In the workplace...

I stole this from my wordpress blog...since I don't think I will continue there...

I’ve heard people say that it’s within a company’s rights to say what they feel is business appropriate hair. That statement, standing alone I do agree with. However, there is ALL this other stuff that comes along with it. In the current time more and more blacks and browns are embracing their natural hair. Natural hair in all forms does not fit into the current standard that businesses have, and that in itself speaks to the mindset of the entire country. Think about it; white men and women where their hair all spikey, in unnatural colors alllllllllllllllllllllllllll the time. It’s accepted, right? But when you see a twist out, or a fro, locs or a dye job on someone with a darker tone, we’re all of a sudden unprofessional. I do feel as though there are limits, but right now, I’m not too sure what they are. The fact is, unrelaxed hair does not manipulate the same as relaxed hair, and it’s not going to look the same. You can do some of the sames styles, but in general it’s a whole different machine. We need to examine our foundations and see what the root of the issue is; I think it goes way beyond whether or not our hair is “professional”.

I thought I was going to leave...

I thought I was going to trade you in Blogspot...for WordPress...and I might still, but it's...JUST not userfriendly!!! At least it's not easy for me. Right now I feel very unsettled and close but far from some unidentifiable change. I have within me wealths of knowledge and potential and desire, and I'm struggling within myself to stay within a system designed to see me fail. Many would call me a critical race THEORIST, but the idea that truth is relative is...ironically...true. Over the years I've been told how my great job isn't good enough...and I'm tired. I'm tired of working for immoral, incompetent fools and being confined to the misguided directives of someone of lesser intellect...