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    SedatedLlamaSedatedLlama Posts: 514
    in The Sims 3 General Discussion
    About a week ago, I remember seeing a thread commenting on how EA doesn't have many, if at all, African American hairstyles.
    Well, after some hunting about, I've found a couple :mrgreen:
    I quite like them actually..

    Here they are!
    Number 1-I quite liek this one, a lot.
    http://www.kittyklan.com/content/half-braided-afros
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    Number 2
    http://www.kittyklan.com/content/brushed-back-frohawks
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    Number 3
    http://www.kittyklan.com/content/dont-call-it-comb-back
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      ErnesaTErnesaT Posts: 7,474 Member
      edited June 2012
      More ethnic hairs were released with African Inspiration set.
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      xXBruin_SlayerXxxXBruin_SlayerXx Posts: 1,570 New Member
      edited June 2012
      I would never use those...
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      katana_xkatana_x Posts: 1,163 New Member
      edited June 2012
      SedatedLlama, thanks. I'm a big fan of KittyKlan already, but many people are always on the lookout for more ethnic hairstyles, and these are interesting as well.
      xXBruin_SlayerXx wrote:
      I would never use those...

      But other people might.
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      MikezumiMikezumi Posts: 49,697 Member
      edited June 2012
      @SedatedLlama - I have seen sims in these hairs and thought they looked lovely :D I am also a fan of KittyKlan :D
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      pinkstar2000pinkstar2000 Posts: 1,116 New Member
      edited June 2012
      Would I wear something like that?


      Hell to the no.



      Would I make my sims wear something like that.


      Sure. :wink: Nice set
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      SedatedLlamaSedatedLlama Posts: 514
      edited June 2012
      @katana_x I just found KittyKilan, and I love it! They've got wonderful tattoos also :mrgreen:

      @Mikezumi great! Can't wait to use them!

      @xXBruin_SlayerXx Just because you don't like something doesn't mean someone else would :D

      @ErnesaT Really? I didn't see it...and i didn't think to check for one, with the complaint I read about.
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      SedatedLlamaSedatedLlama Posts: 514
      edited June 2012
      pinkstar2000 wrote:
      Would I wear something like that?


      Hell to the no.



      Would I make my sims wear something like that.


      Sure. :wink: Nice set

      :lol:
      Yeah...I doubt I could even get my hair afro-like.
      But I'm sure my sims will rock it ;D
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      MikezumiMikezumi Posts: 49,697 Member
      edited June 2012
      I love their tattoos. I use them often :D
      47982827023_3a109d2006_o.jpg
      Jordan and John - A Speed Legacy
      Zumi and the Winchester Brothers
      The Watcher's Caretaker - A Limited ISBI
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      Shadowninja2Shadowninja2 Posts: 1,044 Member
      edited June 2012
      I love her hair! I wish EA would release more. The ones that were included in that African Set wasn't enough. I'm tired of the same hairstyles. I love the afro, so unique.

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      http://simsgotbandz.tumblr.com/
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      MikezumiMikezumi Posts: 49,697 Member
      edited June 2012
      @Shadowninja2 - that looks lovely on your sim :D
      47982827023_3a109d2006_o.jpg
      Jordan and John - A Speed Legacy
      Zumi and the Winchester Brothers
      The Watcher's Caretaker - A Limited ISBI
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      Shadowninja2Shadowninja2 Posts: 1,044 Member
      edited June 2012
      @Mikezumi

      Thanks, I recently saw this Sim walking about in town. She's an elder now and the hairstyle looks a bit funnier on her.
      http://simsgotbandz.tumblr.com/
      ibgUQ5pdvKwKeQ.jpg
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      crystal91390crystal91390 Posts: 2,882 New Member
      edited June 2012
      The first hair is actually really amazing.
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      davina1221davina1221 Posts: 3,656 Member
      edited June 2012
      :mrgreen:
      Thanks for the link. Always on the lookout for content to broaden my games. :D
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      CherryWillCherryWill Posts: 130 New Member
      edited June 2012
      yea I'm glad EA put out an "african inspiration" set but the styles were very limited. I mean, all the guys got were hats ;/
      and there are a TON of natural hairstyles they could have used so I'm glad to have seen this. Hope they put out more!
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      Zachemc2Zachemc2 Posts: 1,817 New Member
      edited June 2012
      xXBruin_SlayerXx wrote:
      I would never use those...
      Neither would I. It's probably because most of my sims portray that of people in the early-2010s United States.
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      TheMomminatorTheMomminator Posts: 4,215 Member
      edited June 2012
      Just a small semantic arguement.

      "Ethnic" is a broad term. "African American" is a narrow term. Don't say "ethnic" if you mean "African American".

      I'm also old enough to remember when the afro was a mainstream hair craze. It doesn't seem "ethnic" or even particularly "African American" to me.

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      CherryWillCherryWill Posts: 130 New Member
      edited June 2012
      TheMomminator wrote:
      Just a small semantic arguement.

      "Ethnic" is a broad term. "African American" is a narrow term. Don't say "ethnic" if you mean "African American".

      I'm also old enough to remember when the afro was a mainstream hair craze. It doesn't seem "ethnic" or even particularly "African American" to me.

      It's not "african-american" hairstyles though as people of color all over the world have that hair texture...
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      TheMomminatorTheMomminator Posts: 4,215 Member
      edited June 2012
      They may have the texture but the style is associated with African Americans.
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      GizmonicInstituteGizmonicInstitute Posts: 1,551 New Member
      edited June 2012
      TheMomminator wrote:
      I'm also old enough to remember when the afro was a mainstream hair craze. It doesn't seem "ethnic" or even particularly "African American" to me.

      Art Garfunkel.
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      TheMomminatorTheMomminator Posts: 4,215 Member
      edited June 2012
      Yep...

      and my mother <shudder>.
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      CherryWillCherryWill Posts: 130 New Member
      edited June 2012
      TheMomminator wrote:
      They may have the texture but the style is associated with African Americans.

      then why have I seen people wearing their hair like that in London? don't get me wrong, I see what you're trying to say, I'm just saying that it's not only african americans wearing their hair like that
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      bshag4lvbshag4lv Posts: 9,378 Member
      edited June 2012
      Just a quick question now that there's a thread about ethnic hairstyles...does anyone have a link to a really nice set of dreads for male or female, or both? I think I saw someone have a pic on a thread awhile back but not sure about a link. If I'm OT, sorry.

      Also, back in the 60's-70's that hairstyle would be called a "fro," meaning anyone could wear it. :D
      In my house, dog hair sticks to everything but the dog.
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      TheMomminatorTheMomminator Posts: 4,215 Member
      edited June 2012
      Yes, even when you see it in London, it is an African American style.
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      CherryWillCherryWill Posts: 130 New Member
      edited June 2012
      TheMomminator wrote:
      Yes, even when you see it in London, it is an African American style.

      I doubt african americans "invented" cornrowing the sides of your hair or pinning your afro to the side. naw...
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      TheMomminatorTheMomminator Posts: 4,215 Member
      edited June 2012
      This is where my age comes in probably.

      You just see a hair style.

      I see the remnants of a social/political statement. It definitely went mainstream but it has it's roots (no pun intended) in the civil rights movement in the US.
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