[cyborg]

Kinky isn't racist... if you said nappy some black people might get offended. Lots of white people have rebellious hair. Your wife can always do japanese thermal condition but that will make her hair PIN STRAIGHT and she may not even like that. She should try the kids' formula for black hair straighteners. It's gentle with no lye.

[TontoKowalski]

Thanks for the advice on the kid's formula. I'll tell her that. I didn't know their was a kid's formula...

Thanks also for the clarification on "kinky" and "nappy." I grew up in the Deep South, and sometimes I don't know what passes muster (words/phrases which were just part of our speech when we were kids).

For example, the old TV Show "Benson" had an episode surrounding the racist connotations of the word "uppity." In my upbringing, "uppity" was just one of those vague Southern words with unclear definitions. My mother would get on us if we got uppity, which I took to mean when we put on airs or otherwise got too big for our britches.

I had no idea "uppity" was a racist word. Frankly, I'm still not sure, but I don't use it anyway.

[Wordsmith]

Only on Free Republic - a simultaneous discussion of the history of President Grant and of white vs. black women's hair care. I love this place.