I Whip My BRAIDS

So this summer I wanted some new hairstyle that would be manageable. My hair was already reaching it's "natural state," el.oh.el. and I didn't want to keep going to get my hair done. SMH. That gets pretty pricey. So I was talking to my friend who braids hair, and I was telling her that I wanted her to braid my hair, not really knowing FOR SURE. I started looking up braids, and I started to get REALLY interested. hy have I not ever considered braids BEFORE?! They are great AND they look cute. I don't have to worry about being in my head all the time. All I have to do is fix it up and GO. That makes things SO much easier. El.oh.el. I finally found out what kind  of braids that I wanted. I ended up getting box braids. They are TOO cute. El.ohel. Now braids will DEFINITELY be a hairstyle that I will consider.

Race Is Still An Issue

So last night while I was watching television, my first weeknight of the summer, I turned onn VH1 to watch La la's Full Court Life. In that episode, race was the main focus. It started when La La's son had a project to do. They basically create a board of who they were. When La La asked her son what color he was, he proudly said "Brown." I thought that was SO CUTE. I mean...I wish older people could have the same ideology as children, which is that skin color doesn't matter. Kids are pretty simple. They can be friends with ANYONE, and adults should be the same. Well I thought that was gonna be all the show was about, but of course this episode on race went a little deeper. La La's friend guy/trainer, a BLACK man, talked about how he doesn't date black women anymore, only white women. *pauses* When La La asked him why he doesn't date black women anymore, he gave LAME reasons why. 1. Black women have MAJOR attitude issues. 2. Black women don't open up. 3. Black women aren't adventurous enough. ESPECIALLY in the bedroom. O_0 REALLY?! Like are you SERIOUS right now?! It's things like that that REALLY get under my skin. How can you, a BLACK man, not want to date a BLACK woman??? I mean...your mother's black. So all of these negative opinions you have towards black women, your mom possesed the SAME THINGS. Did you not like your mother, because that's exactly what it SOUNDS like. I mean...I don't have a problem with interracial dating or marriage. I am not saying that AT ALL. I mean...we are ALL pretty mixed up anyways. El.oh.el. My problem comes when people, MOSTLY MEN...BLACK MEN, date another race not because they WANT to, but because they feel like they HAVE to. Just because you have had a FEW, BAD dates with black women, it doesn't mean that you can categorize them all and just write them off. And MAYBE have you considered that sure...it's THEM, but it's also YOU. I mean you are the one ATTRACTING these type of women. #justsaying El.oh.el. People should just keep an open-mind. Don't shut a person down because of their race. ESPECIALLY if that person is the same race YOU ARE. SMH. That's just STUPID. *sighs* In due time.

Until the NEXT time,