A Natural Hair Interlude: What 'class' is your hair in?

If you didn't know by now, it appears 'they' (whomever they may be) have transformed hair classifications from the weave and extension packages to our own hair.  I  have never been a fan of the hair class or "caste" system I like to call it.  I call it a caste system because all it does is divide hair into groups according to their fineness or coarseness in texture.  As if we need anything else to further divide us.

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I believe people truly have a misunderstanding regarding natural hair care and all that it requires.  One thing in particular it DOES NOT require is you to group your hair in a classification in order to care for it.  ALL natural hair responds to products and maintenance differently.  And one of the main reasons it does is because of hormones, genetics and most importantly your diet.  Any two women with similar hair types can have a different effect from products, styling and maintenance.  Notice I wrote similar not the same.  We can share similar hair types but it is definitely not the same.  And this is Biology basics.  No two people share the same DNA and hair is essentially DNA.

Some hair products off the shelves do cater to certain hair types.  They may say loose/fine/wavy or coarse and thick.  Which I believe is completely different than constantly talking about hair "types."

Science is just one of the reasons I believe classifying ethnic hair is ridiculous.  But grouping them into a system that actually separates the fine/wavy textures from the more kinky/coiled texture is so yesterday.  I can't believe it's almost 2012 and people are still falling these types of gimmicks.  We might as well go back to classifying our people, light, fair-skinned, medium brown, dark-brown etc etc. 

It's a given that our hair textures vary, but we don't need a hair classification system to know that.
We have to dispel this myth; your GROWTH, regimen and maintenance HAS NO bearing on your hair type.  And to be real truthful, most ethnic hair is made up different texture all over the head.

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