The tangled history of black hair discrimination in the US - BBC News

Many black Americans are embracing the natural curls and coils in their hair. But there’s been a backlash against black hairstyles in classrooms and companies across America.
Toddlers and teens have been kicked out of school because of their hair, while many adults face losing their jobs. We get to the root of why this kind of discrimination is so common - and legal - in the US and find out what it will take to stop it.
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[@lf1496]

I've NEVER straighten my hair. I grew up in America and didn't care what anyone said. I wore cornrows, Afro puffs, pineapple, braids, etc.... to school, work literally never caring what anyone thought. I knew it was beautiful. I would not allow anyone to Gaslight me into making myself less attractive by, wearing plastic looking blonde straight ridiculous hairstyles that don't accentuate my beauty. Natural hair is sexy goddess hair. I live in Rome where everyone with Afro hair rocks it. My hair is kinky curly glorious

[@superhans85]

and did anyone give you shit for it?

[@lf1496]

@@superhans85 Sometimes, I got teased in school and I didn't care. I didn't like their relaxed hair, it always looked unhealthy and broke off to me. When wt people in America ever said anything to me about it I knew they were jealous and I told them so. Our hair is sexy. In Italian curly, kinky hair is called "ricci" that literally means rich. Some Italian women have 3a - 4c hair and it's seen as very sexy hair here. They have salons that cater specifically to Afro hair where Italians and Afro descendants alike get their hair done. The whole poppin' curl thing doesn't exist here too much either. They like it frizzy and natural. It's a completely opposite world here. It suits me.

[@olliejones9187]

Completely agree, being who you are is beautiful; I always teach this to my children and to embrace diversity. Maybe slightly off-topic but in the U.K., we maybe have a 4/5% black population, however we’re constantly seeing panels on TV that are 50/50 or more in favour of blacks. Sometimes we can watch a football match that has 10% or less white’s playing for the clubs in a country that has quite the opposite statistics. Surely this isn’t diversity; diversity should reflect society on all levels. One cannot have their cake and eat it!?

[@blaqueruby4946]

Never relaxed my hair, always worn my hair natural or in braids, never been discriminated for it... live in a European country... this is largely an American thing...

[@n0ddy6]

It's channels like this that youtube CEOs removed dislikes for

[@boutiquebitcoin809]

When I was in high-school I wore my hair without chemicals or wig and it was to my back but in big afro. I combed, brushed it and washed my hair with shampoo and applied conditioner. My school only had two black people. Everyone laughed at me all day making fun of my hair. Teachers said I should straighten my hair and that I look weird. When I walked home a guy stopped his car offering me money thinking I looked homeless. The next year I tried to get a job the employers stared at my hair which I tied neatly in a bun. I was dressed up in formal attire of women dress suit and had job experience but all they could see is my hair. I didn't get the job and it took two years to find a job because no one liked my hair. When I wore a wig for the first time( I'm 23 now this year) and noticed immediately how people wanted to hire me and the employers commented my fake hair saying it looks nice. Imagine having to wear a fake extension of someone else or use chemicals which cause cancer to get a job or fit in. I've never been able to wake up and go somewhere without spending hours to look a certain way that fits into another races standards. When I look into the mirror I don't feel pretty. I use a light foundation and use creams to bleach my skin which has also improved my job chances. I've had 4 jobs so far and i doubt they would have hired me if I didn't look the way I do now.

[@missbstuurman]

Why would anyone dislike this video

[@n0ddy6]

​@@missbstuurman It's entirely fabricated propaganda to make more and more black people feel discriminated against. By using racially brainwashed US rhetoric around the world, Black people are being manipulated on mass to push the agendas of the most evil WHITE people on earth.

[@theyoutubeguy1]

America is weird.

[@MrBozack]

Oh god. Don’t let the Gingers see this.

[@Lastboyscout77]

😂

[@DPAfactsfactory3]

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[@julianpetkov8320]

Ginge for Kinge! 🇬🇧👑✊

[@billybatts8283]

Gingers are beautiful, they're kissed by fire. However, it's hard to trust the soulless. Daywalkers you can give a 50/50 chance but even with them, you never know......

[@gtagamer4171]

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[@Mr_Rabbit]

At what point does this become satire..

[@kimwilliams5165]

I hope the crown act passes, and becomes law. The racism is real, as the comment section shows.

[@kimwilliams5165]

@BlackLivesMatter Are you using the BLM handle to secretly live out a fantasy of being Black, or for attention and to misdirect? 1st off it's "are" people being racist. Second, did you read the comment section? It is full of people who are grateful for the law because of the racism they have experienced. Also it's got racist White people trying to explain away the reality of racism they clearly participate in. Go read a website about being an ally, you are failing on every level.

[@j.w.2391]

Natural Hair doesnt just apply to Black women ! As a Middle Aged Black man who went "Natural" in his 50s, it was my "Rage" and Rebellion against White hegemonic notions of Aesthetics and "Model Minority Negro" who must always wear his hair cropped and overly groomed in making White people "comfortable" with our Blackness. I just happen to be one of those Black men with Long / curly Hair genes. For for decades kept my hair growth under raps for "professional" and career purposes.. I also cultivated my beard too that gives me a slight "rough hewn" / street look in other people's imagination. Indeed while I am PROUD of my lush wavy hair, it has made me the target of "Racial profiling" and stereotyping, accused of being a "Rasta", a ganja smoker, a shoplifter. There are always Consequences to Black persons who choose to Love and Liberate themselves from White supremacist / Respectability notions of Blackness.

[@j.w.2391]

While I dont subscribe completely to the notion that one's Hair should an absolute expression of one's Politics----it has become one for me. I don't subscribe to Black Conservative / Respectability politics, Im no longer "invested" in White Christianity, its traditions and Eurocentrism. Born in the 60s and educated in the Assimilationist 70s and 80s, I wasnt always critically aware and simply fell into White Assimilationist notions of Blackness. It was so important to look "Clean" and Respectable" back then in order to Move, succeed or simply have people (not just Whites) not Fear you or see you as a "Deviant Body". It was a long journey to wake up in shaking off the shackles of such colonized THINKING ! I remember my Outrage 10 yrs ago, over a news item when an elementary school pupil was sent home by a Black Teacher for because of their "Unruly" Natural Hair ! It was genuine WTF moment !

[@kimwilliams5165]

@@j.w.2391 Brother I am with you in all this, except the conflating of Christianity with Whiteness. That is a White lie too many of us fall into when we try to learn about Black history. They co-opted Christianity and Judaism. THe oldest most complete bible is in Africa. The oldest painting of a Jewish man is from a temple (so done by a Jewish man) and he is brown skinned with an afro. Jesus was a brown man like his fellow Jews. They can't stand recognizing a non White son of God so they whitewash and twist the truth to drive you away from your own source of power. Don't be fooled by White lies and hate. BTW the crown act protects men too.

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

Natural hair is beautiful. I dated a black woman in the Army and she could do amazing things with her hair. Including making it regulation.

[@srfh1621]

@@jmartin960 May he know he could have you on your knees.

[@srfh1621]

@Eternal Ments I feel ashamed that I have to explain this to you, but all people have natural hair unless they preferred to alter it in some way.

[@princessrena1726]

@The Matrix how lmao?

[@ericastones1052]

His hair is fine. As a mother someone tells I have to change my kids hair because they’re not allowed it coloured or even curled. I maybe white and don’t understand it but I support all people being discriminated against anyone. I think black peoples hair are all beautiful and bold. I comment one black woman for her hair because I thought it was nice. It was platted with some coloured highlights I still thought it was lovely.

[@toobalkain]

it's illegal to fire a person with an afro?

[@belkentens]

How do they keep a straight face putting this drivel up?

[@GabrielA-ug1vp]

The same straight face your mother had giving birth to you.

[@chinchin6115]

I used to think as a child America was a wonderful place as I've become a man I recoil in horror at what America is

[@sidemanshorts3532]

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[@fireiron369]

Is? Or has become?

[@chinchin6115]

@@fireiron369 was it ever different

[@indiasupportstrumpwwg1wga927]

@@chinchin6115 you can thank white liberals. The poison must be stopped.

[@vault1549]

I agree, it's an anti white, anti man country of self entitled wimps nowadays

[@winterrising8738]

So stunning and brave

[@sidemanshorts3532]

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[@user-ej9cs1lz3y]

​@@sidemanshorts3532 finally. we have it. then we lost it. then we want it. then we got it. then we found it. then we need it. then we have it. then we lost it :(

[@Team_Banchamek]

🤡

[@JamesTKruk]

🙄🙄

[@gtagamer4171]

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[@amonre31]

I love everyone who says this is not a big deal. Well if it wasn't why are u committing on it if it's so unimportant. Further, for others who call it playing the race card, it's interesting how does black ppl demanding being held back because of their hair style hurt u? Aren't u the same ppl who quote MLK when he said content of character and heart. How does black hair disqualified someone from being great at their job? Moreover, braids and locks protects black hair.

[@evolife1044]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@777violett]

Natural hair looks the best imo, especially curls.

[@sherryruffin1775]

Oh thank you 😁

[@boutiquebitcoin809]

Not all natural hair is curly

[@afroislandgirl]

The not so funny thing is that, in a subtle way, this discrimination is everywhere 🌎 But who can tell a confident woman what to do with her hair? Nobody.

[@faithlesshound5621]

The anglo-american hatred of black hair is more than "acceptable" versus "unacceptable." It went beyond phobia to the level of taboo. Other aspects of African culture, like language and religion, were also forcibly eradicated, but black hair was the thing most visibly offensive to the white invaders.

[@p1smith580]

The majority of black people don’t care, and why do they need to explain any aspect of their culture, no one is asking white people for any explanations.

[@acme181169]

You're so full of shit, you're the kind of knobhead that warbles on about a brick youve seen in an art gallery, until somebody points out its a door stop.

[@bxc4484]

@@acme181169 You’re triggered because you know the comment is true, if you weren’t bother by it, you wouldn’t bother to comment.

[@acme181169]

@@bxc4484 "Triggered" your use of that word tells us everything we need to know about you. However, suggesting that hair is an important issue to any given section of society is ridiculous. Apply the same logic to Europeans or Chinese people! In fact it's offensive to suggest that hair is significant of society. Hair is TRIVIAL, regardless of origins.

[@nicemachine5964]

@@bxc4484 you have the logic of a child

[@abuyousefali]

Out of desperation, I let an Indian cut my hair when I was in the UAE and a white guy cut my hair when I was in Louisiana, and they both hacked up my wig. I met this Filipino barber in Qatar though who learned to cut black hair with US Navy and Air Force personnel in the Philippines. Whenever I wanted a nice fade, I use to go to him. But now, I've let my hair grow and my biggest problem is finding haircare solutions in Qatar. I love the natural hair look.

[@DPAfactsfactory3]

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[@daftwod]

You really should take this epic story to Netflix for a film adaptation.

[@abuyousefali]

@@daftwod I tried with the title $hithead, but they said some peckerhead with the username daft wod already made a biopic with that title. So, I posted it here. Prick!

[@nintendokings]

‘Black man in non-black country has problem finding black hair products’? Next up: white man can’t find sunscreen in Uganda 😂

[@abuyousefali]

@@nintendokings I bet you thought that was witty. This is nothing more than a child taking his first poop and telling his mom "look, I took a poop mom."

[@Centurio-LegioX-Equestris]

Came to bbc to check the news on Ukraine but got this as a recently uploaded video. Last i checked the UK was in Europe. God help us all

[@DanielThomasHutton]

You really think that if any significant updates on the Ukraine situation had happened that you wouldn't hear about it because of this video?

[@gary8306]

@@DanielThomasHutton it's just the BBC keeps ramming this crap down our throats.

[@acme181169]

BREXIT!? The UK isn't in Europe!

[@kittyhawk7031]

@@acme181169 The UK is in Europe.

[@acme181169]

@@kittyhawk7031 No its not! I think you're confused 😕

[@monopalle5768]

As a white male, I would love a segment on MENS hair related issues.... I hear some go bald over time, through no choice of their own, and suffer discrimination like "hey baldy" or "put on a baseball cap".... WORSE is how MANY women will look the other way entirely.....

[@cocos8903]

Rosemary oil and hair follicles massaged helps with hair growth. Sometimes thyroid and low vitamins causes hair loss.

[@yungjoemighty879]

Hahahaha

[@gtagamer4171]

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[@flee2death]

Nice

[@griley4440]

Once a person lose their hair, it doesn’t grow back, it’s unfortunate.

[@scotsman242424]

😂😂😂 Ffs what next🙄

[@carmelitastella]

I worked at a lot of casinos in Las Vegas and I remember that braids were not allowed to be worn.

[@blaqueruby4946]

and did you do or say anything? Or are you part of the problem?

[@IBTU]

The sun aiming for new lows in journalism

[@tonysmall3863]

Russia is supposed to have started an invasion and the BBC post about someone getting upset over their hair. Give me strength.

[@misliz1736]

Nobody is going to tell me how to wear my god giving hair people need to worry about there own hair we have the only hair that people seem to have a problem with and it’s because black people are the only race of black who have fly hair we can wear our hair in any style and if other race of people have a problem with that then I suggest they complain to the creator who gave us our beautiful hair so sister and brothers wear your god giving hair

[@jennyjenny4501]

Be yourself! Always!

[@rached8161]

AFRICAN HAIR not BLACK HAIR

[@debieroep8460]

THE MORE I MAKE YOU FEEL BAD AND HURT YOURSELF, I MOST CONTROL I HAVE ON YOU.

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

Huh?

[@killerkitten7534]

Bruh Russian just invaded Ukraine a couple hours ago and you haven’t done any news on it. I think there’s more important things to focus on

[@aidanquick3151]

This is so unimportant right now, really, hair?

[@aabb-mk6xp]

nobody wants this do what people want

[@blacklyfe5543]

I never knew this I'm surprised

[@carlabroderick5508]

Were white kids in the little boy’s class also required to keep their hair a certain length?

[@JamesTKruk]

World War 3 is starting and we are putting news up about hair, we are soo weak atm no wonder Russia is doing this

[@cdb7876]

Nice job on the story! Well researched, written and hosted!!!

[@foxtrotbravo1744]

How pathetic.

[@hieroglyph321]

Yes, yes you are

[@oyaami1874]

When I first started to straighten my hair (I now wear it natrual) I'd have it done by a gay white man in Clapham. When he moved I went to another salon and ended up having my hair straightened and cut by a Turkish woman. When I first walked through the salon doors neither of them would have been my first choice, however it turned out that they were both excellent at styling afro hair.

[@louise-yo7kz]

I have had Turkish people style my natural hair. They did a great job🤷🏾‍♀️

[@st.m.3979]

how is this relevant here?

[@TomuCow]

I feel like gingers get bullied more over their hair...

[@Peecamarke]

So true too, I’d love to see videos promoting that as well

[@Mr_Rabbit]

@@Peecamarke doesnt fit the current agenda, sorry!

[@princessrena1726]

This sure made the yts uncomfortable 😂 But they can be uncomfortable all they want to. Because we know how it is to be discriminated over our cultural hairstyles and natural hair. They do all this talk about why we complain about it but will never stop actually harassing us about our hair. We live and experience the sht. And nobody else can tell us otherwise. If they do, it’s just deflection due to guilt which leads to them acting hostile.

[@superhans85]

what is the YTS?

[@sdrrshock5594]

No one wants anything to do with your hair! You really are showing yourself to be a dumb little girl!

[@marcopony1897]

As a white person, i don't actually care about your hair and never have

[@LilMiMiOf2]

Guilt? For what? I ain't done shyt to you. Y'all wanting yts to feel so bad huh? We don't!! I can't wear bed head,messy hair to my school or even work but blks can? It's laziness to not fix your hair. Looks unclean & unkept. Be as it may. That Victim hood mentality is all most yts here & see. Everyone gets discriminated. Short,tall,fat,skinny,rich,poor smart,dumb,ugly,pretty,white,brown, and being black is no different. You deal & move on. Their are so many important things happenin then blacks hair, it's your hair,fix it! Period ah period uh 🤣

[@LilMiMiOf2]

@@superhans85 Right! And it's said by them that they invented the alphabet. Dem Kangzz n sheitt. 😂

[@Rotek10000]

Long hair was persecuted in communist countries too

[@rickmitchell7835]

That's why Whoopi has blond dreds!

[@factsoverfear9771]

That’s why your ppl sun bathe in a sun that hates your skin 💡

[@sidemanshorts3532]

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[@bxc4484]

She had them for a movie role, dim-wit.

[@arashkborzoo]

this was probably one of the best segment on BBC I've seen in years, really great.🥰🥰

[@LICKSTERxx]

It's anti white racist dogshit

[@williejay2011]

Do you have natural black hair?

[@philipsimpson9356]

Hair is racist, oh my god, we have racist hair! Only on the BBC

[@p1smith580]

Not racist, just different.

[@munayakoub9181]

BBC, don’t stir

[@daftwod]

When it rains on everyone, the rain which lands on black people is racism.

[@sdrrshock5594]

What a great statement

[@princessrena1726]

Lol you have no idea what you are talking about

[@daftwod]

@@princessrena1726 Prove that you understand me first. Because i guarantee you are extremely low intelligence.

[@billybatts8283]

They got nothing on the hardships of gingers.

[@debbiemarquis3231]

Now you wear your hair in it's natural state..

[@daftwod]

Incoming 12 part Netflix series on black hair

[@Eddie-Spaghetti]

😂

[@lutherholayeahme7449]

"Black hair was invented in 1776"

[@evanraasch2203]

Let’s get a video on discrimination of polish people in the 1800 -1900s!!!

[@sidemanshorts3532]

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[@KR-te8kw]

Very educational! Thank you BBC!

[@sylenelashley6201]

A very important and timely topic. As a child growing up I was made fun of for wearing my natural hair and grew up hating my hair. Thankfully now I have embraced it more ❤️ To all my black brothers and sisters wear you beautiful crown with pride ✊🏾

[@user-ej9cs1lz3y]

i apologize immensely for the privilege kids being mean. however they're still being mean and they're making this content to make you relive those times. in away, they're making you apologetic for what happened to you. really they are still to blame and they're the ones making this content.

[@Peecamarke]

Right on! 💪🏿 So glad you’re able to embrace it, it was hard for me to get to that point. I’ve had a couple jobs where ostracized for my dreads or just having my fro out

[@DPAfactsfactory3]

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[@cocos8903]

Natural black hair is gorgeous and healtheir. Everybody should turn their backs on those horrific straighteners, full of nasty chemicals.

[@daftwod]

Haircuts are well nazi fam

[@andreawill9017]

Welcome back

[@popefrancis1629]

Meanwhile, Russia declares war in Europe…

[@princessrena1726]

And?

[@Pyappers]

Divisive left wing nonsense. This is why I will not be renewing my TV license.

[@daftwod]

You dont have to renew it because its been scrapped for 2 years

[@yeehaw3792]

Do you really have one?

[@cultist256]

Just to clear the air, hair racism is not only in USA. Have you come to Africa aka the root of African/black people. My God😬😱😱 I am Ugandan and a male but I have been persecuted because of my hair color and fast hair growth. There's a lot of discrimination in hair types. People with wavy, curlier hair like Ethiopian, Somali etc get to keep their hair wildly grown but me with my brownish C3, I am demanded by society to get rid of it. This is in school, workplaces, home and everywhere. Being yourself is an attraction of criticism.

[@auro1986]

and bbc was exporting hair care products to afghanistan

[@sjtaylor3854]

They better send Botox products too!!

[@sherryruffin1775]

The hair is clean bugfree healthy . And your problem is what??? Oh. Any and every reason to feed into your low self-esteem that has pretty much bottomed-out on you and what your customers perceive as acceptably civilized. What a bunch of hypocrites....oh the root is that bottomed-out low self-esteem. Now it makes sense. ...NOT

[@matthewkuttivillayil6034]

Literally didn’t know this was a thing until now. BBC really do a great job on sharing knowledge

[@evolife1044]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@LS-fe4ob]

Black hair and Afros are cool and always have been 🤛🏼 from my own white perspective. It’s sad black people feel that way about their hair

[@solayeharry456]

I lived in New York in the 60s as a child. I had a short afro or rather my hair was short, natural and combed back. I never felt inferior. My mother also sent me to school in plaits sometimes and nothing happened and i went to an all white school. It was private however. I cannot remember being discriminated against for my natural hair but then again America may have gone backward since then. Even in university my hair was natural most times, and that was in Chicago. However, I wasn't trying to get into the corporate world and left America soon after university but I guess I would have had to conform somewhat . I have seen curly haired white people being made fun of but mostly in England. I doubt however that they were discriminated against although one co-worker who was not black was asked to comb her curls out. It's such a shame really. I guess I was rather lucky or perhaps I didn't care. I honestly cannot remember my hair being an issue in school, but then life may have been different in New York.

[@blaqueruby4946]

@L S you have missed the point entirely🤦🏾 Black people love thier hair and wear it natural, it’s when they go into white establishments that the discrimination occurs, hence they then have to fight to get laws changed so they can continue to wear their natural hair

[@hairandscalptruth.7040]

10 10 22 THANK YOU.

[@hannahmccoy4304]

I honestly think when it comes to a person's hair they have to style it and cut how they want it and how no one else should say they should look. If your hair style is part of your people's culture and that is how you want it, I say rock it out! If I ever have my own bakery I won't stand that kind of behavior. Because hair is hair and all hair is beautiful. I am a women and I like my hair cut super short on the back and sides and long on top. What a person does with their hair is their business and no one elses.

[@timsarmywifey]

Please don't assume all white people think your hair isn't a good thing or that only black people have textured hair. Knowing history and the moves by Aveda are AWESOME but putting others in a box based on skin or in this case hair is no better than what's been done to you. Thanks for sharing this and the info on the laws, and Aveda (so we can all support them).

[@blaqueruby4946]

Seeing is believing... When we see white people standing up against Afro hair discrimination then yea maybe... but I don’t see white Americans doing that🤷🏾‍♀️

[@ariesgirlcap]

Have textured hair in Philippine native people but they are proud because very beautiful hair .

[@j.w.2391]

Im afraid you have accept the indictment as we Black folks have to accept the consequences of being "placed in a Box" ! One "exceptional" White person who doesnt subscribe to "racist" thinking or actions, doesnt exonerate you from the GROUP's history of discriminatory behaviour. As a Middle-Aged Black man, I had to suffer many indignations and social consequences of my Blackness ---- even before I went "Natural" and cultivated my Salt n Pepper beard in my 50s ! And it isnt just Whites who discriminate against Black hair but also Non - White POCs that I wont detail. Cheers from Canada

[@kimwilliams5165]

@BlackLivesMatter I don't know if you are just beginning to learn about being an ally, or if you are just another racist troll online? But in case you are trying, then understand the beginning of learning is to come away from the main problem White racist have which is a god complex. Understand you don't know. Stop, sit, and listen. Most White people participate in hair discrimination the way White people participate in most forms of racism by reaping the benefit and remaining silent when individuals speak against the racism they experience, but moving against any structural change being proposed. For example voting for people who are against the crown act, or honesty in teaching. Understand what you feel individually is a fantasy that is in direct opposition to the history/reality of the US.

[@kimwilliams5165]

Also BTW forcing BIPoC to deal with every White person individually as a way to exempt yourself from responsibility for structural racism is in fact a racist tactic used by racist White people since the 1950s. You benefit from racism by virtue of being White, thus you have a responsibility to destroy the system that oppresses others and benefits you. That's if you really are opposed to racism and not just paying lip service to an idea.

[@Ghanashyama]

Thank you for touching on this!

[@Peecamarke]

Right?!

[@nkosiphilempofu3798]

Even in the uk 🇬🇧 this is happening I’m a black man with dreadlocks I’ve walked into a couple of barber 💈 shops 🏬 for a shape up being told they can’t “help me”

[@daftwod]

Oh my god. The humanity. Those hairdressers are basically literally Hitler on steroids. Just surviving that alone shows your resilience. Do you want some money?

[@daftwod]

I think Netflix will make a film of your life

[@nkosiphilempofu3798]

Thank you 🤣🤣

[@blaqueruby4946]

In a blk hairdresser’s?

[@blacklyfe5543]

Racial discrimination

[@777violett]

Kinda annoying how there are so many people talking down on this video. It’s black history month… Why is it a huge deal about posting about black history? 😒

[@gareth449]

FFS , we don`t have any other problems in the world

[@evgeniam685]

That's what media does, they make people focusing on problems rather than on solutions and happiness. Its mind control as media fully controlled too. Once people stop listening its bs, news will fall.

[@sidemanshorts3532]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qH-YZmCXltKehaM Finally we got it

[@thelifeofyahya]

@@evgeniam685 the solution is to ignore problems then and live in self deluded bliss???

[@thelifeofyahya]

Yes, we do but discrimination is bad and we can multitask. I swear these takes are so lame 😒

[@Peecamarke]

They have a ton of videos on those events you can LITERALLY look them up right now. These videos reserved for other issues or should news only be about war and nothing psychological or social

[@_JudgeDredd]

This video was produced by THE MAN & the powers that be

[@melgriefito1387]

I really appreciate the video very much, there's a lot of money to make, anyone who is trained and knows how to do it why not. Thank you

[@wm2357]

Demographics

[@williejay2011]

I do not care for the title and alot of this content is old not new!Black hair is 7 billion dollar business in the USA capture that while watching!

[@nkosiphilempofu3798]

I don’t care what any one says black woman are more beautiful with their natural hair i don’t care if it’s short long braided dread locks it’s just extremely beautiful to me

[@rached8161]

my comment is deleted

[@vo4068]

Have the bbc got nothing better to report on!

[@afsarahmed6365]

Why segregate a potential market?

[@rwg2115]

Great job, thanks BBC! My reaction: it’s great that more and more black people are taking pride in our hair. Not to be dismissive of hair discrimination, but when I have grown my hair out, negative comments have primarily come from other black people. (Not counting a Central European guy in college who compared afro hair to pubic hair given how drunk he was and the fact that I was not offended at the time.) I’ve spent a lot of time outside the U.S. and have met people around the world who love our hair. I’ll never forget how a Kazakh friend recounted watching the National Geographic Channel as a kid and admiring afro hair styles. I also found a great barber in northern Mexico who learned to cut afro hair on his own watching Instagram tutorials. Black people have a lot of untapped cultural soft power and we have to embrace it, there is nothing unprofessional or unkempt about afros, braids, etc. and I sincerely believe that most educated Americans, especially those under 40, fully understand this.

[@daftwod]

Contact Netflix and get this epic film made immediately!

[@bradley4010]

I’m so grateful and blessed cos all my bills had been cleared and I can live a happy now .. Thanks you Intellectweb s

[@sdrrshock5594]

So one 4yo was told to change his hair and the whole thing is racist? No proof at all! This is one of the reasons I will never have a tv license

[@princessrena1726]

It’s not just one story you slow poke😂

[@sdrrshock5594]

@@princessrena1726 yes it is! The only person that’s got a actual story about what happened was a 4yo!

[@wokenessisasickness6597]

Race-baiting.

[@tenpin2387]

Love your for this vedio

[@zentenn9665]

Wow

[@merd24]

You have to accept that being blackness is the beauty of nature. I love #Chacolate colour.

[@DPAfactsfactory3]

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[@thatrandomscientist1704]

Can't even spell chocolate right lmao

[@l3mr186]

@@thatrandomscientist1704 Go easy, if you’re a Trump Supporter half of you can’t read beyond a 2nd grade level, pathetic, but true.

[@monopalle5768]

Whiteness is attractive as well.... We must not differentiate between skin tones.

[@thatrandomscientist1704]

@@l3mr186 What? How did you get that I'm a trump supporter?? I'm not even American

[@titan2583]

What is the one thing glaringly obvious about this video, here’s a hint, it has nothing to do with colour, have you guessed yet

[@sohniya7681]

No,what is it?

[@CharlesDickens111]

boo hoo muh poor widdle fro

[@tomralph8540]

Russia invades Ukraine instigating WW3 and this is the most recent upload by the tax payer funded BBC 😂😂😂

[@gerrygeko9712]

Hair is racist??

[@user-ej9cs1lz3y]

apparently so. the bbc is not a good company. #defundthebbc

[@TheScreenSensei]

This is amazing!

[@lmy2366]

I don't get it. Straight hair for me looks superior.

[@therealelle5083]

Luckily, everyone does not think like you.

[@lmy2366]

@@therealelle5083 Everyone thinks like me. Curly or 'textured' hair simply isn't attractive. Why do you think there is a market for hair straighteners? This media source will claim that its because of: 'society' and 'racial prejudice', how the latter is even relevant; I'm not entirely sure. However this isn't true.

[@coranima5361]

maybe i happen to be an Irishman but you know something mi tha ann an mo taigh

[@ARUchannel1]

That curly hair is called bad hair because it is difficult to manage rather than being racist is a beauty concept

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

Ohhh

[@gtagamer4171]

The Moment Russia Drop Bombs On Ukraine kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWSxZWuHr9hpbpY

[@Lemoncaake]

No. It’s racist and texturist.

[@rached8161]

african hair ! i just wanna say something why youtube keeeps deleting my comments wtf

[@coranima5361]

mi tha ann an mo house i am in my house that is my land what i am talking about that is how they talk over there we know some Gaelic the bbc cannot understand that though

[@Peecamarke]

Wow, amazing! It’s weird being treated weird because I have dreads or a fro when I work around colleagues that have long straight hair like, I’m sorry when my hair is long it’s not all straight and perfect but thick and curly lol

[@factsoverfear9771]

Black women with natural hair , dreads or braids is the best ! 👍🏽👍🏽💡🎯🎯

[@sidemanshorts3532]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qH-YZmCXltKehaM Finally we got it

[@reneeodayok859]

Listen. Just because your insecure in your head doesn't mean everyone thinks your hair is "weird". We are all different in every single way. In short please get over your self. Think of important issues that really matter not your internal issues about being "different" 🙄

[@offlineraided]

@@reneeodayok859 this. It's well known the people of colour have huge insecurities that they keep projecting on to Caucasians who have only embraced diversity, now people just have jogger fatigue

[@bxc4484]

@@offlineraided If black people had insecurities and wanted to be white, they would try to change their skin color, white people bath in the sun to darken their skin at the risk of skin cancer, I don’t know any black people who want to be white, people of all races and ethnic groups need to be themselves.

[@reneeparker7475]

Like the UK is any better.

[@user-ej9cs1lz3y]

it's the best.

[@fatherson5907]

@@user-ej9cs1lz3y best for Prince Andrew

[@user-ej9cs1lz3y]

@@fatherson5907 yes even prince the singer.

[@ioijiopjkiopjkp]

lmao

[@vectorchristmas5568]

What a beautiful video very interesting and educated ,this video is definitely for blacks ,it's time for us blacks to appreciate what we have ,thanks bbc

[@hairyjohn5825]

I know a woman with blonde hair and ginger sideburns, but it's the new trend now!

[@Savignylol]

Noone cares, make real journalism! What is happening in Ukraine is 10 000 times more important than yo hairdo!

[@sidemanshorts3532]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qH-YZmCXltKehaM Finally we got it

[@bxc4484]

Not to embarrass you, but do you realize what real journalism is? Because your grammar is atrocious 😂😂😂

[@thelifeofyahya]

I think the BBC is capable of reporting on more than one think at once. Y’all’s hatred is so transparent

[@user-kw5qx2zi9d]

Ezekiel 26 lmao hope she spreading this gospel lmao #acurl lmao there are far more important things in this world to worry about then about how hot some girl is with 4a hairstyle behine a podium when theres a million girls with 4 a hairstyles on that day ...

[@toniajimenez9325]

Who really cares! This is really crap reporting

[@Peecamarke]

People it affects care, just because something doesn’t affect you doesn’t mean it’s not important

[@scotsman242424]

They need to be victims in something , it's their mentality

[@nifapz9596]

Jimenez, if you are NOT content go watch a video on cartels.

[@disgruntledviewer1864]

@@Peecamarke let's all cling on to the past with pincer like talons!

[@samhirst2830]

@@Peecamarke The BBC is funded entirely by British taxpayers. This has no relevance to people in the UK.

[@Gioachino_Orsini]

This is sad! Unfortunately white beauty standards has made people of afro decent (some) to develop insecurities, sadness and depression. There is nothing wrong with "afro-hair" at all. I've been to Latin America many times and people (mostly Brazil) would be obsessed with European beauty. I'm a white dude, I've got light hair etc and people would call me "Lindo!" When I would ask why for such kind compliments, especially from the ladies, they would say "Voce têm um rosto definido, um nariz bonito, olhos azuis" In other words, I have a defined, Eurocentric face with a pretty small nose. I asked one person why black beauty was viewed down and she said it bluntly they have "cabelo crespo" and they have "nariz grande" in other words nappy hair and afro-facial features (nose). It shocked me how far behind some people are in our society. I wish nothing but the best for all black women and men reading this and I would like to tell you that you are beautiful just the way the creator made you!

[@sidemanshorts3532]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qH-YZmCXltKehaM Finally we got it