{"id":1018,"date":"2016-10-23T18:46:46","date_gmt":"2016-10-23T22:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techrhet.com\/3310\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2016-10-23T18:46:46","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T22:46:46","slug":"natural-hair-artifact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techrhet.com\/3310\/10\/23\/18\/46\/natural-hair-artifact\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural Hair Artifact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk\/gallery\/afrocombs\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/PlasticCombsBox1_201209_mdb56-RECTO_mas1.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for black afro comb\" width=\"114\" height=\"171\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i5.walmartimages.com\/asr\/4a74af99-3b32-4c59-bc55-7acffef2de4a_1.0a47d45caba850eb0e72ca33e93f1585.jpeg?odnHeight=450&amp;odnWidth=450&amp;odnBg=FFFFFF\" alt=\"Spectrum Naturals: Organic Coconut Oil, 14 Fl Oz\" width=\"136\" height=\"136\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/236x\/4e\/e5\/89\/4ee589f521b9bd191b639b82f7d42d92.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for cornrow braids cartoon\" width=\"120\" height=\"179\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wearing your hair in its natural state is a statement in itself, however in the 70&#8217;s wearing a big and proud afro was a political statement. The addition of the black fist afro comb or pick to your mane was a proclamation representing black pride and identity. The comb features a clenched fist at the end symbolizing the fight for civil rights and identity. Another cultural artifact is the holy grail of natural hair, coconut oil.\u00a0The delicious scent of coconut oil has become the scent of naturalistas everywhere. The smell of coconut oil and its connection to natural hair has led to a series of memes and jokes about having natural hair. The last cultural artifact that I want to discuss are braids. This hairstyle has\u00a0long been representative of black culture. In the natural hair community this is known as a protective style. They allow an array of different ways to style your hair. One thing for sure is that braids have long been a symbol representative of black hair.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wearing your hair in its natural state is a statement in itself, however in the 70&#8217;s wearing a big and proud afro was a political statement. The addition of the black fist afro comb or pick to your mane was a proclamation representing black pride and identity. The comb features a clenched fist at the <a href='https:\/\/techrhet.com\/3310\/10\/23\/18\/46\/natural-hair-artifact\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techrhet.com\/3310\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techrhet.com\/3310\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techrhet.com\/3310\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techrhet.com\/3310\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techrhet.com\/3310\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techrhet.com\/3310\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techrhet.com\/3310\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techrhet.com\/3310\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techrhet.com\/3310\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}