Houston, we have a problem. The problem is two-fold: first, we have women
who don’t just embrace natural hair.
There is nothing wrong with natural hair, be it thick, somewhat kinky,
or short. I can understand the allure of
a weave. It allows a great amount of creativity in a short amount of time. You can literally change an entire look in
about three to four hours, depending on how much horsing around is going on in
the beauty shop and how overbooked the shop is.
As a man who shaves his head, I have obviously not gone that route. I have instead taken the opposite route.
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| Victimized shop owner |
But I am married to a wonderful
(Black) woman, for whom weaves could theoretically be an option. I am not insane, so I don’t say anything
about her hair except how much I love it.
But I love natural hair better.
So, problem number one, in my eyes, Houston, is that we have an epidemic
of weaves.
Problem number two is that we
have an epidemic of thieves stealing weaves from weave shops. KHOU has reported that there is a veritable weave
crime spree as two men wearing bandanas are breaking into weave shops in a
somewhat creative way. They have apparently been watching Mission Impossible.
They break into the store next door to the weave store, then bust through the drywall
between the stores (these aren’t banks, and this isn’t Ocean’s 11, 12 or 13), but they do lay low
to avoid tripping the weave store’s alarms.
This is breaking news: weave stores in Houston apparently have laser and
motion alarm sensors. Then they grab as much weave as they can and flee. It has happened repeatedly. It is a crime
wave. It is a weave wave
Which leads to the third problem
Houston has, which is apparently related to the second problem, there is apparently
an underground market for stolen weaves.
Because if you steal anything other than cash, you have to fence
it. You’ve got to sell it to a third
party that doesn’t care if it’s stolen. At flea markets or out of a truck or to
someone who wants it on the down-low from their connection. And apparently folks in Houston are as cool
with getting their weave like this as folks in New York are getting their
purses this way.
Seriously, who buys bootleg
hair-weave? Probably the same people who buy bootleg butt-injections.
Stop it, Houston. Go natural. And if you’ve got to go with the weave and
get a multi-colored bouffant that you can’t wait to grow yourself, get it
legit.
Photo credit: Houston Chronicle
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