The good, bad and ugly hair days
By Chikodili Emelumadu
This article is a response to Chris Rock's film Good Hair which "focuses on the United States and the lengths and money African-Americans will go to achieve longer, smoother, shinier, straighter "good" hair - using hot presses, creme relaxers, weaves and wigs." Emelumadu focuses upon African women who are willing to take the risk to burning their scalp to have good hair. Personally, I think this is a really interesting article because when I lived in Zambia, my co-workers would constantly ask me how I got my hair to straight. Any individual can see the influence of what is considered to be beautiful filtering across the vast ocean. Even in Latin America, a fellow student asked women what is beautiful and most replied "gringa". The influence of social control in the media is far reaching and teaches the masses what is considered to be beautiful. I guess the main question is are we going to follow that influence?
The article can be found at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8330482.stm
Arlinda Smith, blog post #1
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