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nord wrote:look at my pic

what about it?

the hair

nord wrote:the hair

that isn't even you thou

its a white man trying to flex

and if that really is you...your not even somali! like I'm pretty light skin for a somali but wtf I've never seen a somali person that looks like that unless they're 100% arab or other


regardless i guess were in the minority since most people picked the jareer option

MaliPrince wrote:

KnowThySelf23 wrote:

HooBariiska wrote:Damnnn girl u must be bored

this thread is in honour of mali prince

you know that most of us don't need polls like this cause we live in Somali communities? go to the masajid. go to weddings. go to funerals. go to tim hortons.

our girls might have hijaabed up nowadays but like I said you can just look at the heads of Somali males to get an idea of what the natural hair texture of Somali women is.

we don't need polls to know this abaayo.

Male and female hair is different, in that with males each strand is actually thicker in diameter. Somalis have variable hair textures even within a family so it should be a non-issue. Most people have movement to their hair, unless they are east asian where its bone straight. Many Somalis have wavy, curly and afro-textured hair. For men its not considered problematic to have afro-textured hair. However, I think its the females that are more scrutinized for it. Sadly, some of them alter the chemical structure of their hair. They can do as they please. However, it would be nice if they embraced it and spent a little extra time and care with its management naturally. After all people with afros are a minority in this world. People need to be happy they have timo.

sophisticate wrote: Male and female hair is different, in that with males each strand is actually thicker in diameter. Somalis have variable hair textures even within a family so it should be a non-issue. Most people have movement to their hair, unless they are east asian where its bone straight. Many Somalis have wavy, curly and afro-textured hair. For men its not considered problematic to have afro-textured hair. However, I think its the females that are more scrutinized for it. Sadly, some of them alter the chemical structure of their hair. They can do as they please. However, it would be nice if they embraced it and spent a little extra time and care with its management naturally. After all people with afros are a minority in this world. People need to be happy they have timo.

THANK YOU^^ for giving him your educated opinion...we had a whole debate on another thread not too long ago

and i agree..chemically damaging your hair makes it look a lot worse then your naturally born with...it makes the hair break easily and ver crusty and weak. my cousin has jareer hair and she's been relaxing it for as long as i can remember....theyre hair is a total mess now...but they're slowly joining the whole natural hair movement thing....lol her brother relaxes his hair too smh

KnowThySelf23 wrote:

sophisticate wrote: Male and female hair is different, in that with males each strand is actually thicker in diameter. Somalis have variable hair textures even within a family so it should be a non-issue. Most people have movement to their hair, unless they are east asian where its bone straight. Many Somalis have wavy, curly and afro-textured hair. For men its not considered problematic to have afro-textured hair. However, I think its the females that are more scrutinized for it. Sadly, some of them alter the chemical structure of their hair. They can do as they please. However, it would be nice if they embraced it and spent a little extra time and care with its management naturally. After all people with afros are a minority in this world. People need to be happy they have timo.

THANK YOU^^ for giving him your educated opinion...we had a whole debate on another thread not too long ago

and i agree..chemically damaging your hair makes it look a lot worse then your naturally born with...it makes the hair break easily and ver crusty and weak. my cousin has jareer hair and she's been relaxing it for as long as i can remember....theyre hair is a total mess now...but they're slowly joining the whole natural hair movement thing....lol her brother relaxes his hair too smh

I think this hair and skin tone insecurity is very recent among Somalis. I've also been told that other non-blacks relax their hair too, particularly those with very curly hair. I guess they either (1) like variety or (2) don't like what they have. I think chemical straightening is damaging to ones health and self-concept. It can also contribute to hair loss. Although I'm pro-choice when it comes to hair I am a natural hair advocate - no extensions, not chemically dyed, flat ironing (avoided), not chemically straightened. I'm a bit overzealous I know. In my mind if I had a daughter Insha'Allah and her hair was tightly-coiled I would never try to change it to fit some mold set by others. Wallahi it could happen, even though my hair is curly its pretty much a roll of the genetic dice, you never know what you'll get. Even then Somali afros aren't that hard to manage. If other African sisters can still manage to rock it naturally and do so with poise and grace why can't the group of Somali women with fros. It also goes back to society at large. They must come to accept different types of hair and not see it as a "revolutionary statement" to invoke sedition in the workplace. Also, the men need to embrace it. In addition, black people need to come to terms with the "natural" and stop trying to fight the "fro." In the 70s anyone without a fro drenched their hair with coke to emulate it.

MrSalih wrote:It's amazing the amount of time you have on your hands to ask such trivial questions!

Your threads:



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Smh

Signed Salih......

She suffers from the well known African american malady called hate and bitch about white folks, and obsess about facial idiosyncrasies like hair, lightskin vs darkskin. Also goes to such great lengths to look for gifs featuring black folk. Very insecure girl

Cherine wrote:
She suffers from the well known African american malady called hate and bitch about white folks, and obsess about facial idiosyncrasies like hair, lightskin vs darkskin. Also goes to such great lengths to look for gifs featuring black folk. Very insecure girl

wait....who are you?

and what makes you think you can speak to me? irrelevant bitches don't have opinions hoe....keep it moving...you weren't summoned....ps last i checked your ass was black too you insecure self hating nut job

I get my hair from my maternal grandma's side, her people are called Timaxume lol.
also this is a very gay thread.

My mother has straight hair like an East Asian - very weird hair for a Somali.

My father has wavy hair.

I have wavy hair.

Itrah wrote:My mother has straight hair like an East Asian - very weird hair for a Somali.

My father has wavy hair.

I have wavy hair.

mine is straight too....its so weird...i always thought it was common amongst somalis...but based on the poll its not

KnowThySelf23 wrote: mine is straight too....its so weird...i always thought it was common amongst somalis...but based on the poll its not

real straight hair is probably only about 10%. It is recessive to wavy and curly.

Wavy and Curly hair are the biggest group.

Can't tell.

KnowThySelf23 wrote:

Itrah wrote:My mother has straight hair like an East Asian - very weird hair for a Somali.

My father has wavy hair.

I have wavy hair.

mine is straight too....its so weird...i always thought it was common amongst somalis...but based on the poll its not

waalal, do you live in a city/state where there aren't many other somalis? when somalis faan faan about timo jileec, its only in comparison to the very kinky hair of the jareer. most somalis have afro-textured hair, however, unlike the bantu, our curls are looser and thus softer in texture. hence the reasons somalis use of the words jileec (soft) or adeeg (hard) rather than words like straight or long or wavy.

MaliPrince wrote:

KnowThySelf23 wrote:

Itrah wrote:My mother has straight hair like an East Asian - very weird hair for a Somali.

My father has wavy hair.

I have wavy hair.

mine is straight too....its so weird...i always thought it was common amongst somalis...but based on the poll its not

waalal, do you live in a city/state where there aren't many other somalis? when somalis faan faan about timo jileec, its only in comparison to the very kinky hair of the jareer. most somalis have afro-textured hair, however, unlike the bantu, our curls are looser and thus softer in texture. hence the reasons somalis use of the words jileec (soft) or adeeg (hard) rather than words like straight or long or wavy.

yea there weren't many of them were I've lived....welll i guess i learnt something new today.