What Is Good Hair? - Tyra (Part 3)

The Tyra Banks Show - ''African American women's hair'' (Recorded May 12, 2009, WWOR)
We're getting to the root of the African-American "good hair" phenomenon. Find out how hair impacts the community's culture and even self-esteem.

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[Ranzalove]

@ 1:27 when she put the comb in the girls head she's suppose to start from the ENDS not the ROOTS, using a wide tooth comb, of course the little girl was going to say "ow". Black people have been straightening their hair so long, it's generations of people who don't even know what their hair looks like because they've been relaxed at young ages and in turn when they have kids don't know how to do the natural hair. 3 years old is way too young to start chemically processing -.-

[Mahaliadina]

Tyra is so wack, she decided to wear her natural hair on THAT show...so fake!!!

[uuu09]

but after this one show tyras gonna go back to wearing weaves...oh.

[sinfulcomplexity]

what people don't understand is blacks are not the only ones with highly textured hair. asians have similar textures hair (its just on the down low) whites have highly textured hair too. I've met white women with afros who hate themselves for it. people need to accept themselves. play with their look to know what works. I don't blame the mothers who aren't knowledgable on highly textured hair and relax it. because thats all they know.

[JNaritchie]

Not only is she relaxing the little girls hair she is doing it wrong! She is relaxing hair that has already been relaxed not just the new growth. That'll make her hair eventually break and fall out! I could slap that woman!

[TinyVessels00]

ranzalove is right. when i was little i would cry, bawl, scream, and ache because my mom did not know how to deal with my hair (even though we are direct sudanese african). i would beg for presses and relaxes until when i was 8, it burnt all my hair out and i was stuck with cornrows. when i was 13 i started doing my hair myself with two strand twists. i had to TEACH my mom how to comb, wash, and protect her hair with the information i got from the natural community. no more pantene and grease!

[guns0unds]

@Mahaliadina she's not fake. she has to wear fake hair because of her profession where her hair would need to be constantly straightened, washed etc. so she's only protecting it that's all.

[347bluearies]

Okay those little kids should not have to deal with the pressure I having "good hair"!!!:@

Good hair = hair without split ends

[msbernie1970]

I feel like that mother should be arrested for child abuse. No 3 year old should have to endure that. I put relaxer in my daughter's hair when she was 11. It was a big mistake on my part, done in an effort to make it easier for her to comb so that I wouldn't have to do it anymore. She is grown now and her hair is natural, but those 4 years she had it relaxed will be one of my biggest regrets.

[hinawilkerson]

@Mahaliadina She has clearly said her hair is fake on many other shows and she says that the reason she wore her hair like that for the show, she was up front about it. dont be trippin online

[tine1040]

I'm black and whenever my mom combed my hair I NEVER cried. Sometimes I would fall asleep. It depends on how her mother does her hair.

[ImaginaryNightshade]

@smellyfeet35 It all depends on the girl's hair, i.e. whether she has hair that tangles easily, and it depends on the girl's character, i.e. whether having her hair combed annoys her or not. I've got 5 nieces, and some like having their hair done, some don't.