Men Keep Their Hair Short to Avoid Texturism: Fades, Waves & More.

[@mayowasworld]

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[@user-wi6cz4hh5b]

I don't see the connection between Travis and the African American hairstyle 💇 🤨

[@hellzbelle229]

You see this in the parents who usually like to keep their boys hair short, but if the boy has a looser curl pattern, all of a sudden it’s their mission to grow it out as long as possible. Long hair isn’t deemed appropriate for males, to hear these folks tell it, unless they have a looser texture and a defined curl pattern. It’s the same impulse to hide certain textures and show off others that we often see in women.

[@delightfuldaisy3520]

Omg yes! This was my aunt black woman, Asian husband. 3 boys first boy 4b hair kept short, middle and last sons 3b hair kept long but eventually cut due to resentment building up as they got older and wanted shorter hair. She expressed that it genuinely hurt to cut it. Smh

[@hellzbelle229]

@delightfuldaisy3520 I've definitely heard some parents express that sentiment that it "hurt" to cut their curly and wavy boys' hair as they got older, too! Meanwhile, the type 4 boys get a fresh shear as soon as they can sit still long enough for the barber not to cut them. It's refreshing to hear this unpacked.

[@adaamanze]

Yup. I see this in so many multiracial families.

[@stallion9113]

I worked at a beauty supply store selling hair products. A custom had 2 sons one fully black and 4c like hair and the other one mixed with loose curly hair. She had the 4 c hair on the first boy shaved almost bald and the other boy w the curly hair had a long ponytail. She talked about how the boy wanted long curly hair like his brother but said she would never grow it out because it was too nappy and too hard to maintain. Smh

[@rejectionisprotection4448]

​@@stallion9113Oh wow.

[@phdgirl2016]

What I also find interesting is that increasingly, Black men are growing out their hair - we are seeing, for example, within the NBA, NFL, and music industry more afros, locs, and unmanipulated hair styles. The kinks and coils are flourishing. The kicker is, I think they appreciate this more in one another, than they do in Black women. This is telling in the women they partner with, who don't tend to have the hair textures they themselves have, or wear weaves/relaxers.

[@tlowery2074]

and even then, the standard is for it to be extremely groomed at all times. like mayowa mentioned, locs but you have a fresh lineup and retwist at all times, very few wicks and very little freeform; fro but it’s short and blown out/perfectly formed in every pic; braids neatly done and redone in the same week/worn for a very limited time. and all of these things require a certain amount of disposable income to be switching up all the time, and having the time to dedicate to go get them.

[@fruitsarelife7073]

Are we going to care? I don’t 😌💖 Unappologetic Natural 👸🏿👸🏿👸🏿 We create our space, we accept ourselves. Whoever loves us, is meant to be for us.👸🏿👸🏿👸🏿

[@silva1530]

That or they date biracials

[@lucianp2616]

Rich men can afford hair stylists. Why would you use them as examples?

[@potofgoldseeker4248]

You beat me to it

[@GodofLocs]

My dad always said “you don’t look like a threat when your hair is cut.” Shows how he viewed himself and others in my opinion

[@mayowasworld]

Wowwwww that is so telling!!!

[@GodofLocs]

@@mayowasworld the self hate runs deep in my family lol

[@rejectionisprotection4448]

Or maybe he's thinking about the Police, which would be valid. YT'er FD Signifier was ok with his son having long (ish) hair (FD has locs), but drew the line at him dying it blue. He just didn't want his son drawing attention to himself more than necessary.

[@rejectionisprotection4448]

There's also a guy further down in the comments who says that he gets profiled and stopped more by the Police because of his locs.

[@GodofLocs]

@@rejectionisprotection4448 I hear you but I don’t live my life in fear. I am who I am unapologetically and I’m prepared for whatever that must come with. We shouldn’t wear our hair or anything else to make others comfortable especially if we aren’t doing wrong. Just my opinion

[@gw7911]

A thing I noticed is people with straight hair textures get away with so much that people would not allow with Afro texture. I noticed that a lot black people go to the barber like every 2-3 weeks vs a lot of white men who go every other month sometimes like every 3-4 months. And they will get the same fade style but they aren’t judged for letting their hair grow out after. It seems like people with Afro textures have to always have their hair freshly cut and styled to perfection. Someone with straighter hair textures can get away with a messy pony tail or with a few stray hairs floating. But if someone with waves doesn’t have just the crown of their head all laid down it’s a problem. I started growing out my hair recently and my parents were just going on about needing a hair cut. I got it lined up and that wasn’t good enough for them, they wanted me to get a fade and really get rid of most my hair so I could look like “A Christian man should.” Internalized prejudice is terrible.

[@rizbathmackenzie2856]

It's crazy how they think you don't look like a Christian man with your God-given hair.

[@mayowasworld]

It’s truuu!! And also white men can grow out their hair and it’s seen as beautiful while kinky 4c hair grown out will only tell people it’s time for a haircut. We are more enforced by others + expected to spend more time and money on our appearances. It’s almost like a black tax

[@ADysmalDyStOpiA]

​@@rizbathmackenzie2856 they need to sit down somewhere fr.

[@citizencoy4393]

I see it as another distraction method to keep blk ppl focused on vanity vs fighting their obvious oppression. By creating these barriers it sets the tone that “ytness” is achievable for you if you simply try just a little harder. That carrot that they always keep in our face so that we are focused on being better for them, versus better for ourselves as a collective!

[@k4nd1incyb3rsp4c3]

just look at the messy bun trend from the mid 2010s... messy straight hair has even been seen as DESIRABLE before.

[@shaani7978]

My husband and I have had conversations about this. He told me that he always wanted a fro or locs growing up but his parents didn’t believe that men should have long hair. They would make him get his haircut short. Once he became an adult he finally grew out his hair and now he has locs. I feel like for some Black men, it can be ingrained in them from childhood that longer hair isn’t ‘masculine.’

[@mayowasworld]

Yessss exactly. And then this has adverse effects on black women necause long hair is feminine. It’s all so ridiculous but this is a biproduct on colonialism

[@Denise_Cocoa]

They also probably figured he’d have enough problems on his own being a black man, and that having long/loc’d hair would just add another layer to that. My brother is mixed PR/Black and he does landscaping. He was loc’d for years and noticed a difference in how he was treated when he cut them and had waves. People’s attitudes towards him improved when he cut his hair smh. He’s since grown his locs again 💛

[@HabitualLover]

Sadly, it’s also ingrained in them that tightly textured hair is masculine- that all African features are masculine. The supremacy won’t let us exist. It’s so absurd.

[@gregall1448]

This is me for sure. I grew my hair out for 2 years recently and even got braids. Hated it. Hated all of it. Can’t get over the self hate of having long hair tbh.

[@rejectionisprotection4448]

Is it the long hair or is it the locs? I think men with locs will be discriminated against. BW with Afros are seen as militant; I think that locs are the male equivalent, as they're identified as Hoteps or Rastafarians.

[@officiallykayanna]

During the Pandemic and everyone was indoors, men panicked about not being able to keep up with their haircuts and fades! lol it was hilarious!

[@mayowasworld]

I remember this time 😂

[@KushQueen9]

😂😂 I saw the videos! Hilarious!

[@genevaxo]

Edges are rooted in texturism. Excessive contouring on black and African women is rooted in featurism. Like bffr, if your nose is wide and broad, but you feel like you have to put sharp lines on it to resemble European noses is just sad. The same goes for kinky hair & edges.

[@mariapaulamandombemoniamambu]

Black people are the first in this world, many of us have thin noses. The problem is when you start to think that thin noses are better.

[@tsingletary6311]

@@mariapaulamandombemoniamambu I mean... that's a major part of what featurism is.

[@genevaxo]

@mariapaulamandombemoniamam4167 Ancient humans don't resemble modern humans. Just because all humans started in Africa, doesn't mean Africans are entitled to self hate in the sake of "everyone is african"

[@mariapaulamandombemoniamambu]

@@genevaxo i didn't justify the hate i just said that black people with thin noses is not black people having "white features" but more like these features are more pallable to the current white beauty standards. Excuse for my english.

[@tsingletary6311]

@@mariapaulamandombemoniamambu Ah, I got you. Yeah, thin noses aren't solely on European faces, but they are considered better by featurists/assimilationists *because* many Europeans have them. Their projected and reflected perception is thin noses are closer to whiteness. Their perception is also white people are better than everyone else because of divine right and/or hard work and merit, not because their ancestors were violent thieves who hoarded resources stolen from everyone else by force. The purpose of calling out featurism is to identify one of the mechanisms used to divide all people into desireables and undesireables; haves and have nots. That whole system of value/power theft can be broken down and understood as anti-Black racism. According to anti-Black racism, the more you can pass for or assimilate into whiteness, the better you are, and the more signifiers of perceived Blackness you have the more will be expected of & taken from you and the less reciprocated & returned. It's those who bought in to and benefitted from that system who set up that hierarchy. @genevaxo called out featurism in their original comment because there is no such thing as "better" features or people. Just differences and proximity to manufactured privileges in an imbalanced world. I hope that is correct and makes sense.

[@iHongBuns]

I wasn't going to comment until I had a vivid memory of how in high school (mostly poc school), freshman year, some guy in my class had long freeformed locs. Everyone would call him the weekend, see him as a class clown (teachers too), in general a jokster. One day he comes to school with a fade, waves and his hairline sharp and kept it like that throughout the rest of high school. He wasn't really seen as a class clown anymore and people callled him by his name, and he basically became more popular with people around school. A lot of people thought he was more repulsive and stoner (when he wasn't) when he had his locs but after his transformation he became a cool guy and people didn't automatically think he smoked weed when now he does. It's crazy the little things I remember happening in school and how when I discuss things like this about the black community, it just reminds me of how I've seen so much of it happen before me simply by going to school.

[@-_Somebody_]

I *just* remembered that when I was 5 back in 1991, the days I would wear my hair in an afro the kids wouldn’t play with me and gave me ugly looks. But when my hair was braided or put into a style, I had my “friends” again lol and it was consistent too! Every single time. Fast forward to 2017 I wrapped my head in a scarf for one year straight. Men from other cultures began to notice me unlike before without the head wrap 😂 particularly Sikh men! But also like people in general would be much kinder to me and smile more towards me because my hair didn’t show. It’s so interesting.

[@JustMeandGod_]

It’s normal for people to think that he smokes ganja doesn’t make it right to judge loc heads but people are usually on a spiritual journey when they grow locs and I do notice many of them smoke weed lol

[@Babyluv_]

There’s literally a black man on YT that has a page dedicated to showing men how to create waves. He has a VERY extensive process. Homeboy literally strokes his hair and scalp 60 times with 8 sections. That’s insane! If you have waves, you don’t need to create them…

[@lucianp2616]

Have you ever thought a lot of men get waves because they look good and not part of a grand conspiracy? And also some men naturally have wavy hair, or 3c, and I'd say this is a pretty large portion of black men, so what is wrong with having waves if it's your natural hair grade and it looks good? A lot of men braid their hair too because it looks good. What if its as simple as it looks good? I know it's not as elaborate, or as sophisticated, but I think thats why most men do it. If a bunch of women started demanding men let their hair out, and grow it out, a lot more men would do it, but even women like these short hairstyles on men.

[@Ricoque-u2m]

Always blaming women. Unbelievable.

[@Babyluv_]

@@lucianp2616 this video is obviously NOT about men who have natural waves. This is about the men who DO NOT and most black men do NOT have natural waves. Stop the BS

[@dbd254]

@@lucianp2616 You a dam. lie the vast majority of ACTUAL blk ppl (2 blk parents) have some variation of type 4 hair. But using your own logic if most black men naturally had 3c(mixed hair) why would there be videos or an audience for creating waves? Like the KZbinr mentioned most blk men at some point rock the fade myself included. If our hair was naturally 3c why aren't more black men be growing there hair out? From my perspective men with looser hair textures were always encouraged to grown their while the 4c dudes were encouraged to cut or loc it up. Just now in recent times are you seeing more blk men growing out their 4c hair and most of us are getting ppl coming up to us asking what are we going to do to it and if we're going to loc. You clearly didn't comprehend the video. Saying it simply "looks good" is very surface level and the KZbinr did a great job analyzing this topic. Lastly the point you made about desirability with women is only half the truth and I wouldn't given say it's most case. You have other blk men who see some of us who reject the social norm of getting a fade or even a lineup and give us pushback.

[@lucianp2616]

@@dbd254 Define "actual black" because apparently African genetics isn't enough now? Ethiopians? Somali? They aren't actual black? A lot of people who are Black Americans with two black parents, are 25% European genetically. They aren't "actual black" ? You gotta have 4c hair and dark skin now? Visit Africa. See the diversity.

[@_KayBee_]

Shaking the table with this one

[@Hi_Tamera]

YES!!!

[@fae3821]

This reminds me of how my sister told me our dad did her hair on picture day and the teacher had to redo it but she still ended up with a lopsided ponytail🤭 She said he had no idea what to do. It's wild to me how my parents went from afros in the 70s to only fades for the boys, relaxers for the girls. I went natural and my dad said "when you gon do your hair?" My brother grew his hair out and my mom said "That's how you're keeping it?" We also heard "nappy" a lot from my dad . It's just wow like this is y'alls hair texture too, remember your afros?!😵‍💫 I love the bow and matching eye shadow btw! I'm gonna try more bows/ribbons in my hair again. I have some pink flower clips rn🌸💗

[@ZA-lf4rz]

This is very true. I never liked waves because I always felt like the guys were trying to make their hair look like a looser texture. Young Black boys and men with 4c hair struggle with loving their hair texture. I’ve had to talk to my son because he would want his hair like the racially ambiguous boys on tik toc. A lot of young black boys want their hair to be a looser texture quiet as it’s kept. I’ve also heard boys say “my hair ain’t nappy” Boys with a looser texture crack jokes on the boys who have 4c hair. The same way ppl tell girls that they have “ good hair” I’ve heard ppl say the same thing about little boys and grown men.

[@sharmindecruz9757]

Yea, but they love to pretend its only black women with this issue. Smh

[@commandery3574]

100%. 1 million per cent and i think deep down, they have animosity about the fact that black women can do a variety of styles that emulate other textures (for better or worse, this is not a value statement) and they can’t. or, they gravitate towards girls who do wear wigs/weave/etc

[@favouratta6047]

It's really sad 😢

[@Trevonjr299]

I got a nasty comment the first time I ever decided to post a picture of myself without a fresh line up on my social media, since then I’ve divested from getting hair cuts all together!!

[@fruitsarelife7073]

That’s the spirit!!👸🏿👸🏿👸🏿

[@gossip_girl_xoxo2003]

I'm so sorry to hear that love ❤

[@missantrafalgar782]

I used to get nasty comments when I first had locs. Now all I get is compliments. I literally force my image on people. If you don't like it, you can go screw yourself. 😂😂

[@c4tac133]

at least you ratted the haters out 🐀

[@ravenbaxter3503]

I’m proud of you! More men should learn to accept the way they naturally were created

[@crystalcastillo7575]

The idea that black men having short hair falling into racism is an idea I used to think about when I was a kid and I would see my dad rushing to get his hair cut down again when his hair grew out even the tiniest bit. He worked in a primarily white space ,& man You articulated everything I was feeling even as a kid soo damn well.

[@Losttribeswoman]

Been saying this for years. And these are the same men often making demands on women’s hair smh. Mayowa always telling facts 👏🏾👏🏾👊🏾

[@kravond]

I’ve worked labour jobs my whole life and kept my hair either military buzz cut or fade till the pandemic started. I was always told long hair would make it difficult for me to get hired. Respectability politics had me thinking I had to keep it short to be considered employable. I haven’t cut my hair since I turned 30, and I have no intention of ever cutting it. Thanks for another great video! 🙏🏿

[@dogman683]

But do u still get jobs

[@c4tac133]

i’m so happy for you!

[@fj2201]

I can tell you... just within the very first 20 to 30 seconds, that you are on 1000 percent. It's largely waves, baldness, or, in the interest of progeny and DNA, picking nonblack mates to change texture generationally.

[@mayowasworld]

This part!!! It goes so deep

[@verda_renee]

Listen! That "my daughter's gonna have good hair" mentality be having the swirlers in a CHOKEHOLD. 🫣

[@baegonia]

you look literally so cute omgggg the yellow on blue, the hairstyle, the BOW, so lovely

[@tatianaprettyy]

She’s so Elegant 🌸

[@SuperMiIk]

Her looks r so underrated

[@laialuvv]

this is something I think about a lot in my family I never understood as a black girl why my brothers and cousins didn't grow their hair out. Our hair is beautiful! its sad many black boys don't get to let their hair flourish. Also Im in love with your makeup look!

[@ADysmalDyStOpiA]

❤❤❤❤ 😊

[@Lady_Tee15]

Definitely ❤

[@isaaczfoxx]

Someone said it finally.....i've been saying this for awhile us dudes cut our hair to hide it....I wear my fro proudly

[@DreamsInBlue]

Right, I've said this, too. I clicked on this video so fast.

[@officiallykayanna]

them Dominican waves got BM in a chokehold! 🤣 🤣

[@mayowasworld]

Lmaooo they also got black women in a chokehold too 😂

[@lucianp2616]

Dominicans are black.I know it's controversial, but it's also true from 23andMe.

[@sharmindecruz9757]

Unfortunately​@@mayowasworld

[@Ultraa_ray]

Chileeeeeee say it again! 😂

[@fin4008]

😂😂

[@dbd254]

BM here and I 100% agree with you. As a kid and teenager I was discouraged from growing my hair. My mom would say "it looks a hell of alot better cut" and my dad would straight up threaten to cut my hair in my sleep if I didnt do it to his standards, fun times. 🥴🤣 My hairline is still recovering from all those lineups. For alot of people the only acceptable time BM (who don't have a looser texture) should grow their hair is if it's loc-ed. If you're not loc-ed at some point you will be asked when will you loc. I think growing my 4c hair gave me a small glimpse to what BW go through about their hair.

[@mayowasworld]

I’m glad you’re able to see this because I feel some people are intentionally missing the point!

[@jerm-gv9rv]

I can’t stress the recovery from lineups enough God I still feel the scars and bumps from my skin being nicked

[@zanweed5686]

I am a 19 year old boy from South Africa, I found this video very interesting. I personally have long hair (I have cornrows that hang around my neck) and I always wanted to grow my hair out ever since I was young but my school made it difficult to make it happen. After I started high school I began growing it out, but when I went to the salon my hairdresser told me it was too kinky so she relaxed it. My hair was so damaged that my mother advised me to cut and start again .This was very difficult for me to do because I had being growing it out of 4 years at this point. Then I was advised to get waves by my white girlfriend at the time. I struggled so much with waves that I started having negative and self destructive thoughts about my hair. So after a that my mother then suggested that I should grow it out again. She started helping me through the process of growing it out teaching me how to care for my hair even making homemade shampoos and hair oils while braiding it herself. Now I have a wonderful relationship with my hair. Watching your video helped me see that i never wanted to get waves , it was my ex-girlfriend who wanted them. I’m not saying she was racist or anything but I do believe she wanted me to have a curl pattern that looked more like hairs to make her feel more comfortable. Btw My current girlfriend (she’s black) sent me this video

[@aiyanasprose]

as an African American, I love that you put emphasis on it being Soulaan culture! As you mention, men would get perms/texturizers in the all throughout the mid-20th century just like women. In the 80/90’s, jerry curls(which were not gendered) were all the rave. Perhaps those styles are predecessors to waves. I agree that, in all its beauty, this aspect of our culture is rooted in anti-blackness and almost a fetishization of racial ambiguity/loose hair types. I’ve been asking a question myself recently: how do we, as Black folk, interact with the parts of our culture that are inherently violent/destructive? Anti-blackness has plagued the entire African diaspora; how do we detoxify our spirits of that?

[@LethalLemonLime]

by ignoring it and pretending it isn't a problem. every single time i have seen black people (black women thb... I haven't seen men talk about this) they get so upset and start accusing the person who started the discourse of things... it's frustrating.

[@Ricoque-u2m]

Because men run communities. And blackmails are creating the violence against each other and the women and children in the community. ASK THEM!!

[@matxalenc8410]

You can't ignore a problem. It just goes bigger. Talking and planning on how to get rid of the anti-Blackness in the community is a start. Those who are ready will come.

[@sunrise2148]

I was about to criticize you for peeking at my paper, but I checked the timeline and notice you turned your paper in an hour before mine. We said essentially the same thing. Short answer: Abandon western behaviors. We seem to think anything western/European is progressive despite the destructive effects. The paradigm is amorphous, ubiquitous and omnipotent. Convincing people to do that takes strategy and patience. Gotta play the "long game"...don't you think?

[@angjbrownwhisper]

Um it's African full of lots of textures. Why is only Afro c4 hair acceptable as being problack. That gets right back into colorism. Just as a note I'm a 4C girl but I see this as creating a stereotype of what is black and dividing our ppl.

[@scorpionoir4952]

This is spot on. You are the first person I've seen articulate it and call it out from black men basically removing their texture by cutting it off. Black men are also treated differently when they rock their natural texture. I wore locs for many years and I have always told people how I was profiled more when I had locs. I got stopped by the police more often also. They always make up a trivial reason to stop me so that they could run a check on my ID because I guess I fit a stereotype that they had about black men with locs. They were always very apologetic when they found nothing.

[@mariapaulamandombemoniamambu]

I just remembered when I was in HS my classmate had 4c hair ( darkskin tall guy) but was not that long honestly but the principal ( mixed race) would always ask him to "brush" and cut his hair cause it was "unbrushed and unkept" he refused everytime and almost was not allowed at school, teachers would ask him just to obey he even started to bring a brush and brush his hair every moment. One day the principal yelled at him again and he said "what about ººººº, he also has a lot of hair and you don't say nothing( he was a mixed lightskin guy with straight hair, it was clear he had longer hair) they answered that " his hair is well brushed"🙄😒 ahah of course, and I studied in priv school, most of students were mixed ( some very white passing, lightskins and brownskins) and some white too. Guess what in a majority black country🙄

[@PHlophe]

This comment is relatable i am a dad of 3. my middle son has 4c hair and he too had wanted the curly 360 . which he got on my nerves and i only relented because i knew he'd be too lazy to maintain that sheit on the regular because he is the type that rolls out of bed brush them teeth and steps in and out of shower and vanishes. sure enough he gave up lol! Hair self hatred is very real among Black men , it is largely understood in the framework of "fly styling". The way i see it any hair alteration that requires hair to be looser or sleeker and requires extra time for daily upkeep , to me that is self hatred . and this applies to all 360 and curly flat top etc.. and see as a biracial . with siblings of my own . like i was having this discussion with my youngest brother last year when my brother told me that he get lots of remark because he is a "passing" dude with 4c hair . he is encouraged to "do something about it". and he's had folk actually telling him to use various oils and cream to make it more presentable . I personally i do wear my hair long and it has nothing to do with the loser texture . I have inherited albinism .. i have to keep a head full of hair because i don't want patchy moles that i cannot see spread. skin cancer is very real and its not as if i can see the top of my scalp

[@Opinionatedcancer]

I will never understand why black people still want to claim these people a black even though most have white mothers and appear to be white

[@jose.ambrosio]

I am from Angola. I used to see this in schools a lot.

[@PHlophe]

Joselito, Que situação deprimente, quanto auto-ódio! This colorism is giving me so much more anxiety

[@SunseedStarchild]

Already know this is gonna be good

[@welliminitnowso]

Clicked so fast ❤

[@kaydenceNH]

Real

[@theaterhobo]

This is so true. It honestly gets me pretty depressed at times. I'm a black male and I've been growing my hair out and also stopped lining my hair. My hair is flourishing, down to my chest. But the number of people who will compliment me and follow up with a "but where's they lineup?" Just fills me with rage. Or questions like "ok but what are you gonna do with it?" I feel so othered and lonely at times. People say i have a "Donald Glover" hairline or a "I only date white girls" hairline. But the sad thing is, non-black people usually accept my hair the most, which is so backwards.

[@mayowasworld]

Yeah the jokes about not having a line up can b so wicked. I hope you can find some black folks who accept you!

[@verda_renee]

Whew! You said a WORD with this one. BW really do get constantly ridiculed about not loving ourselves for the ways we assimilate, while these BM ain't never even seen their natural hair texture. It's wild. Even when they get locs, they will get retwists to the point their hair starts thinning from the constant pulling and manipulation. 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@Zion504HD]

The new look is the freeforms with da fade .

[@Ricoque-u2m]

Yes, I call that struggle locs.

[@Zion504HD]

@@Ricoque-u2m ur opinion

[@Ricoque-u2m]

@Zion It’s your thin hair and scalps opinion too.

[@Zion504HD]

@@Ricoque-u2m my hair thick like the person who made da video. I don’t usually see thin freeform Afro locs

[@JulianAlbino]

this is interesting. i never thought about it this way but you are absolutely correct.

[@Denise_Cocoa]

Just subscribed to your channel 💛

[@JulianAlbino]

@@Denise_Cocoa Thank you! :)

[@cygnetlake8017]

Ever since I was a young girl and well over 10 years ago I was able to pick up that a lot of BM in interracial relationships (famous and non-famous) were BALD as baby's bottom, no evidence of blackness/ black hair on their head. And I thought "Wow look at how they were lowkey able to avoid their blackness". I even used to do random guesses that certain bald BM I encountered would have a non blk spouse and I was usually right LOL

[@user.421]

my dad 😑

[@codewordeiei0404]

Yup, my dad was extremely texturist growing up and was bald. I do notice the same about a lot of bald men

[@Ricoque-u2m]

Bald black males are so delulu - I don’t even talk to them in public. They just project their insecurities onto fully black girls.

[@sharmindecruz9757]

They are all the same 99% of black men are colorist, texrurist and self-hating. Idgaf, i said what i said.

[@TiktokBro154]

Or maybe their hairline was receding so they just go fully bald

[@loveheals6184]

The way our thoughts/ideas be intersecting. This was one of my desires for "They Cloned Tyrone". The film used Black women's relaxers as an entry point for the drug. It felt unbalanced without Black men's wave pomades and felt like another dig at my sisters and femmes. Despite my locked hair I couldn't and won't cosign that.🤷🏿‍♀️

[@rejectionisprotection4448]

BM are sometimes a protected class.

[@loveheals6184]

@@rejectionisprotection4448 please say a bit more. I don't want to presume.

[@leekhold5210]

ooooooo girl BM aint ready to hear this just yet. How dare you point the finger at ones that choose to throw rocks at glass houses

[@docfabz]

This makes me self reflect on the ways I've internalized texturism in my life

[@LethalLemonLime]

the way i clicked this so fast. i have always thought this!! the waves + fades/keeping hair short so they can call us (women) nappy headed while they literally have the same exact hair as us

[@LethalLemonLime]

also this made me think about how my mom was slapping relaxers on me and my sister's head every 3 months for yearssss (it pains me to think about the trauma my scalp has been inflicted with especially as a child) yet my brother was allowed to not have horrendous chemicals put on his scalp. I have seen my brother's hair my whole life yet not allowed to see my own. my mom was more serious about making sure our new growth was relaxed on time. yet my brother just had to get hair cuts infrequently but even then my brother didn't get fades (my parents are Nigerian and fades are quite American. I've never seen my brother with a fade ever tbh) so i still saw his hair. my parents were/are sexist though so this shouldn't be surprising but when i went natural, my mom was deeply upset and called my hair ugly. my hair ended up being mostly 4a (my brothers is like 4b/c i think but idk I haven't seen that man in years lol) so as it got longer my mom finally said that it looks pretty when i had it in a defined wash n go smdh.

[@priestesstapes]

POINTS. WERE. MADE. They do get antsy when the hairline ain't crisp. And that Travis whoever faded haircut is just a repackaged Jon B. or Paul Wall. Two white men who were steeped in Black culture as far back as the 1990's.

[@Zion504HD]

It’s still their natural hair 😂 they get more credit than a wig

[@taliajournee212]

@@Zion504HD Not always, men are wearing units. Stay safe out there.

[@Zion504HD]

@@taliajournee212 atleast it’s still his hair texture

[@Ricoque-u2m]

@Zion Why are blackmails always competing with girls? It’s creepy. What fully black girls have to do under racism, texturism and sexism and what the boys have to do will look different. Men run communities if blackmails as a collective didn’t sell us into slavery we wouldn’t be in this position where you’re too d u m b to realize that you’re make fun of girls for a position YOU males as a collective put us in because you got your azz handed to you by Brad, Ping Pong, Pedro and Mohammad.

[@shouliee]

⁠@@Zion504HD bm the only group of men whose top priority is talking sh*t about the hair on bw heads. why are competing so hard with bw and their natural hair? so we!rd, I never see other r@ces of men talk about and obsess over hair this much, shouldn’t you be like idk “leading” or “building” something? 🥴

[@PrettyPolyInPink]

The crispy white line is so corny.

[@Ricoque-u2m]

I hope this doesn’t trickle down to blaming fully Black mothers. My older brother wanted to grow locs in high school and it was illegal. She told him he could grow his hair out but not loc it. That made him HAVE to take care of his own hair. My dad worked (3) jobs so no line up, but super short cut. My brother use to cry in the mornings because the reality of his own hair kicked in. My mother purchased him wide tooth combs and taught him how to wash and moisturize his hair with leave conditioner, avogate oil and then castor oil. My older brother is married to a fully black girlie and never dated out of his race. He uses her hair products like he use to use ours. My fully black husband went to boarding school and also has lots of thick luscious hair he grew out and was given a hard time about by his school and mates. He also never dated outside his race. Fully black boys are a very protected class within the black community. My brother cried for (2) hrs before school after his hair had grown out. And my mother said, that’s the hair of black people, get use to it! And he did and grew to love it. There is 100% disconnect in blackmails with their hair texture and skin color that they project onto black girls and women. Add their lack of sexual discipline and treasonous behavior.

[@macummings7818]

Really important! 🙏🙏🙏

[@rejectionisprotection4448]

Your last paragraph is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 All men project their insecurities and fears onto women. You can see it very clearly here with BM.

[@davidssubwaycookies190]

You're absolutely right. I used to want looser hair but now I'm so proud of my hair texture. I'm actually so thankful to black woman cause without them I wouldn't ever actually know how to take care of my hair. Mostly every video of haircare Ive watched has been from BLK women of various hair textures. 💯❤️

[@KangwithoutaKangdom]

Exactly

[@mickie3654]

When Samson had his hair he was strong and a threat.. that says enough

[@cassenav]

now THIS is a take that I haven't heard before. thanks for adding interesting commentary to the conversation always!

[@mayowasworld]

Thank youuu I was so excited to make the video because I was connecting a lot of dots in real time

[@totalyup3578]

being a BM with afro (no fades or lined up), it's actually not that difficult to maintain it. The 4c hair goal is for the hair to look like it drank water without actually being wet. Sebum is liquid gold, no conditioner can beat it yet. It just makes the hair look like this rich jet true black, very diamondy-sparkly (like twinkling stars or something) because of the shine it reflects and makes it a little softer too with no frizz, even without a silk bonnet. All that while being just normally dry. I have a very dry scalp so i don't produce much, but i lubricate all my strands with the little I got. I only finger-comb it through when dry or styling it dry. I NEVER plastic/metal comb the hair dry (no matter what comb size, 4c doesn't like that at all) but only when shower-conditioning/detangling it. When I need to go out for a while i use a mix of gel-oils and oils (never hair gel) for the strands, to give it that sebum effect. I still need to experiment with flaxseed gel before oiling (heard very good things about it). The only help I got was from natural 4c haircare tips on youtube, never family members. They always pressure me to cut it short which never looked right for my round face. I never was confident enough to walk out my home with a full afro without hearing "you need to cut that hair", but now i gotten quite enough compliments which i never gotten for afro! Now I want my afro bigger and bigger and bigger!

[@blessgodess5146]

Thank you King for your story! I'm like you I treat my 4crown the same way. Mine is so delicate like the finest fabric. I had to get used to moisturizing because I love water and my hair does too.,,but was stuck on the mindset "can't get your hair wet" geez. I also want mine so big. It's crazy all our parents had big fros back in the day. I'm like let's bring that back.

[@missp00153]

I love this....cause I see so many comments trashing black women for wearing wigs and weaves and Black men screaming "we want our women natural" ok no problem BUT how many of these men have to care for their natural hair everyday? It's kind of hypocritical

[@commandery3574]

intensely hypocritical, these people lack self awareness and intelligence

[@Brklynnoelle]

As someone who loves twist outs I never knew there was discourse around it. It’s just a natural hair style

[@vegannn7178]

I’ve always said bm have an issue with not only our hair(bw) but their own hair as well. It’s more prominent now but rarely will I see a bm with his hair grown out without some sort of taper/fade. They spend HOURSSSS trying to get those wave. They basically dunk their whole entire head in a jar of gel. They be about to brush the hair off their scalp. Then they slap on the durag for hourssss just to get their hair “laid”. Like why go through all that when you can just wear your hair the way it is. I seen a video of a guy with locs and it was freeform and several bm were in the comments saying how nasty it was and that they could never allow themselves to not get it lined up. I’ve always said bm have been projecting their own insecurities of their hair onto bw.

[@Ricoque-u2m]

Blackmails are a protected class within the black community. They begin at around five bullying fully black little girls like it’s their job.

[@sharmindecruz9757]

Jayz gets the most hate about his hair from other black men. Smh

[@rejectionisprotection4448]

​​@@sharmindecruz9757Locs don't have a good rep it seems amongst BM.

[@DreamsInBlue]

​@rejectionisprotection4448 I remember a joke Steve Harvey did about locs and professions. That joke always made me feel uncomfortable bc that's Black hair.

[@vegannn7178]

@@sharmindecruz9757 Facts, don’t they call him auntie? Although he’s mixed he’s another one, J. Cole has freeforms and they’re always saying how homeless he looks.

[@loveheals6184]

I also noticed that this was how/why locks with a lineup became a thing. It was the masculine version of the gelled edges. When I went natural, it was a willful rejection of that aesthetic that somehow crept back in. Brothers who dug long hair but not Rasta or Pan-African values found safety and "neatness" in that.

[@brasilcr4962]

💯💯 I agree. I personally don’t get lineups

[@loveheals6184]

@@brasilcr4962 thanks 🙌🏿😀 I think it's sadly from indoctrination that makes us police every part of our bodies and existences as wrong or sub-standard when I think we have much to celebrate and be proud of. I hope those who come after us are as gracious as we are those who came before us because we're all still unlearning this mess.

[@Ricoque-u2m]

@love Blackmails are not indoctrinated. They rebranded themselves with interracial dating and have aligned themselves intentionally with white supremacy. They’re no victims.

[@jlew1591]

This is a real thing. My husband mostly lets his hair do whatever, and as a result, he really doesn't get approached by the "cool" black dads at oyr kid's school. There's definitely a look.

[@Ricoque-u2m]

The black dads at your school are not cool. You’re living in delulu world and/or you’re a non black loser partner.

[@ablackgirlscommentary43]

I will say that due to the privilege men have, and the privilege black men have over black women, their hairstyles are much more accepted by society. NBA and other sports players who have those long hairstyles in dreads and or braids are now comforted to the cool, hip hop type of stereotypes, whether it be positive or negative. My male siblings are in that teenagers stage and are now concerned about their hair not having waves due to black social conformity. Although this is the case, they never had to experiences hair 'PTSD' = colorism, and texturism, that I have faced.

[@ljblue77]

Kevin Durant is constantly bullied by BM about his hair not being brushed into "waves"

[@Ricoque-u2m]

And Kevin has a history of bullying fully black girls. Poop rolls down hill.

[@PHlophe]

Latrice, it was strictly Black men giving him sheit about his hair. speaking of ballers. Delonte west always had so called "messy hair" but he got given a pass . we can tell why

[@WorkYourWisdom]

Thank you for actually taking the time to explore this as I’ve never thought about men’s process (and the historical context) behind their hair!! This was honestly eye opening and in part, a bit heartbreaking, because I think we as women have the gift of exploring our emotions thus deconstructing the contexts that lead to our behaviors and conditioning, and I feel like men are just so far behind in this regard…so they continually perpetuate certain habits because they just can’t see how conditioned they really are.

[@foodiusmaximus]

It’s real. I grew up in the 90s and I remember how common it was for me to get an s-curl or a “texturizer”. I like going to the barber when I can, but I’ve always taken note of the way some black men and women judge black men and boys who aren’t 10000% crisp. In a sense I’ve made it my lifelong mission to buck against the notion. I work in professional environments, I earn a high income, and I know there’s some privilege in my ability to be nappy, but I come to work with a nappy ass afro and it’s who I am and no one can tell me shit about my hair. (Also, I did the same thing when I had locs - if I’m being honest, there’s probably some “acceptability” I’m presenting elsewhere that keeps doors open for me)

[@realpluslovely]

I fell in love with my husband partly because he accepts his natural hairline. I myself have never liked the processed look of baby hairs/edges on myself but it amazes me how black people feel it necessary to showcase multiple types of textures within one hairstyle. We do this to each other too. Every time I wear my kinky hair out or stretched there's always someone to ask me if I have ever straightened and my response is the same... I don't have 4 hours to waste when I know my hair loves to coil.

[@DJ-bw5kw]

This video is so accurate!

[@wb6266]

about 5 years ago there was a guy talking about this. it was eye-opening. if I find the video again, I'll share it on here.

[@JulianAlbino]

love your makeup by the way.. so cute!

[@aliciateasley3213]

Wow. I never thought of this concept because usually it is just the women that get the fingerpointing in this area. Interesting topic. Thank you!

[@geodex177]

As a bm I've more or less arrived to the same conclusion! Growing up I was just...not allowed to do anything with my hair and the moment it grew past even 1/4th an inch it was sheered off by my father. The only thing I was allowed to do with my hair was waves, I feel like a lot of black men (esp ones raised by gen y or boomer black parents) likely have a similar story. I waffle back and forth between growing it out again b/c I don't know how to care for it I think I'm going to go for it this time 👍🏾

[@macummings7818]

💕

[@AmeriGalMW]

Waves are made by “nappy” hair. That’s what our hair does NATURALLY with just a brush and water. So that’s not hiding texture or promoting “texturism”. & not all “black” ppl have super tight coils and kinks. Some of us literally apply a brush and water and waves & curls form. So if you’re running from “moisture” to have dry, brittle, unmanageable, not manipulated hair just to have a stronger stance against other ppl then you may also be doing yourself a disservice bc most “black” hair is highly prone to tangles, knots, breakage, split hair shafts, etc. someone with Freeformed locs shouldn’t even be going this deep on texturism etc. you chose your formless, carefree style of choice. To judge others bc they aren’t doing what you deem as “black & proud” enough is simply disrespecting the DIVERSITY of “black” ppl, our hair, culture and heritage. Not all of us deem “untidy” hair as appropriate and that should be respected.

[@soleilantillean30]

Yesssss........ You said it all 🎯🙌🏽! This girl sounds 🤪 crazy in many of her videos. She is definitely projected and sounds like self hate to me. How are you catching waves that you naturally have???🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

[@Trashpanda888]

Someone FINALLY said it!!! THANK YOU

[@ArtisticApothecary]

I been noticing the trend of African men shaving their heads bald lately, expressing it is a choice. Eliminating texture all together.

[@e.city.bricks]

Loving your look today Mayowa💙 You look fabulous! The make-up is definitely makeuping and THE SKIN 🤎

[@mayowasworld]

Purrr 🤗

[@skindippedingold]

I remember I took my dad out to dinner for his birthday. I was giving the wigs a break and had my natural hair in a big puff at the crown of my head. When he showed up, he looked at me all bewildered then asked, “what’s going on with your hair?” My response was, “nothing is going on with it.” 🥴I doubt he’d say anything had I worn a straight wig or had my hair pressed out.”

[@mayowasworld]

That part!

[@jackiebrown5003]

Glad your back. Speaking the truth as always. That you.

[@quirkyblackenby]

My dad forced my brother to wear a bald fade for years and him and my mom lost it when he started growing it out. When he got locs they were happier maybe because it’s a style that must be maintained compared to just a natural Afro like he was wearing? Idk

[@wesbesttreacts4515]

I disagree, primarily because you can still tell what texture someone’s hair is when they get waves, as a matter of fact getting waves makes it easier to tell what curl pattern someone has, for example the man at 3:44 has waves only someone with 4 type hair can get. Additionally the looser the curl pattern the less waves a person will have on their head and the wave community has never been about having less waves on your head, if anything having more waves is praised more so than having less and like I said you need a tight curl pattern to achieve that. The only thing the wave community cares about is how neat the wave pattern is and the texture doesn’t affect that. P.S they are not brushing their hair to loosen their curl pattern it to align the waves and add uniformity like I stated above

[@TrazzyStar]

The bow/makeup color combo is soooo good. The blue looks so fantastic on you!

[@mayowasworld]

Thank you!!!

[@triedntrueiam]

Loved this...Especially "Be aware of why you do what you do".❤

[@rejectionisprotection4448]

At 10:18. Men also used to get relaxers and had "conks". Remember the performers in the 50s and 60s like Chuck Berry. James Brown had such thick natural hair that he needed industrial grade relaxer to get it right.

[@aem642]

You and your best friend are gorgeous! I love the makeup and your jewelry! ❤️

[@nki5ikni5i45]

Yes the your skin is radiantly skinning 😍 and I remember you said your trying out more Up DOs... The bows was a nice touch and seeing more of your face. Your BFF hair was cute too with the beads.

[@empressmileenakahnummkxl]

GIRL, I BEEN saying this for years.! Literally. That’s why when Snoop Dog and every other black man comes for black women and our hair I gotta remind them of THEIR past too. Like how when snoop tried to come for Queen Ari Lennox😤🤌🏾🤌🏾 Like sit yo ahh down somewhere!!😤🤚🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾

[@Siouxsie818]

Your eye look is sooo pretty!!

[@kain185]

I never understood the rampant texturism from within our own community. I never cared for line-ups, or keeping my hair short. I was always rocking long hair, getting locs was just a logical conclusion for me

[@Ricoque-u2m]

You can pretend to never understand it because of your blackmail privileges. But you low key understand your boys sick thirst for females of other races - you crave their genetics to make hair opposite of yours.

[@PHlophe]

i would say it is ALL Black communities , if you find yourself here in europe you will eat texturism and colorism as if its Beigneits in the morning, As a biracial guy, you better believe it is WAY WORSE among random biracial as well. even those that do not have a problem themselves , folk make it theirs. There is a pervasive idea that if you are a biracial and 4c you are "wasted biraciality" or "Thank god you are not a girl" . that sheit is sooooo granulated and intricate that it is impossible to escape from it. as someone with 5 brothers and a sister ( we are all biracial ) . i have seen it ALL . i get insane tea from my own siblings . I literally open my mouth like an african grand dad when i hear some of the things folk come up with.

[@denise76]

I'm glad you brought this up, lady❤. I also learned that being a "product junkie" is also avoidance.

[@ThisisCOBI]

You’re speaking so much truth I had to pause the video a couple times to reflect lol. What your saying out loud are things that I think about often but because our people are in the state that they are in I have to slick keep these thought in my spirit and mental to keep everyone else comfortable. Hopefully one day I will be released. Great video and prayers for our people. We are a great!

[@sohanicridland9116]

You said everything I’ve been thinking for years. I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed this.

[@cutiepatoot9697]

Your eyeshadow look is so pretty, looks like a sunset over some water 💖

[@janaepatterson8486]

Mayowa I love the makeup ! and i agree with literally everything you said !

[@candisecharmaine2913]

Mayowaaaaaaa ….. why are you the only one who speaks on these things??? I literally never heard anyone bring up texturism when it comes to all these judgmental men!

[@alishaacquaye3853]

anyone else be harmonizing with the theme song?

[@mayowasworld]

Lmaooo I wanna hear you do it!

[@TheBlackCommanderReborn]

Well, we wear our on hair proudly and dont hide it 360 days of the year for one. I have never met a black man who is ashamed of his hair.

[@teif1003]

I love every video of yours

[@joelledavis4547]

Girl this was genius!! I never even thought about what colonialism has done to black men in this way!! A lot of your points are spot on!! Such a refreshing, interesting topic!! This needs to be talked about more in our community!!

[@mayowasworld]

Thank you love!

[@Ricoque-u2m]

Nothing was done to blackmails. They were self hating during their rule as Moors. Blackmails have soooo much privilege in the black community.

[@XcellsiorConsulting1913]

Mayors your hair is beautiful, I love that you are so confident with your natural hair. I have always worn my hair natural;except for an episodes when I was younger. I like the feel and I do feel more confident.

[@KushQueen9]

I appreciate a man who can grow out his hair and is confident about it.

[@valeriebeauchamp2263]

You are so beautiful, the colors, the bow, the insight you're such an inspiring, talented, beautiful, one of a kind woman... thank you for being 💙💛🤍

[@Appleboo222]

I think people want the “success and cleanliness” but not necessarily texturism with the line up as I know men who have kinky Afros with line ups. Some men are hiding from themselves with short hair though 😂 I think the edges being laid and the waves is definitely texturism. Twist outs can be texturism when obsessed with definition but I personally love twist outs so that I don’t comb my hair everyday it makes me able to get up and go whereas an Afro or wash and go I usually have to manipulate a bit and I get so many tangles.

[@TheCrogun]

I felt this so much growing up decided to grow out my hair for the 1st time. It was always "how long are you going to grow out before you cut it". One time someone asked if I was going to braid it, and my mom replied with no. My opinion wasn't even considered 🥺. Also this video gave me flashbacks to when I took my brother to get a haircut and my dad got mad at me because he didn't cut off his Afro 🙄

[@Chirimoya08]

That eye makeup is super cute. Love it! Great commentary as always.

[@mayowasworld]

Thank you so much!!

[@WilliamsPinch]

African people have always had particular ways of styling their hair “neatly” to signify status or tribe… before the introduction of Europeans.

[@Ricoque-u2m]

@Williams This is why blackmails are said to have low iqs. What’s considered neat hair between tribes obviously doesn’t translate in European society.

[@bluebird587]

Ur make up is so gorgeous😊 Love how colorful u get with it. The bowtie in ur hair was also a really cute detail☺️ I bought more colourful stuff for my eyes cause ur looks alway inspire me

[@MartialChartsFX]

Actually the fade is historically a military haircut that black men adopted. We made it culturally popular outside the military, but we didn't invent it.

[@AmberSantana-is3dq]

You guys did not popularize it South America did 😂 🎉

[@MonstarScaly]

This video is another informative gem towards the discussion of featurism and texturism, and I'm here for it. It came just in time, and gave me a wider scope of how I personally, psychologically viewed my own tightly coiled, kinky hair, and my daughters with looser textured hair. I always found it interesting that the outside and inside perceptions of our natural textures, along with popularized styles are secretly coveted, and also yet outwardly hated due to external identities and colonial assimliation. I've started doing my own 'exposure therapy' in a sense where I've stopped doing the braid installations and decided to wear my natural texture out in public again, despite what stigmatization I may feel.

[@blaqwitch7781]

"I love a good pink" 👀

[@commentpoliceofficer7991]

Yoooo I’ve been feeling this way for the last 5 years but the black guys who get depressed when they don’t have a fresh cut or line up or when they trying to grow they hair out long but then get insecure cause of the awkward twa stage. I’ve even seen videos of black guys with 4C hair teaching dudes how to make their hair curly so they look like they have 3C type hair😂 or even the ones who have long hair already but they always get that shit blow dried cause they don’t want anyone to know they have “nappy” hair. Let’s not forget the boys who stay keep their hats/beanies on too 😂😊

[@mayowasworld]

It’s tru!! The content is gonna be on how to change the appearance of the hair texture

[@noahlomax1]

As a man, a Black man at that, I can only speak for myself. The need to keep a haircut came from the same reason that Black women needed to straighten their hair: assimilation into obtaining jobs, to not be discriminated against during an interview, at school or while on the job and to not seem aggressive. I was a child during the 80's and teen through the 90's, so the culture of boys and men getting a haircut was cemented during that time for me because it was all we were taught. I don't particularly know if waves were me trying to say that I had a better textured hair than any other Black man, no, I had waves as a teen because sistahs found them fly. The competition of best waves wasn't about texture either but about who's waves had the best connections and who had the most natural waves without a lot of product usage as men never made any connection on 4C or any other texture of hair before Black women started to drop those facts. Having said that, I did notice that other Black men did wear locs, twists, fros, braids, perms or bald heads to their benefit because some of us did so based on how the sistahs would respond. I also think, that to your point, especially now, that a ton of men don't know their texture and may be hiding it with cuts. The folks who instantly want the next line up after a week from the barber or that may go in every two weeks are more self-conscious than most guys who rock their hair in the multitude of other styles.

[@PlayabyTaya]

I need to say your look is absolutely giving! Your makeup is an absolute WIN! The melanin, your hair, and makeup combo is popping on my screen.

[@a.m4128]

I love the way Mayowa sees things ❤,thanks babe 😘, you’re articulates a lot of things for me

[@marothodi]

Mayowa, you really have me THINKING with this one! Awesome video, gorgeous

[@ABpluseAB]

I live in a third world country and this is true, I am a biracial black man and have wavy hair, but i still used texturizers and bleaching cream to look like my European father because of racism. Now that I'm grown I wouldn't change my black features for the world, especially because I'm a model and proud to be black.