CNN Black In America - Black Hair Segment

[Qualitee]

I thought this was nice
Couldnt believe the girl said white people wanted to touch her hair though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1WC6LshsIU

 

[lilsparkle825]

he's right, it's NOT just shampoo cut and go...

...it's cowash and go, lol

 

[MissNina]

I thought this was nice
Couldnt believe the girl said white people wanted to touch her hair though

I believe it. I've been asked plenty of times. I went to a (maybe 1% Black) private, Catholic school for 7 years.

 

[skipper]

"hair is to black women what weight is to white women"

truer words have never been spoken

 

[Superfly Sister]

I thought this was nice
Couldnt believe the girl said white people wanted to touch her hair though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1WC6LshsIU

I can. Ever since I was little. all through high school even now. When it's natural, when I had a long weave when it was relaxed. when my mother did all those fancy braided styles, white people were fascinated with my hair. It's a curiosity with the unfamiliar I guess. Some are really complementary, some are so damn rude thinking they have the right to approach you and pull your hair and touch it as they please. Others are clueless about the versatility of our hair. I find it amusing for the most part.

 

[Solitude]

When my son had a little curly fro, people, black and white, just touched it all the time without even asking.

That was a good segment. I liked when she said that hair isn't a window into a woman's views & politics, etc.

 

[MD_Lady]

Ms. Jones speaks the truth.

 

[mahogany_horizons]

I believe it. I've been asked plenty of times. I went to a (maybe 1% Black) private, Catholic school for 7 years.

hahahhaha sadly I believe this as well! I too went to a similar mostly white school!! It wasn't private but it was majority white, as was their area...

If I could recount the stories of silly things that have been said to my mother, father and I...I would be on here all day.

Wish I had caught this segment, but will watch on youtube when I get home.

 

[HoneyDew]

"hair is to black women what weight is to white women"

truer words have never been spoken

I have never liked that statement.

There are too many fat white women walking around and too many black women walking around that don't seem to really care about their hair.

Meanwhile, both are equally important to this black woman.

 

[cutiebe2]

I have never liked that statement.

There are too many fat white women walking around and too many black women walking around that don't seem to really care about their hair.

Meanwhile, both are equally important to this black woman.

very true but overall I think its a fair generalization

Black women think about hair more than other races, have stronger opinions about it
White women/European have more issues with weight than others. As societies become westernized and exposed to whites/Europeans they pic up the weight issue

not every person fits this description but its a good analogy

 

[mahogany_horizons]

Hahahha weight is VERY important to me as well! In fact it is MORE important to me than hair b/c your weight directly affects your health in lots of ways (it doesn't always have to though, but it can), and if you take care of your weight by eating right, and exercising the hair will fall in line, as you take better care of it from the outside as well as the inside. HOWEVER, I do think that hair is a sensitive issue for black women just like weight is waaaay more of a sensitive issue for white women/other races.

 

[skatergurljubulee]

That was nice! A very positive spin- which is so not common on youtube! lol Gotta look hard for that...

 

[HoneyDew]

Hahahha weight is VERY important to me as well! In fact it is MORE important to me than hair b/c your weight directly affects your health in lots of ways (it doesn't always have to though, but it can), and if you take care of your weight by eating right, and exercising the hair will fall in line, as you take better care of it from the outside as well as the inside. HOWEVER, I do think that hair is a sensitive issue for black women just like weight is waaaay more of a sensitive issue for white women/other races.

I agree. And with our young ones, body image issues are HUGE. I think it is way more of an issue for our black girls than they were for many of us when we were younger. They want it all. And these days I think white women think less about weight than we think. It is obvious by the high rate of obesity for ALL races. And do we (black women) really care about our hair more than our health? Maybe and I am just naive with my head in the clouds. If so, it is pretty sad.

 

[Qualitee]

I dont know what I would do if a white person were to ask to touch my hair

 

[BostonMaria]

"hair is to black women what weight is to white women"

truer words have never been spoken

I saw that and was like wowwwwww that is so true