hair. Like they’re making it a good thing or something….. smh
Why is nappy hair a bad term anyway? Because a long time ago a white person said so???? Im happy and proud of my nappy it is never a negative thing to love something about yourself. Jst like being black is beautiful but some ppl think its ugly. All of my black is beautiful from my nappy hair to my full lips.
Some ppl do use certain words out of context. Bein half white half Indian with thick coarse hair I can honestly say my hair does get nappy at times. The meaning of nappy to me is hard to brush. I can brush my hair and in 5 mins can’t get a Finger thru It. My daughter who is half black and has straight black hair there is a big difference. Her dad’s hair who is full black and I personal take care of myself. There is a difference. But to take a word and make it a reason to put race against race is childish. This is y racism still exist. Everyone at some point feels their hair is nappy I’ve been callin my hair nappy since I was little. Things are put how u want them put. Some ppl do use it out of character but it only affects u how u let it.
Why do black people act like certain terminology is exclusive to only blacks?
What do yu think Melissa Flowers
These white girls need to stop.
WE don’t own the word.
It doesn’t really matter but I still think its stupid and ignorant of them to put that barely knowing where it came from or not caring and trying to get attention its just a lack of knowledge but I prefer to call my hair kinky or curly or both considering I have more than one hair texture in my head.
How do white girls have nappy hair ???
We keep giving other people power over us. If they use these terms it really does not matter to me. It’s when persons of African descent start using those derogatory terms to describe themselves that I feel offended. They have spent years undermining our strength, our belief in ourselves, our history to the point that they have basically wiped it out (we learn the “white man’s” version of history in school, just so you know) Matthew 15: 10 – 20 talks about the words out of our mouth defiling us. Those words are never used as descriptions for me by myself, therefore they do not affect me in any way. I know someone is going to say well what about the history, doesn’t it affect you, yes it does, of course it does. But I choose to learn from it, and not keep giving “the slave masters” power over me. Let’s rise up above the low level they have designated for us, be more than that. And this thing about certain words bowing unacceptable for white people to use, madness. Let people say what they will. What u say about yourself matters more.
Honestly I don’t care, if they want to be that than they can. All I know is they’d better not call me that or Jesus himself would have to come down and fix it lol.
Kill them all like the white roaches they are.
Years ago in a black and white salon in las Vegas, I was getting my hair pressed, A Caucasian lady came up to my chair and asked my beautician if my hair was what people consider “nappy texture” I was shock! but keep my posture, My beautician explained to the lady that the correct term was “kinky” not nappy the lady then apologized to both of us.
I find the term offensive, but then again is hard to fight ignorance by myself.
It doesn’t bother me. Why? Because in my opinion, you have to think that having nappy hair is a negative thing. I don’t think that way. Having nappy hair is neither negative, defaming, derogatory, demeaning, nor any other negative word that could be applied to it. We already know that they constantly take our slang, music, clothes, etc., and adopt it as their own so why waste the energy or brain works trying to feel some kinda way about it.
They shouldn’t f*****g say it PERIOD. IT’S DISRESPECTFUL, some of these b*****s make me sick.
of course it is. Can’t have nothin
Who cares!!! I mean don’t we really have way more important issues than what other races refer their hair to??? If they want to call their hair whatever.. its their hair.. as a race we give to much validity to words that would otherwise be just words… not even worth the stress!! way more important things to talk about!!
These girls so dumb aint even gonna waste time to acknowledge them,..
Ugh! Who the heck cares
The question ….. why copy what is inferior!!!!!
Its not inferior, we have just been trained to think it is.
To Cali, I was being sarcastic…. Nothing about us is inferior….whites like to believe they are superior but continually copy everything about us! You are right…and thank you for making me clarify my statement!!!
They took everything else, why not Nappy?
Get off our site you guys can rule the world we are here too ….get your own .
“Everyone wants to be black but no one wants to be black.” – Paul Mooney
I say it all the time..!
Who cares…it’s a fad…by next year it will be forgotten…let’s use the passion we feel about who can use this word to get educated and to improve our lives and our children’s lives. Why waste time on minutia…
Well wouldn’t be the first time, not surprising at all lol we’re copied by a lot.
They need to stop stealing our terms.
Debora Walker please tell em hunni…you’re taking the words right out of my mouth!
They want the full lips, big butt, dark skin and nappy hair….imitation is the best form of flattery! Doesn’t bother me! Happy to be nappy!
If they want to use it who cares
Fine they can have and keep the term ‘nappy’. I’m created in the image of the Most High Yahusha, therefore my hair is like wool. I’m proud too. The same as my olive colored skin which they want. I’m flattered. Continue to want to be what you won’t ever be.
if some white girl wanna say her hair is nappy I could really give 2 f*cks I choose my battles and this is not one of them…
People come on, why do we argue for so little.
Why rise up anger and hatred in our hearts.
If they wanna call their hair “nappy, afro” let it be..
Forget about it!
Don’t let anger come around us. Set ourself free from this white and black talks.. It’s nonsense!
Let’s love each others.
I Love u guys
I didnt know the term was patented by blacks… some of yall are offended by the smallest stupidest things. And why are you allowed to refer to them as “white girl” but if they called you “black girl” you will be crying racism and ready to fight
Truthfully speaking, some white girls really do have nappy hair.. I personally dont care if they want to call their hair nappy, as long as they dont say mine is nappy.. Thats when I’d have an issue! Lol
Who cares
Just cause they’re white, does not mean they have good hair…just because they’re black doesn’t mean they have nappy hair.
Mfs make situations way bigger than it has to be. So because they say their hair is nappy that mean they’re tryna be black? Nah, it just means their shit is nappy!
Nappy hair is used out of control now a days. To be honest there is nothign wrong with nappy hair it’s just a different type of hair.
So. Let em have the term we don’t want it!! We complain about being called nappy head then when someone else says it we get mad and want to claim it as our term lol smh.
They want our hair can’t do shit with their straight ass hair
Not sure what nappy really means, only ever heard Black American women use the term to describe some other Black women’s hair.
Hate all stems from jealousy.. envy.. they wanna b black..
Devil takes credit for things so?????
“Nappy” in my opinion is a derogatory term so they can have it! I prefer kinky/curly/coily!
They want everything we have. Their problem. Not mine.
Really….y’all? Really….come on . don’t waste your brain power! Who fuxkin cares?
They can keep nappy. Lol.
What don’t they take from us
Do we want to hang on to the word? Let them have it. I’ve seen some who can’t comb their straight hair, and with a comb, they rip through their hair. As soon as you tell a wg her hair is “nappy” she’ll stop..lol.. just be confident with your curls.
Speak that Brenda Matthews!!!!! Dick Gregory was talking at the Black Union Address and said the similar thing. He said, White folks like the “black label” we give them. But you don’t see them using that as their address!!!!!