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"It becomes very sensitive when whites purchase something that is meant for black people's hair, which has been mocked for so long, " says damali ayo, the African-American creator of the popuylar satirical Website Rent-a-Negro.com. Ms. ayo, a conceptual artist, has made a name for herself exploring the often-tense relations between the races. While digging into a plate of eggs at the Original Hotcake House in Portland Ore. recently, seh found herself in a stare-down with three white teenagers who loped in wearing doo rags. The headwear, she says, has deeper cultural meaning than say, a pair of Phat Farm Jeans "Black people weren't born wearing baggy pants, but we were born with a 'fro."