QueenLocks
12-19-2004, 12:34 AM
Attempting to look and act "white" is a survival strategy.
While enslaved, many Black women used lye to relax the coil in their hair to appear more like their oppressors. Looking like them gave them more privilege, sometimes bought them favor as a possible mate so they could "breed children" that would have Anglo (white) features and perhaps could assimilate into the white world of privilege.
Anglo (white) men sometimes felt obligated.............. The rest of this article is here: http://www.endarkenment.com/black/hair/survival.htm
While enslaved, many Black women used lye to relax the coil in their hair to appear more like their oppressors. Looking like them gave them more privilege, sometimes bought them favor as a possible mate so they could "breed children" that would have Anglo (white) features and perhaps could assimilate into the white world of privilege.
Anglo (white) men sometimes felt obligated.............. The rest of this article is here: http://www.endarkenment.com/black/hair/survival.htm