Ya know...I am so tired of of pseudo-conscious, black men grading black women's worthiness on the way we style our hair..
The most beautiful thing about being a black woman is we have the choice to be nappy,braided, weaved, locked, permed, bald...it's our choice...no more, no less...our white counterparts don't have that choice..It has never been a question of whether we like or dislike wearing our hair natural..
I have worn my hair natural, and my hair isn't kinky by nature...does this make less black...
In regards to the NAACP Image Awards, and other awards shows..Yes these events are driven by a strong PR machine..but this is also a vehicle to recognize excellence in the arts..which black folk excel in...we are not trying emulate anything..we have been originators since the beginning of time..and this label thing..colored, black, whatever..who cares...We know who we are and what we are..
Finally,
The NAACP as we all know was established by black and white folk(as were many organizations and HBCU's during late 1800 thru the early 1930's)..and is called colored, because its focus is for the minority population that extends beyond the black race..
So, if all you got from the Award show was images of sistas with straight hair,and black folk attempting to emulate the white masses...then I am sad..really sad.