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Topic: Hair Ethnicities
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peace
Knowflake Posts: 35
From: Las Vegas,NV
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 17, 2007 08:23 PM
  
So far I've know only 4 who have thick hair:
Hawaiian
Samoan
Irish
ItalianAm I missing any others?.
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SecretGardenAgain
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posted February 17, 2007 08:39 PM
I have hella thick and wavy hair and I am Egyptian/Kashmiri... must be the Egyptian genes coz Egyptians have HUGE masses of thick unruly curls (like Shakira but way way way more). Heres a link to a pic of Maryam Fares a famous Egyptian/Lebanese singer: http://web4.maktoob.com/maktoob/melodies/gallery/Maryam_2.jpg And Soad Hosni another egyptian celebrity (actress): http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/7/73/180px-Souad-index.jpg Even when most Egyptian chicks blow dry/straighten their hair you can tell its so hella thick. Btw this is atypical for Arabs in general (Gulf arabs and 'Sham'--Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon-- people have generally wavy or silky hair and theyre lighter hair/eyes). Egyptians and other African-Arab mixes have the half-way fros going on. IP: Logged |
BornUnderDioscuri
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posted February 18, 2007 01:47 AM
Ill agree with SGA on that Middle Eastern girls have amazingly thick hair. My Egyptian friend has those awesome curls I so love and so does my Israeli friend.IP: Logged |
Dulce Luna
Newflake Posts: 7
From: The Asylum, NC
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 18, 2007 08:08 AM
You better add Mozambiquan to the list. Especially with the Portuguese in alot of us, strange things happen with our hair. Mine gets long but its also very coarse (damn Cap Asc). Straightening it is an Olympic event. Even when the Salon did my hair.....it was an Olympic Event. My sister's turns out wavy when you blow-dry it and her's is not so coarse as mine is. Its almost infuriating for me...especially on a rainy day without an umbrella.
And I totally agree with the African Arab factor as well. Although I know one Egyptian guy and his cousin with really straight hair....or maybe I think they do because they're always doing the tape-up so they mess with gel alot. Latin Americans (Caribbean ones mainly) and other Africans in general have the same problems with hair.....so we comiserate  Lastly, I know of Azorean Portuguese and Madeiran Portuguese people that have the saaame problem too....so add them to the list as well.
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alchemiest
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posted February 18, 2007 11:18 AM
Indians, defintiely. Also, Brazilians do, from what I can tell- I have only ever met Brazilians who either had such thick hair that it made me QUITE jealous  or else were shaved bald! IP: Logged |
naiad
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posted February 18, 2007 11:37 AM
my ex-husband is asian and he has the thickest, most prolific hair i've ever seen.interesting, the question of hair 'ethnicity'...i look very caucasian, and my son does also, with very fine, light brown hair. though in social settings, with people who know our background, they tend to focus, in a subdued negative way, on the 'ethnic' part of my son's heritage. in a group almost entirely composed of blond haired, blue eyed people, my son's father's 'ethnicity' became a high point of the conversation. i was made the center of the group focus, and forced to give an account of his racial background. the questions were raised on account of his 'hair', which, as i said, is very fine and silky. no one else's ethnicity was discussed, nor commentary on the appearance of their children's hair and eye color. i actually don't mind discussing my son's ethnic lineage...i'm very proud of him and who he is. it still distresses me though that people use this as a way to try to intimidate and belittle me. but more saddened for my son, that they would make an innocent child the object of such negativity and hate. i was astounded that people still conduct their lives enmeshed in such bigotry. i thought these were such outdated preconceptions. i have looked at ex-h's hair with envy on many occasions. how i'd love to have such thick shiny hair that grows so fast -- so luxuriant! i would love my son to have such beautiful hair...he got mine though...light, sandy, fine and silky...and those are the positive ways to describe it. IP: Logged | |
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