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    Me and a few friends decided to go to a club the other night. I am currently the only nappy in the bunch, but ive been recruiting. Anyway, im dancing with this black man and he asks me am I straight black. The comment kinda took me by surprise so I gave him a puzzled look. He in turn respons to my look by asking me again was I straight black and further asks am I jamaican or african. I at this point tell him no and am still looking puzzled, especially seeing that I have a southern accent. The man then proceeds to tell me he was asking because of my hair (im currently wearing two strand twists) and said that it looked nice. I thanked him, but thought that it was a sad commentary that a black man would think the only way a black woman would wear her natural hair was if she was either Caribbean or African.

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    It annoys me when people ask me this question, assuming that I'm of 'Black with something special thrown in' because otherwise wouldn't my hair be a disgusting fetid nest of rats? Or almost as bad, assuming that all American Black women have relaxxers/wear horse-hair down to their azzes.

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    I'm pretty sure I'm "straight black" even though I know that some will say that no one is completely 100% of anything. My mom and two sisters look as if they could be "mixed" especially since they have "good hair", :rolleyes: but my daddy's side is definitely Negro!

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    Me and a few friends decided to go to a club the other night. I am currently the only nappy in the bunch, but ive been recruiting. Anyway, im dancing with this black man and he asks me am I straight black. The comment kinda took me by surprise so I gave him a puzzled look. He in turn respons to my look by asking me again was I straight black and further asks am I jamaican or african. I at this point tell him no and am still looking puzzled, especially seeing that I have a southern accent. The man then proceeds to tell me he was asking because of my hair (im currently wearing two strand twists) and said that it looked nice. I thanked him, but thought that it was a sad commentary that a black man would think the only way a black woman would wear her natural hair was if she was either Caribbean or African.
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    I think it's a fair assumption on his part. In his world, maybe there aren't many African-American women who choose to wear their hair naturally, so he assumes you may be from somewhere else. I know where I live, very few women are nappy.
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    I get asked all the time if I'm Jamaican or if my Dad is Rasta ; born and raised in the good 'ole South.

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    There was that one thread where people talked about being mistaken for another nationality/ethnicity... I loved that thread. Too bad I can't find it.

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    There was that one thread where people talked about being mistaken for another nationality/ethnicity... I loved that thread. Too bad I can't find it.
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    i think the question is quite reasonable since most african americans wear their hair straight or weaved, especially celebrities.

    the funny thing though...caribbean women, are less likely to be natural than american women, imo. instead, it's the caribbean men that tend to wear their hair natural.

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    I think it's a fair assumption on his part. In his world, maybe there aren't many African-American women who choose to wear their hair naturally, so he assumes you may be from somewhere else. I know where I live, very few women are nappy.
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    My kids used to ask me that all the time. I used to have locs and they would ask me if i was from JA...i'd be like no sweetie...i'm from Arkansas lol...
    But just like one AuNappturale said, he probably doesn't know many natural AA women...i have been noticing in Milwaukee the nappturals have been increasing in numbers

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