Generation Napptural
Generation Napptural By L. Cherie Before Kevin Federline made cornrows cool, or Christina Aguilera made that blonde ‘fro famous, there was just plain old kinky, wiry, corkscrew-curled, nappy hair. The thick, and most times rough and tough afro-puffs were never a very popular as a style outside of the Black American community, and before long this look was smoked out by the likes of hot pressing combs, flat irons, and chemical relaxers, which burnt and processed those unruly, textured tresses into submission. In retrospect I can remember those long hours spent in mom’s kitchen/salon, hiding my napps by having them transformed into rows of beaded braids. Not to mention the even longer hours trying to get rid my napps via the hot comb burning into my roots, while beads of sweat dripped down my neck. The burden of being born with naturally nappy, untamable, hard to manage locks for ma...