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Samson · 02-05-2005, 04:38 PM

As many of you may know, I'm white.

I work and go to school almost exclusively with African Americans, or Blacks (I'm really never comfortable with either term since half this minority community seems to take offense with one or the other).

Anyway, a most interesting cultural anamoly was revealed to me the other day while speaking with black colleagues: A much greater proportion of their lives are spent worrying about their hair than I'd ever have imagined.

As the descriptive details of how their anxiety regarding the subject manifested itself, I realised that most of the more mysterious behavior I'd witnessed was rooted in hair problems among this particular ethnic minority. I was encoraged to rent the movie "Barber Shop" to extend my research if I desired.

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Samson Banned (Perm) Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 842	Hair As many of you may know, I'm white. I work and go to school almost exclusively with African Americans, or Blacks (I'm really never comfortable with either term since half this minority community seems to take offense with one or the other). Anyway, a most interesting cultural anamoly was revealed to me the other day while speaking with black colleagues: A much greater proportion of their lives are spent worrying about their hair than I'd ever have imagined. As the descriptive details of how their anxiety regarding the subject manifested itself, I realised that most of the more mysterious behavior I'd witnessed was rooted in hair problems among this particular ethnic minority. I was encoraged to rent the movie "Barber Shop" to extend my research if I desired.