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She’s being controlled by outside influences and opinions. She has no control/ isn’t making her own choices.
She feels like she is bound by other people’s expectations on what she should look like. On one side, she is told to be natural and on the other she is told to style her hair differently. Also, if u note the two different tones of skin… it seems like she’s black if she’s natural, yet not considered as black if she chooses the alternate.
And you’re so right cause as soon as you go natural people say you need a relaxer cause your hair is nappy and when you relax you hear that you’re trying to be more non black gthoh… I say forget what people think and say I love my natural and if I wanna straighten my hair it’s because I want to! #teambeyouandforgetwhatothersthink
The opinion of others is just that their opinion. Humm
Straight or natural she’ll be held prisoner by the judgement of others.
So direct, to the point and simple. Yes, you’re right.
” damned if you do, damned if you don’t ”
no she is her own prisoner of which way to be for others instead of be for her self and free of dilemma.
I’m pretty sure this was open to everyone’s own interpretation therefore no one is wrong.
Blacks have never been accepted in this society or yesterday’s society. To include slavery. blacks have tried to transform themselves into a more acceptable appearance giving by the white people. So we straighten our hair lighten our skin and wear makeup to be more accepted by whites. Pretty much; if you can’t beat them, join them.
Meehhhhh I disagree.
Lol… Well it did ask for “your” interpretation. That was mine. I’ve read a few other ones and thought “wow, I didn’t even look at it like that!”
Please don’t take my message out of context. That’s not what I implied at all. I’m going off the picture! The skin lighten and the makeup. Trying to look more like the women accepted, ie., white. If you notice it’s a white woman’s hand on the left side, black on right. Please stop generalizing.
The color of the hands was the first thing I noticed!!
Seems like she’s a slave to the idea of beauty in general!
one side is lighter skin straight hair with makeup and the other side is dark skin natural nappy hair and no makeup She’s torn between what society wants her to be and what she’s really supposed to Be but either way she’s a prisoner and trapped because if she straightens her hair and wears makeup the black community will say she want to be with society wants her to be and she doesn’t want to go natural like how she was born and then when she wears her natural nappy hair and no makeup people are going to say why is her hair like that why don’t you straighten it out why she’s so nappy why don’t you put some makeup on a little eyeliner won’t hurt so either way she’s trapped and her expression also is showing either way she’s not happy if she goes straight she’s not going to be happy because the black community will disown her and if she goes nappy and natural the wHite People will disapprove of her
Good observation! I didn’t even pay attention to the lighter/darker skin and make up.
Very nice… but it’s course not nappy… that can be offensive. .. js
Afro hair will do
Well said. The only thing I disagree with is when you say “what she’s really supposed to be.” I think we’re all (as humans) supposed to be how we feel most comfortable.
what I meant by saying”What she is really supposed to be” is the way God made her that’s technically how We are “supposed to be” natural hair no makeup
but the man Put all these products on the market for us to change what we are supposed to look like naturally as first born
Women are slaves to beauty. We are taught we have to look a certain way. Either you’re wrong for not relaxing or wrong for relaxing. There is no freedom anymore.
It’s the struggle with being yourself and what the world wants you to be.
That women are a slave to their hair!!
I would take that a step farther and say black women are a slave to their hair.
Or just a slave to beauty in general.
My hair is beautiful straighten or kinky so let me and me hair be
Damned if you do, damned if you dont. Still captive for a reason
You’re a prisoner to (the social) acceptance of others’ opinions of your preference…
Her right side (straightened hair) hides the shackles (prejudice) she’s locked in and gives her a false sense of freedom (fairer skinned hand straightening the hair = dangerous easy alternative). Her left side (natural hair) exposes the shackles (prejudice) and is a reminder that she has to break free from judgement of society instead of opting for an easy falsified option; she would need to work to achieve this
I feel the pic is saying that she is a prisoner stuck between her natural beauty and what society’s standard of beauty. Love love love the pic
Freedom to do and be who you want to be make up no make up natural or relaxed light skin dark skin captivity and peer pressure from black women who can’t just love one another regardless of the out side appearance I been over it so over it these battles still exist what are we teaching our younger women that appearances and keeping up with the lastesr trends are more important then the values of why we even exist I been over it….. it’s old and pathetic
* Being slaves to our hair… regardless of what state it’s in *
Don’t be a slave to hair….or peoples opinion of it.
We are slaves to our hair. Relaxed or natural or weaved, we are forever fussing over our hair.
Damned if you do, DAMNED if you dont
The bondage of pleasing yourself and the world. She’s literally being pulled in 2 directions.
Damned if you do and damned if you dont.
Chained and binded by who u really are and what others expect you 2 be
Either way it goes …. I got to comb it !
“The struggle!”
Enslaved by our hair..
Struggle with being who you are…naturally and fitting into society’s acceptable image. The black hand – naturralistas; the white hand – society, including our relaxed sisters who like to point out that they wouldn’t be caught dead wearing natural textured hair. I truly feel sorry for anyone who isn’t confident enough in their own skin to choose what they are based on how they feel and not for the comfort of others.
Either way I still have to comb it…
She’s imprisoned by never being accepted for what she is. Whether she’s light or dark, straight hair or kinky she’ll always be judged for being her. Sadly a lot of this self hatred comes from within our own race. Natural or relaxed, light skin or dark, we are all black and beautiful.
Yes!
Everyones perception of what a “real” black women should look like.We should wear our hair however the hell we want.
Natural or weave..you’re still a slave…
The struggle is real. It’s funny that my own kind shuns my natural, and most of the compliments are from NON black people! I will NOT revert because you don’t accept me.
Bound by the chains of an over judging society we get lost in the image of “beauty” while never discovering our true selves.
That was so beautifully stated. -Sade
That black women are still slaves, unfortunately because of our hair. We refuse to except our natural beauty and just want to blend and be followers.
The struggle between your natural beauty and enhanced beauty, and being enslaved to it.
She is a slave to her hair. Held captive to everyday decisions on how she should wear her hair. Flat iron or curI would call this piece “Straight to the Natural”
She’s in a passive struggle. Each half of her is being forced to submit to a standard of beauty, that rivals each other. Even her complexion is different on both halves. The message is blunt, lighten your skin and straighten your hair. Be natural and nappy. Either way, she isn’t free to make the decision. It was already made for her by society.
.either perm or natural we are all slaves to our hair
One side depicts a generation of black woman made up with the make up, pink lipstick, lighter skin and straight hair, just the way Hollywood have expressed “true beauty” is and should be…and the other side is a cry for black woman to be free to express and be who she is in all her beautiful natural glory! There’s a war inside that’s binding her on the out side…She says, “Who should I be? Should I be SHE, or break free and be me!”
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The symbol on her forehead is the Ankh, a Khemetic symbol of the trinity, father, mother, and child, 360° degrees of life. And in regards to her hair, she seems like she’s in a battle with keeping it straight or natural; her hair, her choice.
Enslaved to the terms: “what defines beauty”
This picture is about a black woman’s identity. It’s about her feeling the need to choose, she is indeed a slave to her hair. If she chooses her natural side she is considered to be in tune with her “blackness”, which would explain why her right side is darker. If she chooses to be relaxed then she is accused of assimilation, wanting to be white, not loving herself, wanting to be something other than black… almost as if she’s hiding her heritage…or on a different spin it could be both end of our A A spectrum…the disconnect between light and dark and different hair textures…food for thought. Either way we need to focus on the individual and not the appearance.