HIP-HOP :: DAVID BANNER GOES IN ON BLACK WOMEN & PERMING
POST by NVus
This topic comes up a lot around our office so I figured I would post up something relating to it….Article is on the way
from NICOLE BITCHIE
At a recent appearance at South Carolina State University, rapper David Banner stunned the audience when he made the statement that
“Blacks Don’t Love Themselves.”
More importantly, he uses Black women who straighten their hair as an example of black on black crime and media control.
In a question-and-answer session, Banner challenged black women in attendance to explain why they perm and straighten their hair. In response came the defense that “hair perming” is equated with being able to get a decent job as a professional and not being viewed as a threat by bosses who are usually of a different race.
“This is what I mean when I say black people don’t love themselves,” Banner said. “Perming your hair is a clear example of ‘black-on-black crime’ and media control. Black-on-black crime is not just a black person committing a violent act against another black person.”
Ok Dave, you lost me with this one!
Real easy for him to say with that tapper!
I personally relax my hair (white women get ‘perms’) for maintainability, wearing my natural hair would just add an extra hour to my morning routine seeing as it is very coarse and resistant. I used to get a press and curl but my lifestyle no longer permitted (working out, clubbing, swim etc). I don’t think in any way is “perming” our hair a hate crime against our selves. If I could, I would escape the hair relaxing cycle, it just isn’t realistic.
He doesn’t have room to talk! In his next music video he BETTER recruit an all dread wearing cast!