Good Hair
I just finished watching a documentary by Chris Rock called Good Hair. It was a sincere look into the world of 'black hair'; it looked into relaxers (sodium hydroxide used to straighten hair) and weave (hair sewn/glued in), primarily, but also talked about other types of hair treatment and sources. The film was very informative for me as I have never gotten a lot of that stuff figured out, there's a lot of stuff out there. The documentary's sole purpose wasn't to inform the public of the extents black women go to to have their hair look good, it was more about the thought, heart, behind it. The term 'good hair' is something I've heard my whole life, it essentially means that the hair looks healthy straightened and is 'easy' to style like a white person's hair. Not "nappy". Growing up I had 'bad' hair because it wasn't relaxed/straitened. I wore braids and cornrows (see below) from the time I was 3 until I was 15...
I love these kind of comics!!! They make you think and get to a point without being completely blatant about it.
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