Swim

Gabrielle Union is among the most photographed black women in the world today, She is in the running with ladies like Beyonce, Nicky Minaj and Michelle Obama. But one thing they all have in common is this. You might catch these ladies poolside or even at the beach. But you will never see any of them in the water. When it comes to black women it's a given. They won't get their hair wet for any reason. That's why bikinis weren't made for the black female anatomy. Big derrieres weren't in mind when the thong was designed. And the image of beauty doesn't include coarse, curly hair. When it comes to black women and their hair. It doesn't go well with water.They don't want to get it wet.

I've been saying this for a quite a while now. Blacks have a pool party and nobody swims. Women like Gabrielle Union used to be the star of the show. Just because she wasn't fat and she was cute. Then along came Lisa Lisa and all her cousins. Now she has competition she didn't have at first. These young black men want a woman with her real hair and ample hips. The stakes have gotten even highe these days. Now she has to be pretty too.  Ladies like Faith Evans and Tiny Cottle no longer go to the front of the line, just because they're half white . That's a thing of the past. Today Faith and Lil Kim would lose out to a Lo'real. 

There might be something behind this rise in popularity in natural hairstyles. I think black women and men have started to count the money they've spent. Especially your average working stiff.  They are spending too much money on their hair. But it hasn't caught on with the men with money yet. Jennifer Hudson is getting away with the pixie cut. Probably because it looks more natural on her anyway. But Beyonce tried it for a week. And she hasn't sported the short cut since. Amber Rose and Nya Lee are the exception, not the rule. If Wiz Khalifa cheats on Amber Rose. I bet it will be with a chick with hair. The relaxer and the weave rendered sistas inactive for the last forty years. But if they want to have their own identity back. Black women better start wearing Afros again. That was the last time they were able to swim..

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