2 OCT | Good HairPosted: October 2nd, 2009By: Treasured Locks |
Did you catch Chris Rock on Oprah on 09/30 (Wednesday this week)? He was promoting his new movie “Good Hair” which should prompt a lot of good discussion among not only black people but the larger community about what good hair means. It was a great show about the often painful things black women have to go through to care for their hair. But, some points about white women’s obsession with their hair were also interesting as one of Oprah’s correspondents talked about how much she hates her natural hair color and Chris and Oprah talked about how almost all white women color their hair. Solange Knowles (Beyonce’s sister) was on. She recently cut all of her hair off tired of being a slave to it spending (she reported) $40-50,000/year on her hair and half of her life maintaining it.
You know we support women whether they choose to perm their hair or wear it natural. But, Chris made a really good point regarding “kiddie perms”. We agree that you should avoid putting perms in children’s hair at least until they are teenagers and can decide for themselves. It’s not only about the physical damage that can be done, but the emotional message sent telling them that the only good hair is straight hair.
If you didn’t catch the show, there are some highlights here: http://www.oprah.com/dated/oprahshow/oprahshow-20090916-chris-rock-hair
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October 8th, 2009 at 8:18 am
We were watching one of Chris’ old TV specials not long ago when he was at the Appolo and he seemed so pleased to see Brooklyn represented I was curious.
Turns out he was born in the south but his parents brought the family to Brooklyn while he was very young, so he grew up there. Reading further, I learned that his wife, Malaak, is the founder and director of Styleworks. Styleworks is a full service salon that provides services free of charge to women who are leaving welfare and returning to the workforce.
Talk about giving back to the community! We need more public figures to step up as Malaak and Chris have…!
October 8th, 2009 at 8:24 am
We were watching one of Chris’ old specials from the night he was at the Apollo and he seemed so pleased to have Brooklyn represented I was curious.
Turns out, while he was born in SC, the family moved to Brooklyn when he was very young so he grew up there. Reading further, I learned that his wife, Malaak, is the founder and director of Styleworks, which is a full service salon that gives free services to women leaving welfare and returning to the workforce.
Talk about giving back to the community! We need more public figures to step up as Malaak and Chris have done!!!
October 8th, 2009 at 10:40 am
Hallelujah! It is about time this was discussed, it always is a hot topic and believe me as a woman of color living in a suburb of Washington state, I am still frowned upon by my sisters over her because I wear my hair in dreads. I have also chosen to not put ‘creamy crack’ in my daughter’s hair as well. If she would like to do that to her hair in her teenage years then that will be her choice, but for now I work with her curly, knotty, tangled crown of glory, so that she can appreciate her natural beauty. I chose to wear my hear natural 5+ years ago because I was just tired of putting other people’s straight hair on my head to make ‘other people’ feel better. Accept me for who I am in ALL my glory.
Nappy & Happy in WA State;)