Afrocentric Love

Hair treatments in salons can cost upwards of hundreds of dollars per visit, which can really break the bank. Some of the over the counter products can cause more damage than good due to the low quality ingredients. So, it’s important that we find a balance between the super expensive and super lame treatments in order to get what we’re looking for. This is where the mayonnaise treatment comes in. It is low-cost and quite literally, a miracle worker. So say “so long” to being broke, trash those drugstore brands and open your pantry! S tep #1: Purchase some mayonnaise at your local grocery store. It doesn’t matter which brand you choose, just as long as it is regular mayonnaise. (No need to get the low-fat stuff—it’s going in your hair not in your body!) Step #2: Prep your hair using warm water to get it nice and damp, but not soaking wet. Step #3: Scoop some mayonnaise out of the jar and start rubbing it through your hair like you would a conditioner. The amount that you are goin

In America most blacks that I know are into reading books, listening to smooth R&B, poetry, dance, furthering their education, yet they maintain their culture. Is it because they don't change who they are to be more like white people? If it's so bad why is it that other ethnicities love black made music, copy our slang, try to hip hop dance, and the black culture is known as "cool". We are who we are , I love listening to Neyo, Floetry, I talk using using some slang words, I love books by Zane, I like baby phat and house of dereon clothing, why are all these things defined as ghetto, when I never lived in one my whole life? Why is anything in the black culture defined as ghetto, when most are founded by people who never lived in a ghetto?