Afrobuttafly
Well-Known Member
OK that was funny
But yeah , I didn't see the movie, but the movie did take it to a whole other level , clearly because it reached new audiences. Prevelant and a whole movie claiming to be the 'whole truth' about us are totally different things. From what I understand he didn't really answer the question. But yeah when the whole world now feels freely with no recourse to now act like that movie was 'bible' about us and they were now 'privy' to knowing what we do with our hair across the board, as though its ALL we CAN do, speaking for black women as a whole, I would call it as ignorant as it truly is , like the ppl that will choose to believe it, it did not educate , not that weaves were ever a dark secret, but the tone of movie did seem to be all about what we do with our hair and what we feel about it , a movie can't speak for all of us, most of us understand that, but there are those that will believe it and do.....well even they will tell you they got the 411 on our hair from that movie, so not saying this without reason, I didn't need to see the movie, heard all about it here....gag.....we needed this like we needed a hole in our head. I do agree it was women doing a lot of the talking from what I understand in the movie......in that sense we ' so to speak' aired our laundry on the big screen, fed further into every person believing all of the hair on our heads are weaves. the movie was clearly coming from one perspective only, and it's going to make others feel what they feel, ppl are just frustrated I guess.
I do understand weaves are not a dark dirty secret
I do understand women getting offended when now while wearing only their own hair will be more openly and almost with permission (cause of the movie) accused of wearing a weave
I do understand that now when we speak about weaves negatively, because of the accusations such as was posted in the OP, that ladies that wear weaves will get offended
yeah we needed it like a hole in the head
See I didn't know that people took that movie as a representation of every black woman that has ever lived or ever will live in life ever ever.. WTH?
I guess I really don't understand that type of mindset because I'm nothing like that. I HATE stereotypes..I HATE sweeping generalizations. There is no statement that can aptly be applied to every member of any race/culture/creed/species..whatever. UGH...it just makes those types of people look extremely stupid to me. So I guess what I'm saying is, I'm more frustrated with the ppl that take an ignorant stance than at Chris Rock for making a film for what I truly believe he thought was an honest cause. It's like he put the movie out and people, as with anything else took what they wanted from the movie and ran with it..forming this opinion and that one..but he's not responsible for the bigger issue that lies beneath the surface. But your point is well taken my dear. For those who refuse to be rational and informed individuals, the movie did not help and only dug them deeper into the pit of cultural ignorance they were already wallowing in..but with the added bonus of them "thinking" they know a lil something and can speak with authority on our hair. I gotcha.
Let me ask you this though. Do you think that if there was a film about black hair and it was indeed educational and made sure to mention throughout that not all black women depend on weaves and various reasons why weaves or wigs are worn...and shared healthy haircare practices ect..it would be well received? Or would ppl still be mad because they feel like nobody should be allowed to see what's in their wig basket?