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Okay, as a prelude to my message, I must caution sensative readers that I mean no racial disrespect or insensitivity by the following statement:
I've noticed that there are now a lot more African American males with long hair... I'm not sure whether this can be attributed to the likes of Allen Irvenson (NBA) and Booker T (WWE) bringing long hair to the mainstream for blacks, but in any case, its nice to see an increased acceptance for long hair.
Why did I make a point to mention this? Well, I don't know if this is just relative to my experience, but I've seldom EVER seen an African-American male in the awkward stage of growing his hair out: It usually seems to be that they either have their heads very closely shaved or they've got the polar opposite, usually in the form of long braids or dreadlocks. I do not mean to suggest that blacks never have to endure the awkward stage; rather, I'm just commenting on the fact that while its not uncommon for me to see white boys with unruly hair due to growing through the awkward stage, I very rarely see a black male suffering the same symptoms. It's as though they've either got it (long hair), or they don't: There seems to be little grey-area, as if African Amcerican males can just grow out their hair at a rate fast enough to forego the awkward stage. Then again, blacks are a minority in America, and the long-haired male blacks are even more of a minority, so the results really shouldn't be surprising.
that's probably because the awkward stage is long enough to do cornrows- otherwise it's a medium afro.
im starting to see some white and other than black guys doing corn rows, and in a few cases, it doesnt look half bad? can this be an option to alot of peoples akward stage? is it bad on your hair?
i've seen white guys with cornrows too & agree that it can look pretty good but understand that it is hard on the hair.