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.
