As I was growing up, I would often hear people; mostly African American females talk about hair. The god compare hair, to the female, hair is very important to her. They take pride in their hair. Many conversations about hair have come up as I was going through school. The hottest topics about hair were the “good hair” conversation. What is good hair?! Is there a thing as bad hair? To some, good hair is long straight hair. To others, its curly hair, the kind that often comes from people who are mixed. Sometime if an interracial couple were to walk past, one may here a somewhat ignorant remark such as “Their baby is going to have that good hair.” In high school, if a male were to have thicker, nappy hair, it would be bad hair. If one were to have slicker, softer, wavy hair, it would be deemed good hair. Bell Hooks spoke on this issue and how she believed that many people were changing their hair and hair methods to confirm to what white America was doing. I disagree; I see great diversity amongst hair styles as far as African Americans. Many people have different opinions on what is good hair. Even in Chris Rock's documentary on good hair, it came to be that everyone had different opinions on what good hair was. To some, it was nautural hair, to some it was permed, to others it was the indian hair. We are all different individuals with different taste, that is what makes us all so great.
I couldn't agree more. A preference for a hair style is a matter of personal taste. It varries from one individual to another, so using the adjectives ''good'' and ''bad'' to describe hair is wrong. In my opinion, people should refrain themselves from such remarks, and use a more appropriate term: like/dislike to state their (and I cannot emphasize this enough) PERSONAL preference.
ReplyDeleteEveryone does have their own preference to what they deem as "good hair". The Problem with your statement is that the idea of conforming was how it all got started. Even today, there is still a majority of women who will tell you that if you have hair that only needs grease and a hot comb to straighten it, you have good hair. Why is that? Because you can easily make your hair straight.
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