Chepreia Matthews
Prof. Williamson
Engwr 101 TTH 10:30 am -12:35pm
10 May 2016
Essay 3 Hair-Story
Like most African American I was forced to come to terms with the reality and the importance of hair. I remember the first time my mother hot combed my hair. “Hold still girl”, she said as she ran the hot comb through my thick hair. After my mother pressed my hair, I noticed a dramatic difference in texture of my hair, it was long and shiny like the girls in the magazines or on television. Thanks to Madam C J Walker my hair looked beautiful and straight. Although many African American women have reasons for straightening their hair, my reason is that I just find it easier …show more content…
He wrote the essay called, “In the kitchen”. In the script, he talked about growing up watching his mother doing hair in the kitchen. In this case The “kitchen” doesn’t refer to an actual kitchen where someone would cook food. It refers to area on the back of the head where our necks meet the shirt collar “As gates goes on to say, “no one nor thing can straighten the kitchen”. Meaning the kinks on the back on my neck will always be there so there is no point trying to straighten it. Then he begins to describe the political significance to hair, gates attitude towards the kitchen is negative because he doesn’t agree the politics of it. People in general consider straight hair good hair. He believes the process “In which a man tries to straighten his hair is pointless as it will not fix his hair the” kitchen”. You can control everything and your hair was put on your head to remind you of …show more content…
I make my own hair choices for reasons beyond conformity, such as convenience or to simply “fit in”. Whatever a black woman or myself decides to with our hair is a controversial statement because it shows that I comfortable and confident in her skin. After reading this essay here are a few questions we you might want to ask yourself. Who are we? What makes us authentic “black people”? And what is our standard of beauty? Our standard of beauty the what we make of it. It makes me disappointed when I hear black women and girls on social media obsess over the idea of having or wanting “good hair”. This makes me upset because the term there is no such thing as good or bad hair. African American women and women in general should be coming together and lifting each other up, instead we’re putting each other down. When will they realize that there is no such thing as “Good or Bad Hair.”? The notation about good and bad hair will always remain as long as people continue to obsess over
Prof. Williamson
Engwr 101 TTH 10:30 am -12:35pm
10 May 2016
Essay 3 Hair-Story
Like most African American I was forced to come to terms with the reality and the importance of hair. I remember the first time my mother hot combed my hair. “Hold still girl”, she said as she ran the hot comb through my thick hair. After my mother pressed my hair, I noticed a dramatic difference in texture of my hair, it was long and shiny like the girls in the magazines or on television. Thanks to Madam C J Walker my hair looked beautiful and straight. Although many African American women have reasons for straightening their hair, my reason is that I just find it easier …show more content…
He wrote the essay called, “In the kitchen”. In the script, he talked about growing up watching his mother doing hair in the kitchen. In this case The “kitchen” doesn’t refer to an actual kitchen where someone would cook food. It refers to area on the back of the head where our necks meet the shirt collar “As gates goes on to say, “no one nor thing can straighten the kitchen”. Meaning the kinks on the back on my neck will always be there so there is no point trying to straighten it. Then he begins to describe the political significance to hair, gates attitude towards the kitchen is negative because he doesn’t agree the politics of it. People in general consider straight hair good hair. He believes the process “In which a man tries to straighten his hair is pointless as it will not fix his hair the” kitchen”. You can control everything and your hair was put on your head to remind you of …show more content…
I make my own hair choices for reasons beyond conformity, such as convenience or to simply “fit in”. Whatever a black woman or myself decides to with our hair is a controversial statement because it shows that I comfortable and confident in her skin. After reading this essay here are a few questions we you might want to ask yourself. Who are we? What makes us authentic “black people”? And what is our standard of beauty? Our standard of beauty the what we make of it. It makes me disappointed when I hear black women and girls on social media obsess over the idea of having or wanting “good hair”. This makes me upset because the term there is no such thing as good or bad hair. African American women and women in general should be coming together and lifting each other up, instead we’re putting each other down. When will they realize that there is no such thing as “Good or Bad Hair.”? The notation about good and bad hair will always remain as long as people continue to obsess over