Another View - I Am Not My Hair!

Comedian Chris Rock recently released a documentary called "Good Hair" and it has caused an uproar in some circles. Some women are crying "foul", saying the documentary releases secrets about African American women's hair that shouldn't be discussed publically. On the next Another View, we'll talk about the social and economic ramifications associated with Black hair. Is it still a "no-no" to wear an ethnic hairstyle when interviewing for a job? What message is sent when one wears braids or locks? Our guests: Dr. Freddye Davy, Director of Hampton University's Honors College; Monique Francis, Owner/Stylist with Beauty Within; Virginia State Senator the Honorable Mamie Locke; and Robert Stitt, Jr., an In-Home Counselor with Inner Circle, Inc. And we'll tell you about BodyWorks, an innovative program designed to get the entire family eating more healthy foods.

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[1992arsene]

monique is hot!! splash!!!

[isleofmehr]

what i like most about this show is that you see black people of all skin tones, the woman in the blue is the same tone as me..and it nice to see that, cause in the mainstream you don't really see it..

[Ahsilenyarg7]

I think the woman in the blue shirt is soooo pretty...and she has hardly any hair on her head! I think that shows that women don't need straight half-way-down-the-back hair to be considered beautiful.

It just saddens me that certain people (some whom I'm very close to) think vice verses. That stigma is what makes people like me not feel confident about my skin and hair.

[Applebaum]

that light skinned old woman hates herself and she's not even aware of it.

Subliminal hair hatred.

and its not an ethnic hairstyle! its black peoples Natural hair. there is no good or bad hair..... Black people who lust after european textured hair sound so sad.