You learn something new everyday, but today I’d never have suspected it would be Black Hair 101. “Good hair is white [girl] hair,” and this movie gives new meaning to the words “Bad hair day.” Hair is a woman’s glory, so narrates Chris Rock in an amusing and entertaining look of the business that is kinky hair, relaxer, extensions, weaves…a business that is second only in religion to the Vatican. Every year the Bronner Bros. in Atlanta Georgia have their hair show (for African American women) and they take seem to take it more seriously than The Westminster dogs “Best in Show.” Apparently you have to love black hair in its natural state and if “its nappy, you’re not happy” explains one hair stylist to the stars. But it’s the behind the scenes information that turns an otherwise hilarious documentary into some serious news. Black women perm their daughter’s hair often at the young age of two where it’s been scientifically proved to burn the scalp and infiltrate the skin. You should just see what the chemical can do to a soda can in one hour. The business of black hair is an expensive one. Forget asking your man for an engagement ring, these women’s men have to be prepared to spend some serious money ($1,000 a weave) in their monthly mortgage and car payment budgets. But don’t you dare touch my hair! These men can only admire it from a distance. Yes, black men have pressures that white men never even dreamed of when it comes to their women. And the best weaves are in Los Angeles “The weave capital of the world” originating from the biggest religious market – the hair temple of India. And where do we learn much of our information from? Reverend Al Sharpton, who is quick to explain “Never mind if I touch my wife’s hair. The question is do I let her touch mine…” Three tiaras
