GOOD HAIR...the movie.

I know I'm late but I finally saw this movie.  

At first I was totally against seeing it because the trailers and the interviews (with Chris Rock) on shows like Oprah caused me to believe that the purpose of the movie was to embarrass and make fun of black women and OUR hair.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that I was wrong.

The movie actually shed light on things that we, as black people, need to open our eyes to:

1.  White people, Asian people, and even Indian people are making a ton of money off the black haircare industry while Blacks are not!  White people own the product manufacturing companies, asians own the beauty supply stores, and indians are receiving the shaved hair of indian women for free and charging money to the folks who wear weaves, extensions, and braids.

And...WHERE ARE THE BLACK PEOPLE IN ALL OF THIS?

We are spending thousands of dollars on products for OUR hair and the money isn't even coming into our communities!! Its really quite sad.

2. Relaxers are not healthy for our hair.  Not just in the sense that they are damaging and that they compromise the very core of our hair strands but the fact that the primary ingredient, sodium hydroxide, can totally dissolve an entire coke can in 4 hours.  This stuff should not be applied to our hair/scalps and according to scientists, should not even be inhaled by the people applying the product!

3. Speaking of relaxers....please please please stop putting this product on your children's hair!!  It destroys their hair follicles and permanently changes the texture of their hair....and not into something "good".

Okay, so I could go on about the movie but I think every black person (male and female) should see the movie and understand what it means for us to love ourselves completely....hair included.

Afterall, why should black women be the only ones who can't enjoy the freedom of wearing their natural hair?? Why should we have to worry about swimming, rain, or sweating out our hair when working out?  Why should our hair and natural hairstyles not be considered professional or "put together"?  There is freedom in being able to sport the hair that God gave us and there is no better time than the present!

There are wonderful products, hairstyles, and techniques out there that allow us to have softer, more manageable, more fashionable and plain ol' healthy hair!

The saddest thing I've heard is how other black people are the main ones who are being super critical and hard on black women wearing their natural hair.  ONCE AGAIN OUR OWN PEOPLE JUDGING EACH OTHER AND BEHAVING LIKE CRABS IN A BUCKET (pulling each other down).

For those who have embarked on this natural journey, myself included, I say press on.  We owe it to ourselves to give it a shot and be free....and HEALTHY.  There's nothing wrong with straightening kinky, curly, or coily hair but until there's a natural way of doing so, I'll still blowdrying and/or using a flat iron to achieve the straight look rather than applying those harmful relaxers again.