Black hairstyles

In the coming decades, the social significance of black hair was still that part of black history. Unlike other American cultural trends, black hairstyle represent a significant history and pride among black women. Where else is one's self worth and self image play such a high role in society? When women enter the black compartment for a new hairstyle, many times they must look at "whole picture", considering the social message that they will be sent when walking from the gym and the black community.

From 1400's when slaves were brought to the New World, they were made to change their hair styles to more traditional European standards. This includes the use of herbs and herbal calm that their coarse hair, as the appearance of fine hair. In slave times, black women accustomed to their European counterparts wore their hair straightened, combed and parted. Since that time, black women are often ridiculed for their choices regarding their hair.

In modern times, day, black women must choose to conform to Western society and their hairstyles or go for a more natural appearance. In the late sixties, the "Afro" and more traditional ways of wearing hair one has made a debut. The image of freedom and pride led the movement for El seems natural. But it was just that the trend that came and went, and in the near future will most likely come again. However, since that time, more black women have opted for hairstyles that are "Americanized" and draft public views of beautiful hair. Nothing is more clearly the trend of the huge amounts spent a year in various black hair salons.

Today, a black woman may spend hundreds of dollars in the salon every week, striving to achieve that perfect styles. Even in the poorest neighborhoods, hair salons and barbershops, consistent with black hair are still thriving. So are these black women cessation of cultural history and as a way the white man? Most black women say "no", this is not a matter of history and culture, but is a matter of looking good and feeling good about one's myself.

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Black hairstyles