THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, March 12, 1995 TAG: 9503100031
SECTION: COMMENTARY PAGE: J4 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 28 lines
The real moral of ``Blame it on Rio'' (Daily Break, Feb. 27) is that each of these women should not have fallen prey to a profit-oriented society that has convinced them that their hair needs to be ``silky, shiny and straighter'' to meet someone else's definition of beauty. When the same reverence and attention are applied to the natural state of African-American hair, a more healthful and unspoiled form of beauty emerges. When is enough enough? Each of these victims was better off before Rio.
Relaxers are extremely caustic and come with all types of ``cautions'' and disclaimers. One day it may be discovered (revealed) that such relaxers also cause some type of internal damage.
We shouldn't trust our well-being to others but instead should do our own research and choose to live naturally in the thought that the Creator has graced each of us with some facet of a more genuine expression of beauty.
SAKHIRA NuAMEN FELDER
Virginia Beach, Feb. 27, 1995 by CNB