Chris Rock has made this movie/documentary (GOOD HAIR)about the hair issues that we black women cope with. According to him his daughter asked him why she had BAD hair. This heartbreaking question inspired him to investigate what was going on (and of course throw in the occassional joke) and show his findings to the world. The trailer can be peeped down here:
Now, Tyra Banks has followed Chris by dedicating numerous shows to loving yourself, nappy hair-issues, racial conflicts and many more. Soon I will post the a couple of those episodes so you all can check them out. What have these isues to do with black people outside of de US? Black women like me?
Well... I could act like these issues are all posttraumatic disorders due to having slaves as ancestors and slavery as a legacy. Unfortunately you find the hair weaves, wigs, hair straighting and other ways of nappy hair damage EVERYWHERE. That is any place where nappy headed-people live.
This mother seems evil and full of hatred against her child's beautiful hair. Unfortunately a lot of black people don't know how to deal with their African hair. So we weave, straighten, burn and damage our hair just so it doesn't look NAPPY.
Don't get me wrong I am not saying that wearing hair weaves is a sign of a psychological "I hate my African Roots"-disorder. Sometimes in life a woman doesn't have the time to properly take care of her locks so she needs an easier way out: Hair Straightner or Extensions (including weaves). However, when you grow up without knowing HOW to take care of your natural hair, you will have a hard time loving it or keeping it natural. My point is, avoiding the existence of nappy can lead to the constant urge for hair that isn't naturally yours.
Slavery might have been something that happend in the Americas but a great part of Africa was taken over by Europeans. While slaves were shipped to the shores of the US, Belgians were cutting of peoples hands after not meeting the rubber quota, the Portugese where creating their own apartheid andother Europeans created a Golden Age by robbing Black Africa of her many natural resources.
When you are treated like an inferior person for 400 years you're bound to believe you are inferior to the "superior" people. Whether you were a slave or a suppressed person.
So we all suffer and are in need of healing.
What is your opinion on this?
