Black Hair Isn't the Problem in Hollywood, Lack of Representation and Unskilled Stylists Are

As a white person, I will speak for my fellow white people and say, there are a lot of things we don’t understand, particularly when it comes to issues of race and diversity. Clearly. However, also as a white person, I will say that it’s our responsibility to understand a whole lot more,when it comes to issues of race and diversity. And especially when it comes to issues we’ve created out of our own prejudice and ignorance .

One of the things I would put toward the top of the list of Things White People Don’t Understand is black hair. White people don’t understand black hair so much so that in July of 2019 California had to pass the Crown Act in order to address the issue of discrimination in the workplace when it comes to different hair textures.

When it comes to that specific issue, Taraji P. Henson has a solution that feels like pretty solid advice. “If you know how to do it, great. If you don’t, pass it to somebody who does. It has nothing to do with pride or ego,” Henson said to“I’m not saying you have to be black to know how to do [that] hair, but you got to know what the hell you’re doing.

If you hired a personal chef to come and cook you breakfast, and they showed up and said they only knew how to scramble eggs and not fry them, it would be safe to assume that’s person’s not a very good chef, as they weren’t able to navigate the basic functions of what they were hired to do. It’s reasonable to expect a chef to cooke eggs more than one way, and it’s equally as reasonable to expect hair and makeup stylists to provide the same level of service to every client in their chair.

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