recently cut all of my hair off, really short so i could grow my hair out naturally, no derizado. it was personal decision, no political or racial undertones associated with the decision.) when i announced plans to do this, many dominicans i know said, "dont cut your hair like a morena." but chemically damaging your hair and having it bone straight is dominican (btw, yaj, your hair always looks fabulous this way?) we are a people of african and european blood, so what are we supposed to look like? and .. why is it so bad to look like a "morena?" this is a very loaded discussion topic.. I know. but it will be interesting to read the responses! holla!
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There are so many beautiful dominican women in the Capital, Moca and Santiago and New York with their hair cut short. It really shows off the true beauty of their faces. I always think it is funny when you have a woman with really really long hair but damn ugly - and bc of her hair people find her beautiful.
Congrats to you for cutting your hair.
While Studying at PUCMM - there was a girl from North Carolina who cut off her hair from down her back, but dried out from all the processes to right to her scalp - hers was statement - but it looked so much better on her.
If White women can perm and color their hair and tan and it is not seen as a political movement. Why can't a woman who is asian, african, middle eastern or latina do the same just because they want and they like the look and it is not a "statement" and in this case cut their hair off.
Congrats to you for cutting your hair.
While Studying at PUCMM - there was a girl from North Carolina who cut off her hair from down her back, but dried out from all the processes to right to her scalp - hers was statement - but it looked so much better on her.
If White women can perm and color their hair and tan and it is not seen as a political movement. Why can't a woman who is asian, african, middle eastern or latina do the same just because they want and they like the look and it is not a "statement" and in this case cut their hair off.
I commend you concon. Many Dominicanas don't have that courage. Dominicans, as I always say, know how to work hair because we know how to surpress our blackness. Around here salons openly advertise having Dominican hairstylists! I know that I will raise my children differently. They will embrace what ever hair type they are born with, naturally.
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Dominican women follow what they see on TV and conceive it as beautiful, they watch their novelas and gauge their beauty from what they watch. Men want their women with long hair, so that is the image women will see in the media as beauty. Also, when a woman cuts her hair, men will see it as a sign of defiance. During the american women's "LIB" period, women burned their bras and also cut their hair.concon_quemao said:
You shouldn't take advice from women in third-world countries, who should be more concerned in opening a battered women clinic than a beauty salon.
Yeah I am sure Mirador would know as he is a Dominican female.
Wait, Mirador, are you a female?
Are you even Dominican??
Mirador, I am sure that Scandall teaching and hearing the comments of over 200 Dominican school children has more insight on the subject than you do. Aside from that, why dont you allow people who would have an idea (ex. Dominican women) answer the question instead of coming up with your off the wall assertions that are so strange that nobody can rebuke them?
Larry
Wait, Mirador, are you a female?
Are you even Dominican??
Mirador, I am sure that Scandall teaching and hearing the comments of over 200 Dominican school children has more insight on the subject than you do. Aside from that, why dont you allow people who would have an idea (ex. Dominican women) answer the question instead of coming up with your off the wall assertions that are so strange that nobody can rebuke them?
Larry
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As a self proclaimed black dominicana I have no such subconscious expression of atavistic inherited traits to have my hair compulsively in one particular style. Sorry. I do not. If you have read any of my postings on this issue I think the Taino agenda is more romantic than reality. I am proud of my negritude. I see natural beauty in all its manifestations as beautiful. I hate the language used to describe all things black. I believe it indoctinates a culture of self hatred, hence a crumbling of the social fabric of Dominican family and society. This is what Scandall rightly interpreted when he overheard these conversations.
Mirador, what I do think is funny (hilarious, even) though is that you think real economic development/growth of DR is in the hands of a blow dryin' hairdresser and not in the creation of a formidable power grid and alternative energy sources.
Let's pass new legislation AIR DRY YOUR ROLOS FOR PROGRESS! ROLOS AL AIRE LIBRE LIBERARA EL PAIS!
I am rolling....I needed that laugh.
Mirador, what I do think is funny (hilarious, even) though is that you think real economic development/growth of DR is in the hands of a blow dryin' hairdresser and not in the creation of a formidable power grid and alternative energy sources.
Let's pass new legislation AIR DRY YOUR ROLOS FOR PROGRESS! ROLOS AL AIRE LIBRE LIBERARA EL PAIS!
I am rolling....I needed that laugh.
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i do not believe they are subconsciously trying to have hair like their arawak ancestors for most dominicans have very little to none of this blood still in them. if anything, they may be trying to look european because of years of conditioning and colonization. what "indian" in history do you know has a farah fawcett flip like charlies angels?
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linamia said:
i do believe it is a choice, a personal choice. but i think we are trying to get at why nappy hair is frowned upon in dominican culture.
concon_quemao said:
That question may be answered best by the people who do the frowning. any frowners on the forum?
concon_quemao said:
There it is. Spot on and it only took you one sentence. For whatever reason that is the truth.
Scandall
EDITED TO INCLUDE: And back to Mirador...I don;t think there is enough Taino blood left in the DR to fill a shot glass. So I guess neither of us are experts in Genetics.
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thanks scandall, i didnt want to put it out there blatantly.. but you caught it right off the back!
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