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TaserLord t1_iwqnnm6 wrote

Speaking from the perspective as a non-american, I'm not ready for the capped teeth, sculpted eyebrows, surgically altered lips, and styled hair of the american "public personality". That shit looks completely weird to me.

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fondledbydolphins t1_iwqogq9 wrote

Ellen looks like a Lord of the Rings Orc in that picture.

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SelectiveSanity t1_iwqqqah wrote

I guess we Americans were ready for Orcs before natural African American hair.

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VanDenBroeck t1_iwrs8me wrote

Michelle, although you in no manner, shape, or form should have felt it necessary to conform to any white person’s or any person’s view of beauty, it was likely the wise move considering where this nation was and still is in respect to such matters. Thank you for making a personal sacrifice for the good of your husband’s administration and the country. The Obama administration was good for America and you helped to make it happen. Now go out and rock your curls. Peace and love.

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Enataru t1_iwqu4ks wrote

Sometimes you have to pick your battles.

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Rosy2020Derek t1_iwsgekd wrote

She should have left “ natural “all along

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lego_office_worker t1_iwqqb0n wrote

her natural hair? what is she talking about?

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PORTOGAZI t1_iwqvt40 wrote

If you need to be told. Black hair is not naturally straight. A First Lady in braids or a fro would have sent the racists to DEFCON stupid.

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lego_office_worker t1_iwqwrjc wrote

arent racists already defcon stupid?

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PORTOGAZI t1_iwqxlpx wrote

Yes and they lost their fucking minds in 2008 when a black woman that wasn’t the help dared to step foot in the White House residence.

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matapuwili t1_iwsfll7 wrote

A question just occurred to me about black hair. Does the straightening process wear off? Of course the new hair growth is natural but does the treated length revert back to curliness? Long time ago when I used to perm my hair to make it wavy it would return to poker straight in six weeks.

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Stravven t1_iwuktc1 wrote

I assume it does. It does for other people with natural curly hair.

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QuestionableAI t1_iwqsop3 wrote

Hair ... her hair ... first stupid goddamn thing I've ever heard from her if she actually said that.

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Plenty_Performer_421 t1_iwr95hb wrote

Do you not understand the insanely detailed and complex history surrounding black hair as a symbol of systemic racism in America?

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QuestionableAI t1_iwr9gie wrote

I do ... but to declare that no one was ready is patently stupid. Some of us actually read out here.

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Plenty_Performer_421 t1_iwulson wrote

>Some of us actually read out here.

Ah, of course, then surely you must have read:

Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America by Lori Tharps and Ayana Byrd

Twisted: The tangled History of Black Hair Culture by Emma Dabiri

That Hair by Djaimilia Pereira de Alemeida

You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Pheobe Robertson

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