tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763511728760538101.post1858567536656641648..comments2016-01-10T17:10:59.783-05:00Comments on re: thinking beauty: is "nappy" an offensive word?claratownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771959126154625873noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763511728760538101.post-34937371296194015262014-04-21T22:09:20.412-04:002014-04-21T22:09:20.412-04:00The word "Nappy" is disrespectful. Reall...The word "Nappy" is disrespectful. Really, why would an African American be okay with using the N-word as people are saying. Why can't we have the same hair respect as any other culture. I understand that we are different from any other race concerning hair that is. But we are all human. When people describe our hair compared to others. Nappy really. Sorry, I will never be okay with that term. Why can't people just say we have thick hair? tingle, coarse. Caucasians don't have nappy hair their hair is tangled. Blacks have been frowned upon for so many years because of race, and our features. The nappy word degrades us even more because its typically used to define our hair as being, knotted, screwed up and just bad hair in general. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763511728760538101.post-45488387961230226242011-11-02T13:23:01.393-04:002011-11-02T13:23:01.393-04:00I do feel uncomfortable saying "nappy"--...I do feel uncomfortable saying "nappy"--I'm a white woman, and I feel like that term has been flung around to demean black women, even though, as you point out, it's a texture, not a judgment. Whenever this comes up with a black woman, I follow her cues, and so far "nappy" hasn't been a word that's used a lot--but of course, the only conversations I've had with black women specifically about hair texture have been one-on-one. They may well be choosing terms that they think this white girl is comfortable with instead of using terminology they'd use with other women who have the same hair texture! I've gotta say that it would be difficult for me to use the word even in response to a woman who fluently used it for her own hair texture, but this post is making me question why I have that resistance. Thank you!Autumn Whitefield-Madranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.com