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		<title>By: Rahel</title>
		<link>http://www.afrobella.com/2007/07/10/natural-attitudes-taking-the-plunge/#comment-1274940</link>
		<dc:creator>Rahel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cinnamon oil sounds amazing I&#039;m gonna take your advice and get these products..Do you know where I can find them?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cinnamon oil sounds amazing I&#8217;m gonna take your advice and get these products..Do you know where I can find them?</p>
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		<title>By: Take Down Hair Products</title>
		<link>http://www.afrobella.com/2007/07/10/natural-attitudes-taking-the-plunge/#comment-1211247</link>
		<dc:creator>Take Down Hair Products</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Such a great post and good read.  All over the world women of color are dealing with the same hair issues.  At the end of the day it just comes down to self esteem and the need for women to accept their God given beauty as it is.

Try Take Down Hair Products Today!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Such a great post and good read.  All over the world women of color are dealing with the same hair issues.  At the end of the day it just comes down to self esteem and the need for women to accept their God given beauty as it is.</p>
<p>Try Take Down Hair Products Today!!</p>
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		<title>By: yomommathem</title>
		<link>http://www.afrobella.com/2007/07/10/natural-attitudes-taking-the-plunge/#comment-571391</link>
		<dc:creator>yomommathem</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the best products for african hair are dominican hair products

f*ck dr miracles
f*ck miss jessies
f*ck jane carter solution
f*ck luster&#039;s
f*ck the natural product junkie movement
f*ck care free curl
f*ck kinky curly custard and their whole line

go get you some capilo suela y canela shampoo, deep conditioner and some crece pelo, and cinnamon oil too. and your hair will grow and be soft and you&#039;ll wonder why you havent discovered dominican products before]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the best products for african hair are dominican hair products</p>
<p>f*ck dr miracles<br />
f*ck miss jessies<br />
f*ck jane carter solution<br />
f*ck luster&#8217;s<br />
f*ck the natural product junkie movement<br />
f*ck care free curl<br />
f*ck kinky curly custard and their whole line</p>
<p>go get you some capilo suela y canela shampoo, deep conditioner and some crece pelo, and cinnamon oil too. and your hair will grow and be soft and you&#8217;ll wonder why you havent discovered dominican products before</p>
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		<title>By: Mohammed Preas</title>
		<link>http://www.afrobella.com/2007/07/10/natural-attitudes-taking-the-plunge/#comment-310106</link>
		<dc:creator>Mohammed Preas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever thought of posting videos to your site articles to have the readers more interested? I mean I just read through the entire post and it had been pretty good but because I am more of a visual learner, I found videos to be more helpful. well, let me know what you think.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever thought of posting videos to your site articles to have the readers more interested? I mean I just read through the entire post and it had been pretty good but because I am more of a visual learner, I found videos to be more helpful. well, let me know what you think.</p>
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		<title>By: Our Hair, Our Memories, Our History &#124; afrobella</title>
		<link>http://www.afrobella.com/2007/07/10/natural-attitudes-taking-the-plunge/#comment-284324</link>
		<dc:creator>Our Hair, Our Memories, Our History &#124; afrobella</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] me at age 3, getting my hair done. And as I wrote in the original post back in 2007, &#8220;already my little face is drawn and my eyes are troubled at having to wear rollers and get [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] me at age 3, getting my hair done. And as I wrote in the original post back in 2007, &#8220;already my little face is drawn and my eyes are troubled at having to wear rollers and get [...]</p>
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		<title>By: hatred for perms not my black people</title>
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		<dc:creator>hatred for perms not my black people</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love you mama n God got me good.

I remeber my mamas hair she stopped perming an curl burnin. Me an my sis insisted get a perm your hair looks napped. You aint to old to straightin that crap. I laughed so stupidly I became my mom an she became me. I stopped an laughed an hugged her with my sis. We said sike mama you look just fine. We oiled an combed her hair. I told her she looked sweet she told me to shutup please. Man I felt so racsist against me. I told her I was actin like she acted when she called me that. A nappy headed hoe when I was just three. Sometimes we have to look in the mirror. My hair fell out I got ten times fold what I did to my mother cause I backed talked. Children respect your parents when they go natural. Now I&#039;m natural the way God made me. I was wonderfully made even in my mothers womb He formed me. He gave me the numbered strands of my head with no perms. God doesn&#039;t make mistakes men does. Come here black people hear this. 
I kissed my mothers head an said I love you an I&#039;m sorry. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder as. I beheld her beauty I felt proud to be me. To me I can&#039;t understand what you went through the struggles of whites hatin blacks. I wasn&#039;t born then. All I know was her own cousin when she was a child disowned her for being to nappy n black. while her brothers n sistas called her white skined.
I had a hatred for this callin cause she&#039;s mixed with native not white. Being half the nigga is being with the man they would say. My half native/black grandma wanted to give her away. To some white couple. She told her dark skinned dady this is always my home. He shed tears cause how hatred infested the hearts of his darker kids against her. He told her she was his black daughter. Hatred it much deeper than words. I became a slave to fakeness. I shook off the shackles an walked towards freedom. How many times must I walk free again? Daily you must free yourself from black on black hate. White hate looks an black bashing black. An people bashin black men as worthless free yourself from them. While avoiding those who say black girls aint strong or don&#039;t got what it takes. Avoid people who say your to dark to bigg nosed. If they hate you they must hate themselves. So haters please hate somewhere else. If your to strong for the one you love an they think your ghetto put fabulouse to it. I don&#039;t like every style that you wear your hair exted I love it. An for thoses sistas that want black men africas makin them sweet. So don&#039;t chase after men who only want white. An for them black man who love them some sistas. We out here right in front of you with all hair styles. An for other colors who want some chocolate come hither theirs different shades to pick from.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love you mama n God got me good.</p>
<p>I remeber my mamas hair she stopped perming an curl burnin. Me an my sis insisted get a perm your hair looks napped. You aint to old to straightin that crap. I laughed so stupidly I became my mom an she became me. I stopped an laughed an hugged her with my sis. We said sike mama you look just fine. We oiled an combed her hair. I told her she looked sweet she told me to shutup please. Man I felt so racsist against me. I told her I was actin like she acted when she called me that. A nappy headed hoe when I was just three. Sometimes we have to look in the mirror. My hair fell out I got ten times fold what I did to my mother cause I backed talked. Children respect your parents when they go natural. Now I&#8217;m natural the way God made me. I was wonderfully made even in my mothers womb He formed me. He gave me the numbered strands of my head with no perms. God doesn&#8217;t make mistakes men does. Come here black people hear this.<br />
I kissed my mothers head an said I love you an I&#8217;m sorry. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder as. I beheld her beauty I felt proud to be me. To me I can&#8217;t understand what you went through the struggles of whites hatin blacks. I wasn&#8217;t born then. All I know was her own cousin when she was a child disowned her for being to nappy n black. while her brothers n sistas called her white skined.<br />
I had a hatred for this callin cause she&#8217;s mixed with native not white. Being half the nigga is being with the man they would say. My half native/black grandma wanted to give her away. To some white couple. She told her dark skinned dady this is always my home. He shed tears cause how hatred infested the hearts of his darker kids against her. He told her she was his black daughter. Hatred it much deeper than words. I became a slave to fakeness. I shook off the shackles an walked towards freedom. How many times must I walk free again? Daily you must free yourself from black on black hate. White hate looks an black bashing black. An people bashin black men as worthless free yourself from them. While avoiding those who say black girls aint strong or don&#8217;t got what it takes. Avoid people who say your to dark to bigg nosed. If they hate you they must hate themselves. So haters please hate somewhere else. If your to strong for the one you love an they think your ghetto put fabulouse to it. I don&#8217;t like every style that you wear your hair exted I love it. An for thoses sistas that want black men africas makin them sweet. So don&#8217;t chase after men who only want white. An for them black man who love them some sistas. We out here right in front of you with all hair styles. An for other colors who want some chocolate come hither theirs different shades to pick from.</p>
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		<title>By: kiz</title>
		<link>http://www.afrobella.com/2007/07/10/natural-attitudes-taking-the-plunge/#comment-111677</link>
		<dc:creator>kiz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[hi  are there  salons for  in south  korea that do weaves ansd braids. if so please give me  the salons names. I will be going abroad  next year. and I want to keep my hair  up thank you]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hi  are there  salons for  in south  korea that do weaves ansd braids. if so please give me  the salons names. I will be going abroad  next year. and I want to keep my hair  up thank you</p>
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		<title>By: shaborn</title>
		<link>http://www.afrobella.com/2007/07/10/natural-attitudes-taking-the-plunge/#comment-105419</link>
		<dc:creator>shaborn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[peace to all who embrace the african part of their selves. I know that the indian and african part in many of us comes in many shades.  it is all beautiful. i have been around the afro-cuban experience more and the african culture is widely embraced. I understand how many dominicans can be in denial because of what they know and go through. you are stil family and we love you.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>peace to all who embrace the african part of their selves. I know that the indian and african part in many of us comes in many shades.  it is all beautiful. i have been around the afro-cuban experience more and the african culture is widely embraced. I understand how many dominicans can be in denial because of what they know and go through. you are stil family and we love you.</p>
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		<title>By: hbsoul</title>
		<link>http://www.afrobella.com/2007/07/10/natural-attitudes-taking-the-plunge/#comment-36978</link>
		<dc:creator>hbsoul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I completely agree with c0cc0...a lot of Black people from the US should really get off of their horses about Dominicans.  (I&#039;m Af-Am in the Chi!)   Yes to everything she said, cuz we obviously have issues.  I haven&#039;t been in a debate like this in a looong time...i don&#039;t straighten my hair, but i have never in my life told someone else what to do with their hair, i just support people who want to learn about natural hair and answer their questions.  And like flygyrl, I deal with bullshit from haters EVERY SINGLE DAY, and yes, natural hair comes with ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES, which makes it more than &quot;just hair.&quot;  But I also get a lot of love too...which really helps when it gets hard.

In terms of haitangurl&#039;s compromise, i can (and do) respect women&#039;s choices to do what pleases them with their hair, and not assume what their motivations are.  Now, it bothers me to read that some of the posters here seem to be saying that the only reason why hair is &quot;an issue&quot; is because women with natural hair have created it as one.  I&#039;ll concede if others agree to come off of that.

I will admit, though, to having prejudices. First,  I do not at all assume anything about a person&#039;s character because of her hair...some of the snottiest, bougiest, hatinest, emotionally illest women I have had the displeasure of meeting have natural hair and claim to be &quot;conscious.&quot;  However, when I&#039;m in a black neighborhood where almost NOone has any kind of natural hair, and I see another woman with a fro or locs, I do think she might have something in common with me, or may be on some interesting political tip.  Because she has clearly chosen to do something dramatically different with herself and seems to be ok with her Africanness somehow.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I completely agree with c0cc0&#8230;a lot of Black people from the US should really get off of their horses about Dominicans.  (I&#8217;m Af-Am in the Chi!)   Yes to everything she said, cuz we obviously have issues.  I haven&#8217;t been in a debate like this in a looong time&#8230;i don&#8217;t straighten my hair, but i have never in my life told someone else what to do with their hair, i just support people who want to learn about natural hair and answer their questions.  And like flygyrl, I deal with bullshit from haters EVERY SINGLE DAY, and yes, natural hair comes with ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES, which makes it more than &#8220;just hair.&#8221;  But I also get a lot of love too&#8230;which really helps when it gets hard.</p>
<p>In terms of haitangurl&#8217;s compromise, i can (and do) respect women&#8217;s choices to do what pleases them with their hair, and not assume what their motivations are.  Now, it bothers me to read that some of the posters here seem to be saying that the only reason why hair is &#8220;an issue&#8221; is because women with natural hair have created it as one.  I&#8217;ll concede if others agree to come off of that.</p>
<p>I will admit, though, to having prejudices. First,  I do not at all assume anything about a person&#8217;s character because of her hair&#8230;some of the snottiest, bougiest, hatinest, emotionally illest women I have had the displeasure of meeting have natural hair and claim to be &#8220;conscious.&#8221;  However, when I&#8217;m in a black neighborhood where almost NOone has any kind of natural hair, and I see another woman with a fro or locs, I do think she might have something in common with me, or may be on some interesting political tip.  Because she has clearly chosen to do something dramatically different with herself and seems to be ok with her Africanness somehow.</p>
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		<title>By: Erica</title>
		<link>http://www.afrobella.com/2007/07/10/natural-attitudes-taking-the-plunge/#comment-35875</link>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I actually go to Smith College and heard Ms. Candelario talk in one of my classes about Dominicans and their relationship with skin tone and hair. It was really facinating. About the not knowing they were black issue,  she said that because people were often so mixed in races, darker skinned &quot;black&quot; dominicans were so often exposed to the hair and complextions of the light skinned &quot;white&quot; domincians so it didn&#039;t seem to be much of a difference because they were so familiar with each other, you know, they could be really light skinned and have a first cousin who was super dark and not think anything of it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I actually go to Smith College and heard Ms. Candelario talk in one of my classes about Dominicans and their relationship with skin tone and hair. It was really facinating. About the not knowing they were black issue,  she said that because people were often so mixed in races, darker skinned &#8220;black&#8221; dominicans were so often exposed to the hair and complextions of the light skinned &#8220;white&#8221; domincians so it didn&#8217;t seem to be much of a difference because they were so familiar with each other, you know, they could be really light skinned and have a first cousin who was super dark and not think anything of it.</p>
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