Chris Rock's 'Good Hair' Looks At Business Of Black Hair VIDEO<br><br>I'm really glad that Chris Rock is examining this subject. It needs to be put out into the forefront. There are too many Black women,Cheap Beats By Dre, because of the selfhatred handed down from slavery, that are dissatisfied with their hair. I used to be one of those women until I had an epiphany in college. I cut my relaxed, colortreated hair to almost bald and I loved it! Men Women (Black and other races) were constantly complimenting me on my new 'do. After that, my hair selections have been any texture, color, style, etc., that I've chosen.<br><br>I agree, the concept of good hair/bad hair is childish, yes, but what I don't agree with is the perception that Chris Rock has done something good in this movie. Who do you think that black women straight out of Africa saw straightening their hair first? Do you think black women brought straightening combs with them from Africa? If we do more to straighten our hair than some of them do, then so what! I for one am not happy about being made fun of by CR or anyone else, for that matter, nor do I enjoy his telling Asian women to run from me because of my hair. My son wanted his hair to move like his white friends in 1st grade. He just had to learn a little bit about his "roots," and that was the end of that. Rather than a quest to find who put that question into his daughter's head,Beats by Dre outlet, maybe CR should have searched your own head to find out why he couldn't come up with the correct answer. The thinking of some of our black men regarding women in general really makes me sick. I will NOT watch this movie, but obviously you will enjoy yet another putdown.<br><br>My family is from the Caribbeans. I'm a black woman and never heard the term good hair, only when I came to America and heard it from Black Americans. I think it's a culture thing where being exposed to european looks got women of color thinking they need to look like this to be accepted. From what I heard in America due to slavery,Monster Beats By Dre, many slaves who's fathers were their white masters would usually be treated differently due to their looks. I doubt in predominate black cultures in the Caribbean or in Africa this term of "good hair" would even be mentioned. In the Caribbean or in Africa, the traditional hair styles are braids, locks, dreads, decoration to the hair, sometimes even bald, look at Alek Wek. Straightening the hair is a westernize idea. My hair is in curly extension braids. I usually play around with all different colors. I will say most black women tend to frown the way I choose to wear my hair, not all. I get mainly compliments by whites and hispanics. They love the way I style my hair. I have not gotten jobs from Blacks due to my hair, but always by white and hispanic bosses when I worked in Corporate America. I think black americans should learn not to base someone's character or professionalism by hair. Do what you want for YOU, not for anybody else. To me good hair is clean healthy hair whatever texture it is.<br><br>Haiti. In creole or french the term good hair never came up. Light skin came up. Since I am light skin and in Haiti, being light skin is a big deal. I started hearing good hair when I came to America. Never was exposed to that term before then. Sorry maybe other Haitian might of, but in America it's a big deal. Also you have to understand relaxing the hair is expansive, so the only people who would be able to do that, would be people with money and resources. Braiding in Haiti is a big business, that I know for a fact.<br><br>Read my response below to lawyersnluv. It's sad, but true. Among blacks there are is so much self hatred it's sick and sad. Hopefully one day that change. I think me being light skin also, has something to do with it sometimes. I remember being treated differently from my sisters and always self conscience about it. It was always this big deal and I hated it. I just could not understand it, cause I was having the same struggle like every black girls. And it's still going on today. This black vs black. It's upsetting.<br><br>I'm SO glad Chris Rock made this movie. I dated a half black/half italian woman decades ago, and she had what her black cousins described as "good hair." I was completely astounded, being a white girl from the suburbs, that this was even an issue. Since then the whole idea of relaxer, and the knowledge that black women can spend HUNDREDS of dollars a month to get "good" hair has really made me uncomfortable. I hate to see women uncomfortable with the way they "really" look. And yes this also extends to makeup, breast implants, extreme eyebrow plucking.<br><br>No, it's about all of us as women who feel it necessary to change the way we look. As I said I'm also uncomfortable with breast implants, waxing, and the incredible urge that I have to dye my hair as it naturally is turning gray. I'm uncomfortable that some of us think it's perfectly acceptable to pay $500 for a pair of shoes. I can't believe my mother pays to have fake nails put on. I'm not going to stay away from black women, any more than I'm going to stay away from my mother. I don't see why we can't have a conversation about why it is that women feel so compelled to change the way they look without getting hostile towards one another. This isn't a racial issue, it's affects all of us from a very young age. The only thing that brought race into this conversation was the fact that this is a movie that Chris Rock did about black women's hair. However this is just ONE part of the whole conversation.<br><br>I label this "plantation issues" be cause along with skin color the next giveaway for being black is our hair. This is a very volitile issue and while Chris is putting it in a humorous light an honest discussion could bring some folks to blows. Now, that I live in the north I see no difference between black folks here and the south concerning "good hair"and lighted skinned black folks being better. As long as we define goodness and beauty in terms of whiteness we will struggle with these "plantation issues."<br><br>I'm looking forward to seeing the movie because Chris is one of my favorite comedians and he does a good job of taking serious issues and casting them in a funny light (the mark of any good comedian). There were some Huffpost threads about First Lady Obama and Oprah's hair a few months back, and I was shocked and a little disappointed at some of the comments coming from selfidentified Black women. 'WE' ought not be so willing to put each other down, especially over cultural issues.<br><br>Very volatile topic, but one that needs examination. Should be interesting . . .<br><br>Look forward to seeing this movie!<br><br>I'm white with black hair. I've done it all straightening, ironing, hairpieces, natural frizz and wire (frightening) and even perming. The perm had my husband wondering what kind of fool he had married.<br><br>As I've aged, my hair has become more relaxed and less curly still frizzy, though, with wiry tips. I hadn't realized before that hair texture must have a hormonal component to it.
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