prime said:



...and there you have it. You hit it on the nose Prime. It's a certain swagger black men have when they wear it. My Uncles used to wear it those back in the day too. It became even more popular within this generation of black males wearing it in various styles as well, like under their hats.
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Claire73 said:

That is NOT a do-rag. That's a DON'T rag.

Claire73 said:

Graycap23 said:

^^Exactly, tthat woman is just some old lady with a piece of rag on her head, that's just about it...


Let's face it, nobody dons a doo-rag better than a Brotha. Brothas make a style popular and all of a sudden everyone else wants to copy or claim it. What else is new?
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2elijah said:

But I always think of dear Hilda when I see P or ANYONE wearing a do rag...its just wrong

Claire73 said:

horatio said:

Oh well..you'll get over it..
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its pimp gear !

prettymansson said:

Then my grandmother must have been a Madame.

Those are not doo-rags. Those are hair scarf. Brothers wore Doo-Rags to keep their Conks (Perms) nice back in the day.


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horatio said:

Your grandma was wearing a hair scarf. She was not wearing a Doo-Rag.

Unless your grandma was a black man.
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horatio said:

laurarichardson said:

oh I thought that thing your calling a 'head scarf' is the same thing they were calling a doo-rag in that Temptations movie.

horatio said:

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No, Once again Brothers wear Doo-Rags. Woman wear hair scarfs. If you go to any beauty supply store you will see Doo-Rags packaged with a pic of a man on the front.

i say ehe did

2elijah said:

But those were not considered "do rags" they were just scarves tied around womens hair maybe to keep the cotton out of they're hair, but I've heard that the masters made the women wear them so they didn't have to look at the slaves hair.They were not do rags!

wlcm2thdwn said:

..uh, no disrespect, but back in the day on the plantation they weren't termed "Doo Rags' until the early 30s - 5os. I doubt seriously when the slave men/women wore "scarves" "rags" on their heads from working in the hot, burning sun, that they had fashion or style on their minds.

If you look at the various ways the scarves were worn, you can see how the doo rag got it's style. The slaves wore their scarves tied, either knotted at the back or towards the front of their heads, on the plantations while they worked in the hot sun. It's also no secret, that the African/African-American slave women were forced to cover up, nothing new.

But like it or not, Brothas have been rocking "Doo Rags" or if you prefer to call them scarves, for years and wore/wear them in their own "particular way or style" the way Brothas do, from as early as the 1930s - late 50s and present day. Back in the early days (1930s - 1960s),they would also use Murray's "nu-nile" hair pomade in their hair to "conk it" when they wore "processes/perms or waves" to hold their hair down. (Look at old pics of the Nicholas Brothers, Cab Calloway, Nat King Cole).

Murray's Nu-Nile pomade (used back-in-the-day)


Doo Rag


Doo Rag Scarf/Bandana


Doo Rag/Wave scarf


Black wave stocking cap (mocked after nylon stocking cap)


When they didn't have a scarf/doo rag, they would use a nylon stocking cap, . Today, the doo rag has become part of the hip-hop culture fashion - and also, so has the round silk flat caps with no strings, in various colors and designs, which were copied from the "nylon stocking cap" style. James Brown rocked the doo rag many times in his early, performing years.

When Prince rocks the doo rag on his hair, he wears it the same exact way the Brothas before him wore it, and the way some Black Males rock that style today in various colors under their caps or hats.

Today men wearing doo-rags today, mainly wear them now for "style or fashion"purposes--which are mainly worn by Black and Hispanic Males, although the style has spilled over to other males in various race groups, making it popular mostly within the hip-hop/rap culture.

But hey, what can I say.. believe what you want.
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