"...Your Kids Will Have Some Good Hair!"

The title of this video was taken from a part of a statement Wendy Williams made to the singer Brandy. I discuss how I feel how the remarks she made and how using certain terms can affect young girls.

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This is the link to Brandy's interview on The Wendy Williams show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKckBxYwmdw

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• natural
• hair
• singer
• Brandy
• Wendy
• Williams
• good
• african
• american
• girls
• kinky
• bad
• silky
• bi-racial
• haircrush
• chime

[mesince1988]

Some ignorant ppl disliked this video. Your response is very true. If some black ppl focused less on textures of hair and more on their inner ambitions we could achieve a lot more in this life

[moonnx2]

I am biracial. When I flatironed my hair I would get stares from the black girls and some young ones would feel so compelled to come over and say "what's your heritage?" and I'll tell them and they would say "oh, I knew you couldn't be full black to have such good hair". I just looked at them and said "oh". What I should've said was "why do you feel the need to come over to me and congratulate me in order to depreciate yourself?" why isn't your hair good? it's ridiculous.

[AllBoutNaturalBeauty]

my sister has a perm and i am a natural , that thing i hate most people are always saying "why dont u have hair like ur sisters'" she has coller bone length , and i have around neck length ....my confidenece dies when people compare me to her ,Its like shes the pretty one and im the 'ugly' one but i love being natural , and i wont stop for anyone. Great vid :) ♥

[sophia2845]

To ywhite20 the point is your opinions are jaded by what you here growing up.therefore your taste is jaded not authentic from birth. Your dictated to at an early age. We want people to feel like they can have a difference in taste. Why was the little girl shocked that she was receiving a complement ? Because people are brainwashed in America to see one standard of beauty, it's called divide and conquer.

[CatwalkBarbie]

You said a mouth full, GOOD HAIR IS HEALTHY HAIR! ppl nd stop this madness & get educated, learn how to nourish all textures

[TheVictory44]

What started me on my natural hair journey was because of both my daughter's hair. One has a cottony texture, and the other biracial hair. I didn't believe one should be on relaxers and the other one enjoying "good hair". I let them both know they BOTH had good hair..just very different textures. Through educating myself more through the natural hair community on YouTube..we learned how to take care of a more cottony hair texture.. Once we learned there was no turning back!

[WeirdGirlParadigm]

People say me and my bf/fiance (who is half black half mexican but looks completely mexican) children will have 'good hair' and I'm like of course she will, because she will have hair like her mama's (LOL)- natural hair, however it turns out. That's why I'm going natural, so my (future) children won't have that societal pressure on them...

[Curly4a4life]

So funny I just commented on this issue in your Relaxed Girls thread. It is very sad. My DD came home from school telling me she had "bad curly hair." I tried not to react to strongly but inside I was fuming!!! But to be honest, we need to have this dialogue openly and honestly because we know what people mean by "good hair." The funny thing is, I've never heard anyone say "bad hair." It's always "you have good hair" or "you don't have good hair."

[scookculture]

People are always going to have a visual preference of his or her standard of beauty. That doesn't bother me as much complementing one child while ignoring the other child. Children take so much to heart, especially girls. I hope everyone that watches this video make a point to complement children in general, especially those who do not carry the stereotype of American Beauty.

[mese1020]

People do my girls like that. My oldest has curly hair and the my youngest hair has a cottony texture. It pisses me off.

[Familywife]

You are so correct. You hear this alot. Good Hair is heathy hair.

[dianniscool]

good hair is healthy hair.. and you can tell. ive seen people with straight hair where people would call "good" and her hair was fried!!