Saturday, February 20, 2010

What is good hair?

WHAT IS GOOD HAIR? Today, I watched Chris Rock's documentary called "Good Hair". It really got me to thinking..what really is good hair? I mean some people who have curly and thick hair believe good hair is straight and voluptious hair. I have naturally straight and thick hair, but I always wished I had curly hair. We're never really happy with our hair. In the movie, Chris Rock talked about individual topics such as Relaxers, Weaves, and so on. When he was focused on perms or relaxers, he asked women when they had recieved their first ones. I was really surprised when people said they had theirs at 3 years old. Technically, I had my first relaxer at 5 years old for a wedding, but then 6 years later I started getting them regularly. Relaxers --for those who don't know-- are creams applied to hair to make hair longer, fuller, and easier to manage. Relaxers are actually Sodium Hydroxide which is a very dangerous chemical but Black females will go to whatever links to have their hair done. Chris also talked about weaves...I'm an active member in the Weave Women of the World, haha. I do currently have a weave on, and I love having one. It gives me versatility, that I don't have with my regular hair - I can curl it and style it however I want. I can have brown hair, black hair or even a combination. But let's get back to the main idea...WHAT REALLY IS GOOD HAIR? Is there even a such thing? I may think one person's hair is good hair and they may think mine is good hair. I think that as African American females we need to stop looking at what society has made you believe is "good" or "beautiful" and just work with what was given to you. But I will leave you with a quote from the film. "If your hair is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they ain't happy." xoxo S

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