Stereotypes - Good Hair

Kinky, nappy, or silken flow? Afros and weaves vs. "white people hair." What is our obsession with "good hair" and how does it effect our perceptions of what is considered attractive? Ryan Hall hits the streets of New York to find out. Watch more StereoTypes here: bit.ly/stereotypes_show
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[@sophiaradix7454]

I believe good hair is healthy hair. Healthy hair is happy hair !

[@mariabrown6926]

Sophia Radix agreed thick glossy healthy hair

[@DebbieSmith-pd9fz]

You mean nappy not happy 😅🐵🤣😂

[@cherylneely7900]

9:48 funny how the most unattractive men actually put standards of beauty on women! "everybody was ugly in the '70's"?! What's your excuse for how you look today?!

[@violetsprite]

Not only that, but he had an afro! It was tiny, but it was still an afro. So it's okay for him to have grown out natural hair, but not okay for black women? Effing double standards!

[@cherylneely7900]

@violetsprite...I know, right!!

[@Miharu2020]

So true lol

[@annsmith695]

pam grier certainly was not ugly xD

[@Hashpotato]

had to laugh that guy took some serious piss.

[@Daydreamroses]

ive accepted the fact that no one likes my hair. especially black people for some reason. they always ask when im gonna "do my hair" or when im gonna get a "weave". its very discouraging and depressing especially since i have what most considered the worst type of hair 4c. s but you know what i love it and thats all that matters.plus i think people only think this way because its not that long yet. i think people just like long hair doesnt matter the texture.

[@taii_chii6782]

OMG that happens to me all the time but the most important thing is to love your hair forget about everyone else. They're just gonna have to get use to it

[@renellapeters6803]

Your hair is AMAZING Victoria Quinn as you can see I keep it natural too and honestly I've never cared what ppl thought of it ^_^.

[@misscrystalz16]

ikr! black guys complain when u guys wear weaves and they still complain when it natural. just ignore them ur hair is beautiful xxx

[@LuckyStrike015]

Hey Victoria, don't let yourself be discouraged by what people tell you. Just saw your fb pictures and your hair is AMAZING! You're doing a great job and keep taking good care of it, like I always say love your hair and it will love you back :) You are a queen because you embrace your heritage, and don't let anybody tell you otherwise! I wish you all the best!

[@shaniece12341]

Speechless.....because your hair is just too gorgeous my dear. It isnt true that NO ONE like ur hair. Ud be surprised at how many people may like it. But be encouraged. If u wear your natural hair confidently in the midst of people not doing that, u could inspire them to discover how awesome their natural hair is. Ive been wearing my hair natural for a while an the more i did, i noticed the girls/ women from my church began doing the same thing. Try not to fall into the trap of covering ur natural hair because its "easier to deal with" (which it isn't from experience) or because "ull be accepted more". (Which isnt a good reason). People r incredibly brainwashed and its important to try and help them instead of giving in to their ignorance

[@A.Love326]

'Everyone was ugly in the 70's.' Have you seen your self tho? Like??? And you REALLY wanna call people ugly.

[@MonicaBryant]

Aayanah M. He was describing himself! He said afros were ugly and yet he had one!

[@bionade2962006]

That's right, i think this guy has never seen himself in the mirror!!

[@enveedone]

lol exactly

[@almightyone2730]

who is that in your profile picture?

[@Covers-and-Commentary]

Wow the first guy us sooooooooo ignorant. It's painful to watch. Smh

[@bionade2962006]

endeed!! this guy is shame.

[@flowfreely]

+millienl I found so many of the commments to be so disturbingly ignorant but it's good to hear what (some) people over there really think; it's entertaining to say the least.

[@Pattydole70]

+millienl The first black guy has a nappy head that he obviously hates. He hates his mothers and sisters hair as well.

[@Boxxxxxxxxx]

+millienl What did he even say? I could not understand him.

[@Dreamer7est]

+Pattydole70 Yeah that's why I'm happy that the interviewer asked if he was going to straighten his. Smh

[@asiadawson9207]

Good hair = Healthy Hair.

[@kathleenking47]

Theres also different hair if straight hair. Whites sometimes complain if theirchaid is too fine. They wear extensions as well

[@outcast566]

The dark skin girl with the natural hair has the most beautiful skin ever.

[@ashleycrystal9719]

+GuineaC27251 lol someone has a little fetish

[@GuineaC27251]

Ashley Crystal Okay..

[@ashleycrystal9719]

***** Wanting to eat someone's skin is a bit much, don't you think?

[@isaiahloc1322]

outcast566 😂😂

[@Em-bz3pi]

Damn the first thought i had about the first guy was "oh he's cute" then he had to open his fucking mouth...

[@mariabrown6926]

Maya Goodwin he turned ugly fast asf

[@CupCakeMakeUpx]

The guy at 4:23 striked me, he likes a girl with 'long flowing hair' yet he has what is considered as 'nappy/kinky' hair. He says if they have a good body, nappy hair is okay, yet his body isn't in shape. I'm not dissing, it was just simply an observation.

[@jaywebster8414]

Preach sista

[@conni6912]

Omg! Good hair is healthy hair. that's it.

[@19832006]

"You can't educate when you are hurting someone" PREACH!!

[@shojogrl]

Wow. I don't think he realized he was kinda being offensive to the girl @ 3:14 with the "white black girl look". He said it looked like the girl just woke up and did nothing to her hair. When in actuality she probably spent a good 40 min to an hour probably just twisting it or putting it in bantu knots just to have a curl pattern. This is why many black girls with kinky hair do not go Natural. Because they spend hours on their hair for someone to tell them it looks like nothing. I know he wasn't being rude. But just saying, it kinda hurts hearing comments like that.

[@suquannab846]

I thought I was the only one who noticed that too. Also, I think he's just offensive in a lot of cases. I watched some of his other videos and I think that he should watch what he says a little more being the type of show that it is. Like you never know what's going to be triggering for some people or what some people just find outright unacceptable to say to them.

[@rickirichie6246]

Omg that girl with the curly afro is stunning!

[@byoung4eva1]

So glad black women are going natural! Not only are we educating ourselves, but we are educating black men (we have the same hair), black children, some of our elders whose willing to change their view on our hair, and other races. We were brainwashed and miseducated about our hair and then we held on to it and miseducated other races about our hair when they ask us, telling them our hair is nappy *smh*

[@rebeccasmith1008]

Black men self-hating all up and through this video.

[@kaneohe47]

What does the kid at 9:37 mean "everyone was ugly in the 70's. Have you ever seen Soul Train." What? Black people were beautiful in the 70's, especially on Soul Train.

[@WillieFordham]

I live in the Dominican Republic where my afro is considered by hair. In all cultures of color, specially black, kinky hair is unacceptable. I LOVE my natural hair, kinks and all.

[@rainrankin7295]

Yes girl. Let's love our kinks together.💖

[@lianet777]

Joshua Fordham that’s what I’m saying though. It’s usually blacks that are hating on blacks, cuz white people dont even dare talk about black hair like that. White people are very politically correct now a days. The only people I see mad hating on black hair, is black people

[@timemachine5641]

Everyone from the 70s was ugly? Soul Train dancers were ugly? What?!

[@DarlingNikki2]

KinkyCurlyDiva16 Made me scream at work, LOL!

[@timemachine5641]

KinkyCurlyDiva16 You never lied!

[@jaywebster8414]

He had some nerve saying people from the 70s were ugly with his Bookman from "Goodtimes" lookin ass. He has some nerve talking about my beautiful black queens when he needs to go to the barber and take care of that Abyss on top of his head. To all my beautiful black queens I apologize for his stupidity. Even Stevie Wonder even telling him to look in the mirror smh. I love you all, my beautiful black queens

[@nisamae2]

He's an idiot lol

[@shecops985]

Bad hair to me is like dandruff filled, damaged and dry hair. Good hair isn't just straight and long like a white persons hair but good hair is also GROWING..CLEAN, hydrated and to some degree smooth or soft hair.

[@user-sl2gj3pb4g]

Everyone has good hair

[@KarmenTang100]

If they take care of it then yes, everyone can.

[@scottdaniels8129]

+Savannah Not true, my hair punches kittens and spits in your food when you're not looking.

[@judasiascott-murray2764]

They talking bout oh i like nice flowy hair but they cant even take of there own hair. smh

[@bmaze944]

the girl at 6:06 seems like she would be so cool to hang with and she's so pretty

[@swaguusweatin]

Awww, this first Black boy is so full of self-hate. It's so sad.

[@pamjam098]

Enosha Chapman I know. It's sad and pathetic.

[@perredaobry3753]

Enosha Chapman he’s lost

[@blacklyfe5543]

How

[@SBchicadebaile]

What did he say? Cause I could barely make out what he said he said white people can pull off what?

[@disneyfan8214]

@@SBchicadebaile funny how I'm not the only one who couldn't understand what he said.

[@BettyBr29]

Wow, everyone was ugly in the 70s? Huh? Why lord...why. Let me get this straight, your natural hair is fine and acceptable but someone else's isn't?

[@carmenlove7839]

Black hair to me is the most exotic because no other race can get an afro like the black woman. The afro symbolizes A Queen:) my dad is white and he told me that's how he sees my mom who's black

[@134214567893]

Indians, Africans, and latinos have a nicer look to their hair than Euros in my opinion. But anyone can have good hair.

[@markjabari]

Self hate is the worst hate

[@xzavierfiasco9121]

I swear sometimes feel like I'm the only black guy that doesn't really care about hair that much. I personally like women with kinky hair but then again I like females with shaved hair too (that shit looks badass). Yeah I said it XD.

[@SHAWONA432]

Xzavier Fiasco 👏🏿👏🏿

[@pola859]

I have never understood why people would prefer straight hair over nappy/curly hair!!!! I'll never understand that

[@AngelWhitney1985]

Easily to manage

[@robynreeeee]

preference???

[@Neferterri]

Lol that bald white lady is so cool. I'd love to light a J with her.

[@dropp31]

here go your beautiful l ass(as i can see from you profile pic ) with your natural wooly hair . and you're admiring the only white girl getting interviewed with no hair .what about all the natural dark completion women in the scene ...shame shame but she's kinda of cool

[@MARCIE12ification]

I love her.

[@MARCIE12ification]

TRUECHANGES CoolKatNtheHat -godMaterial i love her too.

[@katianovakk]

It'd be nice to see more black women wear their hair free and real. I love it!!!

[@nicole87rivera]

I never had a white barbie before. My parents were very proud people. I have never understood why black people want to be white so badly

[@MozeleyTribe]

dude it is word really. the europeans conquered and therefore established the standard of "beauty" simple as that. You dont have to diss black americans, like were the problem. Chill on that.

[@ALyric19]

+Nicole Rivera I played with white baby dolls as well as black ones and the possibly latina ones. I never wanted to be anything but black i don't understand how a little girls choice in Barbie dolls defines what she wants to be.

[@MsSmith-cf6sh]

Me neither

[@Bountyville424]

If it's not your hair it's not you. Damn I love that black woman!

[@clorrissiaperry8743]

I believe you should love your own hair but I wouldn't go as far as to say it is not you because it is still you not everyone who wears weaves hate their natural .

[@kyrapage5696]

good hair is healthy hair... so sad to see many black girls even myself damaging their hair so its straight and sleek when on the other hand all my white friends praise my curls and tell me how pretty it is.. also bugs me how people assume you have no hair or nappy hair if you wear weaves. yes i wear a weave and yes my real hair is nice and long its just too much to handle.. so weaves and wigs are not significant factors

[@trenchbaby3478]

+Kyra Page You're beautiful af -bruh-

[@princesschanel469]

I could never settle for blk people telling me my hair is nappy when I can go to other races of men and they always call my hair exotic & fascinating lol

[@Queen-je8no]

Good hair is when your hair is healthy not damage or broken

[@desibabe18]

Good hair is healthy hair period.

[@lola9827]

I have loose curly 3c/4a type hair, never had a perm, but I feel like hair shouldn't define who you are.

[@bangtanphoenix7280]

right and 3c/4a are tight curls not loose

[@MeiChan01]

Good hair to me is healthy shiny hair regarding of hair type. Whether its 2B or 4c.

[@justwonderinghowlongmyname5139]

This brings me back to when I was in middle and high school and every black girl would straighten or perm their hair. But I would be the oddball with my nappy natural hair. Everyone would say, "Omg, straighten your hair!" or "Why don't put weave in your hair, or perm it?!" But I never did.....because my mom wanted my hair to grow.Now my hair is past my shoulders (but still natural) and a few days ago I just passed by a former classmate from my high school at the store...and her hair didn't even go past her neck..so sad and she was one of them who would say "Perm your hair!"

[@chancejimenez2049]

Bravo to you. Now look at her.

[@ElleWhiteTV]

Good Hair is Healthy Hair.

[@brynndolynn]

As a white female, I always thought it was sad some black girls I see feel like they have to wear weaves, because some of the Afros and dreads I see are so beautiful and complement these girls much more than mimicking white hair-styles. Either way it is hair and shouldn't matter that much but we have the choice to wear it however we want! Do what makes you feel beautiful ladies, for yourself, not others!

[@OliCampify]

Yh because straight hair is exclusive to white people, like there aren't black people with natural straight hair that black girls are/can 'mimic' instead. White people think way too highly of themselves and know very little of black people or other races for a matter a fact. Always thinking people with afros and kinky hair textures want their thin stringy, pest ridden hair. Bye.

[@outcast566]

The girl smoking with the jean jacket is beautiful.

[@tvland100]

The girl with the cigarette needs a french accent.

[@karzymimi42]

I'm diggin the chic with the cigarette! her fro is nice!

[@IMETGODSHEBLACK]

Black people, we really need help self hate seems to be a trend we can never let go of like Forreal

[@augustynowicz1]

Cant speak for some of the guys in this video but from my stand of view, the African hair makes me so facinated and is so beautiful. You girls/women must of course wear it how ever you guys like but the natural afro etc, is for sure something special. And can relate a little bit as a redhead who during my childhood got told I should color my hair.

[@ALyric19]

+augustynowicz1 Have you ever noticed that red heads have much thicker hair than blondes or brunets ? or has my theory just been proved wrong? I just noticed it when I was in high school

[@augustynowicz1]

Its proven, red hair is thicker. And the colorprotein lasts longer as well, so you wont get grey as quick.

[@ALyric19]

augustynowicz1 Ha I knew it!

[@Ajang10287]

its so hilarious to me when women say "I wear my hair straight because its easier to manage" LMFAOOOOOO , you won't have any hair left to manage with the route that you're taking.

[@sexygirlalthya]

You may think that but it isn't true if you take care of your hair you'll have hair .

[@Ajang10287]

+Princess West i was referring to women who perm their hair. they are slowly damaging their hair by putting all those harsh chemicals. technically its no longer healthy, even though it may appear that was. my comment doesn't apply to people who just straighten their hair occasionally.

[@nuellatagbo893]

My hair is permed and it’s healthy

[@americangirdolllover]

Lmao at 5:16 when he said, "You got that good hair- that white people hair!" The mixed girl with the afro in the background automatically turned around lol

[@jacquiguilbert7109]

why are these people talking such foolishness. Black people have good hair which is healthy thick and very strong that's why it is harder to manage, but hey! it's the best darn hair, softer longer and silky does not necessary means better.

[@isasave]

Good hair: shinny, soft, clean, and smells good . Bad hair: dirty hair. Period!

[@chrishardnett3430]

great video! I love the range of opinions and just the raw honesty

[@mizzpink98z24cavi]

If you have hair on your head, then you have good hair.

[@drmantistobboggangonzodr3961]

How dare you! My back hair is long enough to braid but it’s good hair too! Lol

[@RealCherryBomb]

Even Kylie Jenner wears weave. Let these issues go. LOVE yourself and feel good looking how you want! One Love.

[@lovelyjo01]

RealCherryBomb she wants to be black

[@blurboy8859]

Just because the white woman WEARS weaves make it okay for women of color to do so .. Really?

[@creigmacc]

Question... Are there any black women who wear weave that looks like their natural hair? Anything is possible I suppose.

[@Rabidanti]

She wears weave that reassembles her natural hair. That's why most people can't tell

[@Jodha1]

@@creigmacc Issa Rae, me, just to name a few

[@adress13]

Honestly even if you have kinky hair people think it's beautiful once it gets long, which is ridiculous. You can be beautiful with short hair. I recently cut my hair into a fade after being two years natural, and everyone else was so much more attached to my length than I ever could be.

[@nephtaliebottoms3247]

Honestly I don't like short hair I don't care if it's 3b short hair or 4c hair long hair is better to me and you can't be mad at people.fot.liking your long hair.most people like longer hair on women doesn't matter the hair type

[@Lyvetacus]

the girl with the curly hair is so cute and the bald one

[@RodneshaGreen]

That one lady almost had it when she mentioned slavery.... then she started talking about hot combs #LostMe

[@deesplayworldtv]

what did the first guy say? white people can what?? i couldn't understand. i even cc'd it and it didn't pick it up! someone translate please.

[@AirOhSoul]

He said white people can rock dreads better than blacks, which is why the interviewer said Jamaicans are planning for WW3. lol

[@deesplayworldtv]

AirOhSoul thanks...he needs to speak better. because it wasn't clear at all. now i hear it.

[@MariannePurple362]

dejuanptv He's probably from another place because I can hear another accent.

[@nltcraze]

PurpleMariE. i talk like like sometimes when im nervous or have to explain my thoughts. Either that are he's just extremely inarticulate. Or from CHicago :p

[@MariannePurple362]

nltcraze lol

[@jassellb]

Love the chick at 6:05..

[@ilovetemfo]

I wish my mom never started perming my hair, I Will never perm my daughters hair afro is beautiful,

[@glorioushustle6743]

Our world is pretty fucked up in some sense specially with us as blacks and the hair complex which is some Willie Lynch syndrome shit. As a African American male with hair to the shoulders, I get the same feeling when a female says "Long hair don't care" or "Nice and Long" hair.. Like you can have long hair be it Afros, Braids or even Dreads like lil wayne or Pusha T being natural kinky coiled/earth tone (Considered Nappy to the world) but it isn't considered "Nice" unless it's permed straight or looks curly in some sense. Almost as if your hair looks like Lloyd's or oldschool Omarion's is when it seems acknowledged as "nice and long" unless they're Naturalists or something. It's sad really because it's like you're told to reach a criteria you can never fill in Reality that's why I feel for my natural sisters going through that shit.

[@spamsamwabam]

that stoner chic is beautiful weow!

[@niftyniff1]

i'm a white girl from europe with straight ash color hair which i find boring.. i didn't even knew there were some stereotypes about black natural hair being unattractive, this is crazy. i think their hair is thick, beautiful and i love the curls.. girl on 06:06 looks amazing.

[@oftroy000]

wooooh loving the new season. love this show.

[@iTzDark740]

Another great upload!

[@prisca_d]

The chill girl reminds me of Claire Huxtable lol

[@kenzra7028]

GOOD HAIR IS NATURAL HAIR!

[@indigobeauty1]

Let's just focus on loving one another unconditionally. As humans, we change and evolve all the time.Just Love without the judgement. ❤

[@DjGhost718]

i love this series!

[@Dreamer7est]

Good hair=Healthy hair

[@ayshajohn2439]

I find it sad that as black people we cannot feel comfortable in our skin or wearing our hair naturally. Don't misunderstand me I feel its your choice to wear your hair the way you want whether its relaxed or natural. It really depressing to hear people refer to our hair as slavery hair. Well I for one as an Afro Caribbean woman am proud to have slavery hair because if there is anyone who deserves to be celebrated is the black woman who watched their men be beaten. Who were raped repeatedly to produce children and still through it all was beaten themselves and force to work. Power to the black woman and power to slave hair.

[@drmantistobboggangonzodr3961]

I don’t think the people in the video meant that natural African hair is “slavery hair” at all, I think they meant that the whole idea of “good hair” being long and straight like European/ Caucasian and Asian hair instead of any races healthy hair and the whole self-hate that goes along with people in the black community saying for example that they want to only date light skinned men because they want light skinned babies with straight non-kinky hair (I’ve heard this ignorance before, more than once, and it makes me sad).

[@blacklyfe5543]

Wtf is slavery hair

[@aliyahhayila6530]

The guy with the coiled hair talking bout how he wants s girl with long flowy hair haha smh

[@MadameaprokoBlogspot]

i can never take you serious when you wear a weave and coloured contact lens

[@ronniemonnie]

What did that guy in the beginning say? He spoke so fucking fast; like, can we teach our children to enunciate?

[@john41996]

i think that sfghf hfghgfhjdgfj dfhjd jfjdhjfdhjdxfhadk

[@Danjoker.]

sight, you can have natural straight hair without being white

[@Tanajahtyese]

+D. Andres as well as black people

[@ms3173]

+Tanajah Williams lol stop

[@Tanajahtyese]

+Okudzeto Ackah problem??

[@134214567893]

+Okudzeto Ackah There are some full blacks with natural straight hair.

[@kyla4570]

+Tanajah Williams What black person has straight hair? That is literally impossible.

[@NaturallyJY]

I get compliments and questions about my natural hair all the time! I never got this much attention about my hair when it was relaxed.

[@MrBrolo-mw4cz]

I love how he wears various outfits like it looking craziiii

[@arodriguez0091]

I don't know who that young man is on "4:00", the chubby one, but have you looked in the mirror brother? you are part of the problem.

[@nyeeezy]

Funny though. My chick actually started to go the natural hair route because of me. I love chicks with natural hair

[@tuliannas2641]

3:05 YES FRUITS & BERRIES lmaoo That was my favorite part on Coming to America lol

[@coolida23511]

Great topics on this show.

[@knyree1592]

P.S., GOOD HAIR IS HEALTHY HAIR!

[@evalovesbubbles]

Everybody always thinks other people have it better, but most types of hair have a downside, Asians have amazingly smooth hair, and they think it's to flat, African people think their hair is too curly even though it's beautiful, and my hair, well, lets not talk about my hair, it has a will of it's own... :P

[@monavie9110]

The intro made my ears melt

[@TheTamaraHarris]

I enjoyed watching this one. I've been natural all my life but I am now finding out how to use natural products & naturally nurture my hair. I love the natural hair movement ever since it started. More women are being educated & accepting their natural texture of hair & being beautiful with it. I love it.

[@Hotsimone24]

I'm not sure if it was just me or was anybody else getting mad at the guy in the white shirt. That 70s comment was too far. I mean ugly really just because they have Afros? I think hair is an accessory, it adds to your original beauty.

[@maxjohnson1950]

that black chick at 5:30 is so hot!!

[@BlaxicanBeautyTV333]

I love my hair! I cant wait for it to grow longer

[@moviedude22]

I'm still on the floor from the first ignoramous

[@katjahumar8835]

Tthe only problem is that we have to much time to even worry about things like hair! Pozdraw! :)

[@Ste74H]

Sad reflection of us esp the first guy!

[@tammygrant5198]

And the fat guy

[@suzange14]

I love these,

[@CyberSpectrumND]

YOU KILLED EM! Damn, good post

[@Olorrangerr]

The girl that went to Italy is bae. 😛

[@urArchitect]

Good Hair is healthy hair that is neat. No matter what the texture.

[@organicsoul007]

Great video!

[@yolandamariechannels]

Love Ryan Hall... and his Mom. : )

[@banandababa]

too much self-hate in one video

[@OhSarahDearest]

Good hair is healthy hair no matter the texture. K THANKS.

[@urbansoulmag]

Was about to bring up the black vs. white dolls experience and then a girl mentionned it in the video :). I think it says a lot about the topic.

[@MIMIX015]

great video!