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…and wears cornrows while doing so. Tomorrow on The Tyra Show Miss Banks will talk about what “good hair” means in the Black community and whether or not this is a healthy obsession. Watch the preview clip here. Do you think the notion of “good hair” impacts the Black community in a negative way?

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DeeDee19/ DeeDee19

    I love the diversity of how God made me! Every kink, curl, or nap… I am happy to be nappy!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AntiFeminization/ AntiFeminization

    It´s blatantly obvious that Tyra and/or some of her aides/reps have been on YouTube that watched former Sargeant Willie Pete videos in order to brew up some “new” ideas.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/soultherapy/ soultherapy

    Please find something important to write about, besides “hair.” Where is India Arie?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/stfu_dot_com/ stfu_dot_com

    there’s no such thing as good or bad hair and im really laughin at her sayin that black women can’t grow long hair :| does she wanna meet the women in my family lol?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/WestsideCartelAtl85/ WestsideCartelAtl85

    Who cares about hair texture? It’s more important issues going on in the world than this slave mentality mess.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dreadtherasta/ dreadtherasta

    Go to my profile to check out the Lynch Laws. She is perpetuating the divisive slave nature that was taught to our ancestors in 1712.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BreakitDown69/ BreakitDown69

    Man, I’m so tired about the good hair issue. It’s about as old as the “Wait for It” phrase. Society and the media, typecast us in too many negative issues. Problem is, they don’t see what we see on a daily basis. Regardless of hair, skin tone, or shape, black is beautiful all around.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/G-WIN/ G-WIN

    Tyra Banks Investigates “Good Hair”
    no she need to ” INVESTIGATE ”
    why her show not good it’s very rotten
    like bad apples

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PrincessStephanie/ PrincessStephanie

    It is all about how you feel on the inside. You can’t let “the world” tell you that you are unworthy or ugly. My mom has the “white girl flow” and she catches the devil with styling and management. Every hair type has it advantages and disadvantages.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LadyTex70/ LadyTex70

    Finally, some smart sistahs! Good responses for once…I get so annoyed with some of the ignorance I read in these posts. Thanks Ladies for giving me something to smile about tonight!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DarkSkinnedGoddess/ DarkSkinnedGoddess

    Au Risque to sound ignorant,I have no clue what “good” hair is, I know what Afierce do is but “good” hair i don’ t know, I also wonder what kind of moronic Idiot judge people or themselves based on hair texture and i don’ t want to know, I wear my hair mostly natural in a wrap, or i wear braids,I don’t know about weaves but to each his/her own.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SUNSHINE7878/ SUNSHINE7878

    PPL SAY THAT BLACK FOLKS WHO DONT HAVE THAT “EXCESSIVE” CURL OR “KINKY” HAIR THAT MOST BLACK PPL HAVE ITS AUTOMATICALLY GOOD HAIR CUS ITS EASIER TO STRAIGHTEN AND IT MAY FLY IN THE WIND BUT SHYT MY HAIR DOES THE SAME WHEN ITS PERMED RITE OR FLAT-IRONED …..LOL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kountry_Mayne/ Kountry_Mayne

    Theres no such thing as good or bad hair. With great maintenance your hair can be as good as you want it to be minus the perms and the chemicals.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DAREALRECKLESS/ DAREALRECKLESS

    @DARKSKINNEDGODDESS

    glad you said that. i am one who HATES weave.ide rather have erykah in all her baldness than a woman with a head full on synthetic.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DAREALRECKLESS/ DAREALRECKLESS

    @DARKSKINNEDGODDESS glad you said that. i am one who HATES weave. i’d rather have erykah in all her bald glory than a woman with a head full of synthetic.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/stupidfatandugly/ stupidfatandugly

    sgt, willie pete, bwahahahhaa.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/M0M0_S0_PURDI/ M0M0_S0_PURDI

    that’s all slave mentality. wear ur hair however the hell you like to! which anyone can do! so how the hell is there such a thing as good hair and bad hair? I hate when people tell me that ish “girl if i had ur hair”, or “Monique have my babies so they can have ‘good’ hair” WTF?! my hair is tangle-y i hate to comb it and I have bad hair days just like the next chick!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1withclass/ 1withclass

    IT SHOULDN’T MATTER!!! ALL typels of hair is beautiful in its own unique way, what makes it bad is when you don’t take care of it. I like Tyra, but some of these topics she picks to talk about are not helping people move forward from old negative views/stereotypes.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Poetic_Assasin/ Poetic_Assasin

    I dont care how a woman wears her hair as long as she has the confidence and swag to pull the look off. Hair is nothing but clusters of dead cells anyway, it does not make the person underneath it. I do find myself more attracted to black women who wear their hair in its natural curly state verses women who like to relax or straighten their hair. I believe that God knew what he was doing when he created all of us and the texture of hair each of us was born with is what looks best on us.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shindogg/ shindogg

    nappy iz sexy. straight hair belongs on whites and asians, not sistas. black women gotta stop tryna look white. itz not cute or pretty, jus dumb. now if dey born wit “good” hair then datz cool cuz datz who dey iz az a person. no matter da hair type, women shud b happy wit wut dey got. ya dont c white chics go around wearin wigs ta pretend dey got naps, cuz deyd look stupid az hell. well so do sistas when dey act fake wit dem weaves an contacts. if god wanted black women ta hav blond or brunette or red hair an blue or green eyez dey wuda been born dat way. sistaz who born dat way dont go around wearin brown contacts an black weaves. at least all of em anyway. i dont got a problem wit mixed gurlz but personally i prefer dark chocolate.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Pikachu12/ Pikachu12

    I’m with the general consensus, it shouldn’t matter. And there are some ladies who don’t do it to be white they do as a matter of personal preference. I’ve seen beautiful styles in all types of hair textures braided, curly, straight, etc. This matter did not need to be investigated
    Do what you feel. If you like curly go curly and maintain it. If you like straight relax and maintain. Do what you like

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SagaGal/ SagaGal

    i think it’s best for black women to stay natural because of the negative effects of perms. they are dangerous chemicals!! so many black women don’t realize how versatile our hair when it’s natural!! you can twist it, braid it, lock it, hot iron it! EVERY day i wear my natural hair differently!! and it takes LESS time to style than a perm would! the myth that natural black hair doesn’t grow is just that…a myth!! my hair is below my shoulders. when it’s not combed it’s kinky and cute, when it’s combed out and twisted it’s wavy and cute too!! i live in japan and women here are ENVIOUS of our versatile hair! so black women get over your insecurities and start growing out your perms. you have a gorgeous head of real hair!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DARKHEARTPHENIX/ DARKHEARTPHENIX

    Tyra Banks is the wrong person to talk on that subject,She wear a weave and chemically straighten hair everyday on her show,wearing cornrows for one day ain’t going to cut it. I appreciate the effort but….no

    We as BLACK PEOPLE have been scarred forever by slavery,meaning we or should I say a good majority still think WHITE IS RIGHT and more beautiful.As black male that has by other BLACK PEOPLE been called “slave black”,(I GOT STRONG AFRICAN FEATURES)By other black people. some among us have messed up minds, we hate anything that remotely remind us of our AFRICAN HERITAGE.We should embrace all aspects of our afro-centric,styles of hair and skin color(whether it be black-blue to red brown ,tight curly hair(nappy)as some would say and all other styles that we have.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ChocolateSmile_07/ ChocolateSmile_07

    yeah it’s true.. black women should be pround of who they are..hair, skin or whatever. But we can’t help the image that is being put out there for us black women. All the rappers,singers, and some celebs are always singing and rapping about “model lookin girls with the small waist and the long hair, lite eyes” and all that bulls**t. I love my skin, my hair..HELL all of me. But you can’t blame everything on the black woman. Society has messed us up. I love my weaves, braids and ponytails too. I am a cosmetologist, so it’s my job to make my clients look as beautiful as possible. We also have to understand that yes we are from african decent, but we are from here. AMERICA!! We are trend setters. ..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Bobby_LT/ Bobby_LT

    All this started back in slavery days. Google willie lynch letter and you will see what I’m talking about.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ladypiscean/ Ladypiscean

    Who cares about hair! That’s the problem with us today We should be free to do anything we choose to our hair, honestly, whatever it is that makes us comfortable! If you want a perm, hell, perm it… if you want a weave, get one, just get a good one.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mamangel67218/ mamangel67218

    Do whatever pleases you, weave or not because just like the good lord giveth, he can take it away anytime. heard of cancer? how about leukemia? It still gets me when someone with a bad weave judges someone with short hair then have the odesity to say its their real hair. I have long natural hair, so I don’t appreciate getting lied to about hair. . because I know the difference, hell half of people in hollywood wear weaves and perms. trust me….I know.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/connerlewis15/ connerlewis15

    well doing my survey@study i notice over the year mix kid have better grade,of hair then the none mix child, now why is african from the west have curly hair@east african have bad root-but some of us have” good root” some of us don’t and i .. am .. not mix

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/connerlewis15/ connerlewis15

    nappy HEAD AZZ AA MALE?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/connerlewis15/ connerlewis15

    TO LATE TO GET CURLY HAIR IF U OVER 21 AND UNDER 7.MAN!! JUST WEAR OLD JACKSON FAVE AFRO AND THEN SAY HELLO? ARE GO GET A HAIR CUT AND TELL BARBER TO GIVE YOU A FADE A BUY U MAGIC WAVE CAP!!!!!! YOUR HAIR ROOT WILL REMAINS THE SAME LORD SAID THAT? AMEN BAD ROOT R GOOD ROOT

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mr_Patches/ Mr_Patches

    OMG NOBODY CARES IF YOU HAVE GOOD HAIR OR NOT!

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