"Who's tryna be white?"

Okay.. back to the story right? This all started pretty much with Madame C. J. Walker.. who began making products for black hair, in order to get it into a manageable and healthy state. However, it was taken as she wanted it to be seen as black women could have hair just as good as white women. . But what does it matter really? Hair is just hair right? WRONG.. not today.. We have advertisements all around us that make straight long hair the standard of beauty, while our natural hair, hair color, etc. is accepted as flaw. I watched a documentary by Chris Rock on hair, he basically travelled around the world from beauty shop to barber shops and even all the way to India, where their hair given away so selflessly for religious purposes, is worth more than GOLD!! can you believe it? there is a scene where a man tries to sell a hair buyer Indian hair and he wants to pay top dollar, but when presented with African hair- he is like this is just worthless. This is ridiculous.
But with the airing of this documentary- the battle of relaxed vs. natural goes rabid!  these women feel like "I can't do natural it's not for me". or those that are natural feel like women who wear relaxers are disowning their heritage and being "slaves to the white man standards of beauty". How many white women do you see trying to get their hair done like a black woman?-- go ahead.. EXACTLY- but how many black women do you see down their hair and call it (excuse my language) "nigger hair" because it isn't soft, smooth, long, etc. so they cover it up with someone else's hair. And you would think that white people would make the most money off of this.. WRONG! the Asians do- go figure.. O_o?
 I hear so many girls who experience the "big chop" ( the process in going natural when after about six months or more of no relaxer you chop all remaining relaxer off your hair resulting in an afro of some sort.) say they felt released from a hair prison. What does that even mean?
My motive for going natural stemmed from research on the products that I was using to maintain my straight hair. The chemicals in a relaxer are so strong and so damaging I just cant bear to use it anymore. I want this for the sake of healthy hair.. not because I feel like I'm a slave in any way form or fashion. I will just have stronger, more versatile, hair. That doesn't mean I will never wear a weave again in my life. It just means I want versatile healthier hair to go with a new way of life and reflect my personality that differs day to day. simple as that. Is that too much to ask?

I'll try to give  yall some pics relating to what I post daily.. here are a few advertisements that I've seen that can reflect back to this post..