"GOOD HAIR" .....THE ROOTS - NO SPOILER

Yesterday I went to see the Chris Rock movie "Good Hair". I was hoping for a different feeling when the movie ended but to no avail. I was as disturbed when it was over as I was before it began, but for somewhat different reasons. I was hoping that this movie would help dispel the legendary myths and misconceptions of what good hair is. It did get to some of the roots but it didn't get the "Kitchen" straight. For those of my readers that don't know ,the kitchen is that part of the hair line all the way in the back along the neck,where people of colors hair has a tendency to be a little tighter in texture. See the real root of this problem begins with black peoples conditioning much like the conditioner we use to make hair manageable. Black people have been conditioned for centuries to be more manageable. The saddest thing is that every time we ever tried to grow to be more natural more conditioner is applied and we return to being more manageable.

Black people often fear their own hair in corporate America, because if worn in its natural state
it can become distracting to those who find it offensive, for example, white people and many blacks who like to use the term "Nappy". The same white people who have a best friend who is black and black people who feel that a person with natural hair shouldn't be taken seriously because they arent assimilating and having low self esteem the way they do.

The idea of "Good Hair" comes from a certain attitude held by those that are either white or assimilate to being white. There is no such thing as good hair. There is only your hair and my hair and whatever texture of hair we posses is good hair because it is ours and is a part of our individual make-up. To imply that one person has better hair than another is to deny that person the comfort and ability to be themselves. I wish more people had better self esteem and cared more about pleasing themselves than others.

Now.................lets get to "The Weave". The long and short of it is that I love black women.
I dont really care if a woman wears a weave if it makes her feel better ;however,
I only wish they loved themselves and their people enough to realize the economic impact that buying weave and supporting so many others who use foul business tactics to keep us out of the market that they so vigorously support. If we could all get together and have a "Weave Out"
for 3 to 6 months or even a year the landscape for black business owners in the hair care industry would change. There are hardly any Black hair care manufacturers or beauty supply stores left in America because they have either been driven out or just plain sold out.

A move like this would change the ecosystem that has evolved into a multi-million dollar windfall for everyone in the industry except black people,who are the prodominate users of the products. The Indians and Asians have a lock on this market for one reason and one reason only "Unity". Unity is something not seen in the black community since the 60s and even then there was division amoung the ranks for so many reasons I cant name them all in this blog. They stick together to keep others out and control the market like a well run drug cartel.
By and large black women are the end users or the products. The consumer, The weave Addict.

We need to be the importers, processors, distributers, wholesalers and retailers for the products that we use more than anyone on the planet to the tune of billions. Black women are like the crack-heads of the 80s and 90s when it comes to Hair care products and especially hair weave. Some use it but far too many abuse it.

Maybe I should follow the American Gangster story and do what Frank Lucas did. I should go directly to the source. Go directly to India and spend 2 or 3 hundred thousand on some hair and bring it back to sell in the states. Then I would become the hair King Pin. The only difference is
this is legal and we all know money talks in poverty stricken communities World-wide. I dont know jacksh!t about hair, but Im gonna give it some thought after I save a little more money. When it come to black women and hair weave we all know its here to stay.

In the movie Rev. Al sharpton made a very important point
Women are wearing their oppression on their head.
If you dont know what that means , go see the movie.