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Pastor A.J. Aamir of Resurrecting Faith in Waco, Texas believes if it didn’t grow from your scalp, it doesn’t belong there.
Aamir told American Preachers that he instructed his female staff to stop wearing weave because “our black women are getting weaves trying to be something and someone they are not. Be real with yourself is all I’m saying.”
Yep, he said it: Grow what the Savior gave ya and leave Black Beauty alone! He also admits that he cannot legally ban weaves, but still does not approve of them.
“Long hair don’t care. What kind of mess is that? I don’t want my members so focused on what’s on their heads and not In their heads” he said. “I lead a church where our members are struggling financially. I mean really struggling. “Yet, a 26 year old mother in my church has a $300 weave on her head. No. I will not be quiet about this.”
But should he?
Veronica Wells at Madame Noire thinks Aamir should stick to preaching the Gospel and keep his hair tips to himself writing, “wearing weaves doesn’t equate low self-esteem or a person’s mind is inherently shallow or lacks substance, no more than it means a woman who wears her own hair or is natural is somehow enlightened.”
Over at Clutch Magazine, they had this to say: “While I sympathize with his concern about his parishioners’ financial struggles, I wonder if the good pastor is equally outspoken on truly important issues like safe sex, education
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After taking a look a several online forums and comments sections of Black news sites, it seems like this topis is evoking a lot of emotional responses. I guess the pastor has forgotten one of the main rules in the Black community: Don’t talk smack about a Sistah’s hair!
Well, let us know what you think of the pastor’s weave sermon in our poll below!
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Aamir told American Preachers that he instructed his female staff to stop wearing weave because “our black women are getting weaves trying to be something and someone they are not. Be real with yourself is all I’m saying.”
Yep, he said it: Grow what the Savior gave ya and leave Black Beauty alone! He also admits that he cannot legally ban weaves, but still does not approve of them.
“Long hair don’t care. What kind of mess is that? I don’t want my members so focused on what’s on their heads and not In their heads” he said. “I lead a church where our members are struggling financially. I mean really struggling. “Yet, a 26 year old mother in my church has a $300 weave on her head. No. I will not be quiet about this.”
But should he?
Veronica Wells at Madame Noire thinks Aamir should stick to preaching the Gospel and keep his hair tips to himself writing, “wearing weaves doesn’t equate low self-esteem or a person’s mind is inherently shallow or lacks substance, no more than it means a woman who wears her own hair or is natural is somehow enlightened.”
Over at Clutch Magazine, they had this to say: “While I sympathize with his concern about his parishioners’ financial struggles, I wonder if the good pastor is equally outspoken on truly important issues like safe sex, education
<img class="itxtrst itxtrstimg itxthookicon" id="itxthook5icon" style="vertical-align:baseline !important;margin:0!important;padding:0 0 0 4px !important;" alt="" src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png" />, HIV testing, and political involvement.”After taking a look a several online forums and comments sections of Black news sites, it seems like this topis is evoking a lot of emotional responses. I guess the pastor has forgotten one of the main rules in the Black community: Don’t talk smack about a Sistah’s hair!
Well, let us know what you think of the pastor’s weave sermon in our poll below!
Was The Pastor Wrong For Suggesting A Weave Ban?
Yes
No
Other:
VoteView Results
Polldaddy.com
who I met with just went on and on about how come my hair wasn't straight and sleek like the last time she saw me and how much better it looked before. TOTALLY inappropriate. You know she didn't use my services. She just kept coming back to the hair. This is not the first time this has happened either. I have NUFF stories like that to tell.
pon de slutty dressing and cleavage mi was seeing turning up in de church dem and de likes of Diplomat did come in yah and tell me nutten noh go soh. If you ever go to a certain Black church in Toronto R _ _ _ a de ooman dem all dress like dem going to club. You should see the weaves.
So when mi was chatting bout de blonde ooman dem who dress like sluts fe go a church how come onoo did tell mi dat nutten noh go soh.
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