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，sotospeak，shevehementlyopposedhavingitstraightehoughmywifehasstraightenedhair，afterhavingwornanAfro3forseveralyears.IamnotsurewhyLiwaraightened;perhaps，afterseeieenagehaveherhairstraightenedonseveralos，theprocesshteeful.Actually，Idonotthiedtogeherhairtobebeautiful;shewaobelikeeveryoperhapsthisissimplywishfulthinkingherewithwordsbeetmusthavefeltherdifferengakindofuglisheisnotagirlwhoissubjecttoillusioayearearlier，whenshehadhadaparticularlyroughdayinschool，Itoldher，ironizingwaywithadaughter，thatIthoughtshewasthemostbeautifulgirlintheworld.ShelookedatmestrangelywhenIsaidthatater-of-factly:“Idon’tthiifulatall.IthinkI’mjustordihingwrongwiththat，isthere，Daddy?Justtobeordinary?”
“Areyouunhappytobeordinary?”
Iasked.Shethoughtforamoment，thensaidquietlyandfinally，“No.Areyou?”
[4]Hairstraightening，therefore，tionandwouldnothavebeenevehadwa，becausemyosedtohavi’shairstraightefirst，Libegangoingtoschoolwithherhairuuhisturobeadisastroushairdo，asherhairshrankduringthecourseofadaytoatangledmess.Finally，mywifedecidedtohavebothLiandRosaliAfrohaircuts.Ostensibly，thisroblemoftakingswimlessthesummer.Iwastoe’swishesforawhitehairstyleby，i，fanypossibilitythatsheotelycapturesuchalook.Rosalind’shairwascutsothatLiwouldshewasbei.（Alas，thetrialsofbeingboththesedtheyoungerchild!）Atfirst，thehaircutsyproblemsinseofthe—bothbladwhite—madefunoftheBrilloheads，theyweredfungusandAfroheads.OnegroupofblackgirlsatschoolrefusedtoplaywithLi.“Youlooksouglywiththatshorthair，”
theywouldsay.“Whydon’tyouwearyhtlikeyourmoYourmom’shairissopretty.”
Theime，thegirlswereiggersbyawhitetheirschoolbus，althoughIthiheydaughterspletelyuhegravityofthatobsity4.PeopleiswouldrefertothemasboysuheywerewearihgirlswentthroughaperiodwhentheysufferedmostathatparticularAmeridisease，thatparticularlyAfri-Ameridisease，theofoppressioionisticdesire:self-ess.Theythoughtabouttheirhairallthetime.MywifecalledtheparentsofthewhoteasedtheTheteasihemostpart，althoughafewoftheblackgirlsremaithatthewhitesselestedthatLisandRosalind’shairbestraightened.“I’mwhite，”
hesaid，“andmaybeIshouldhis，buttheymightfeelmorefortableiftheyworeadifferenthairstyle.”
Mywifeahatbitofadvice.Shehadthemweardressesmoreoftehemlookunmistakablylikegirls，althoughsherefusedoutofhandmysuggestionofhavingtheirearspierced.Sheiscedthatpiercedearsarejustaformofmutilation，primitivetattpassingitselfoffassomethingfashioually，thegirlsbecameusedtotheirhair.haheyhardlythinkaboutit，andevewearsasweatsuitorjeahinkssheisaboybecausesheisbuddis.PoorRosalindstillsuffersonosupermarketsbecausesheshowsnurity.Oetlookathermother’sverylongaraighthair，thehairthattheirlsatsire，alwaysgitpretty，Iaskedherifshewouldlikethtened.
[5]“Notnow，”
shesaid.“Maybewhe’llbesomethi.”
[6]“Doyouthinkyouwilllikeit?”
Iasked.
[7]“Maybe.”
shesaid.
[8]Andinthat“maybe”
，sodevestheplextradis，theuiveionsofthatwhipromisedyeteverberealizedinthisflawedworldasahereis，inthat“maybe”
，theepistemologyofraceprideforblackAmeriensoparadoxicallysymbolizedbytheirstraightenedhair.IntheFebruary1939issueofTheAtlantithly5，ablaedKimbalGoffman（possiblyapseudonym）wrotealedBlackPrideinwhichsheaccusedblacksofbeiheirheritageand，evenmlyinsomeofherbarbsobviouslyaimedatblaen，oftheirlooks:...whyaresomanymanufacturersbeingrianufactureofbleagpreparations?Whyarehair-straighteningbsfoundinnearlyeveryNegrohome?Whyisthefollowingremarkmadesooftentoanewbornbaby，whengrandmaorausitforthefirsttime?“TellMothershemustpin.Ifshedoesn’t，yonnahaveasure’noughdarkynose.”
[9]AgtoGoffman，blaotexploitwhatsocietyhasgiveheyaresimplyashamedtohavewhattheyhave，taiiswithbeingassociatedwithadegradedpeople，andloeortohavepossessionsthatwouldacdofwhitestatus.Intheessay，blaeralreceivetheirshareofcriticismbutonlyblaeiagender-specificwaythattheiriseofiygphysicalappearanceisaparticularlydangerousformofreaasitstigmatizeseaeratioffman，itisblaeheyaremothers，whoperpetuatetheirsenseofiybypassingitontotheir.InthislargelyDuBoffmanadvises，“inalityisthebaeress.”
And，inthissense，inalitymeaandingblaessassomethinguntrolledoruwhitessayitis.Thisistheidealismofracepridethatdemandsbothpurityandparity.
Notes
1.VanessaWilliams:（1963- ）Actress，singer，dahor，thefirstAfri-AmeritheMissAmericatitlein1983.VanessaWilliamsisorespedmulti-facetedperformersitoday.
2.strikeachord:emotionalresponse
3.Afro:arouhicklycurledhairdo
&yofthatobsity:theseriousstateofbei
&ierimagazine，foundedin1857inBoston.ThemagazineisnowbasedinWashington，D.C.Itwascreatedasaliteraryandculturalentarymagazine，growingtoaatioionasahigh-qualityreviewwithamoderateworldview.
6.DuBoisian:ofDuBois（1868-1963），Amerisociologist，historian，civilrightsactivist，Pan-Afriist，authoraor，HarvardfirstAfriAmeritoearnadoctorate，leaderoftheNiagaraMovementwhowantedequalrightsforblacks.
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