In reply to S****** Blonde.

@suicide bomb.....Black people can't copy a culture that has been imposed on them! We didn't have the luxury to forego the use of english, practice christianity, and other European ideals because it was violently inflicted upon us. As far as your suggestion that black women are straightening their hair by choice, that is partly true, because ultimately it is their decision to wear their hair how they see fit; however, there's potential ramifications involved. For example, black women in the military, and corporate America are prohibited from wearing Afro textured hair because it's deemed as unprofessional; as a result, for many black women, hair can be the difference between obtaining/keeping a job, or being terminated. there are several studies to support this claim, and besides that, I was in the military so I know! In addition to that, there are young black girls in public schools across America being expelled for wearing braids and Afros, SO YES MOTHERFUCKER I AM GOING TO COME AT YOUR IGNORANT-DELUSIONAL-WHITE-ASS FOR ATTEMPTING TO IGNORE THE REAL PROBLEMS OF RACE THAT EXIST NOT ONLY IN AMERICA---BUT THE WORLD OVER! White people continue to commodify culture from other races for profit! That's not called INFLUENCE (as you would like for the majority of the ill-informed to believe); IT'S CALLED EXPLOITATION! It's important that you be educated on the differences!!!!!!!!!!!