4 Black Hair Myths Debunked | Decoded | MTV

If there’s still one thing that America doesn’t seem to understand it’s black hair. Whether it’s locks, cornrows, or braids, black hairstyles have long been stigmatized and misunderstood. People have even lost their jobs and get kicked out of school for these perfectly natural hair styles. So what’s everyone getting wrong? Let Franchesca break it down for you.

Hosted by: Franchesca "Chescaleigh" Ramsey
Directed by: Andrew Kornhaber
GFX By: Matthew Rainkin & Sarah Van Hoove
Editing By: Linda Huang


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[Talldoll]

Let's also be clear for everyone. Just because a woman's hair is not long doesnt mean she isnt taking care of it.

[firelioness]

Back in the late 1980s a woman sued a major hotel chain for firing her over her natural hair style she won her case..

[crow]

I am a white person and I personally LOVE when black women and men take pride and have their natural hair. Black hair is some of the most beautiful hair. I LOVE THEIR HAIR.


But I don’t run around touching every black lady or men’s hair because I know I’m not a scalp massager and they don’t want one lol

[charlie]

"It's mine it's real and you can't touch it" period

[ciaras]

People used to always ask me if I was mixed and I’d always say yep. With black and black😂

[iamimana]

the question i HATE the most:

*_iS tHaT yOuR rEaL hAiR?_*

[FallnAngel]

It's mine. It's real and you can't touch it. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 All of that.

[mzkayla]

Lmao seeing all these ignorant people get mad because she spoke up about something majority black women, including me, have to go through or constantly explain, because of common misconceptions. And then act like they know more about my hair than i do. Bye. She couldn't have worded it better. Props to her 👍🏽

[adfmo]

I actually had a (White) woman ask me if I wash my daughter’s hair (which is ALWAYS cute and well kempt) 😑.... I repeated the question to make sure I heard it correctly AND ALSO so she could hear how dumb her question was... when she preceded to repeat her question and then try and elaborate I realized that would actually have to say “yes, I wash my daughter’s hair.”... I understand that I live in an area that isn’t particularly ethnically diverse so I don’t expect that she’d know the ins and outs of black culture but it is pretty liberal here so I suppose I wasn’t expecting that level of ignorance. However to ask if I wash my daughter’s hair—— not HOW I wash it (which wouldn’t made much more sense) but IF I wash it... 🤨🤯

[jacobschimp]

I can see it people may get mad at her for other videos (not really) but this video literally was speaking facts that all other black people say. She even used the science about black hair. So for those over 500 dislikes already, you either dislike black people hair, or assumed that this lady was gonna “come for you.” Anyways, why would you even be here unless you are trying to learn about black hair

[jasminebrown]

How can Natural hair be unprofessional, smh I swear racist/ prejudice make up anything. esp. w\hen its nice & neat. you said everything perfectly thanks.

[Houchurchill]

Tbh if anything black hair is more professional like some white ppl wake up and just walk out the door with out even brushing there hair unkept who? Plus braids, twists, or other styles are a very organized process.🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️Idk why ppl say it’s “unkept” or “messy”

[丹-hj]

I’m from Russia and I obviously never came across this topic until I started following black female artists who often bring up the stuff about lace fronts and just wigs in general. I really had no idea about black women wearing different types of wigs on daily basis. Then things started to change, and I began getting more curious about black people’s hair, how it works, why do black people need to protect their hair, etc. I never had any of these myths in my head though, just was interested in such a deep topic. I didn’t want to seem ignorant or even racist by asking random black people online, although my goal was only to educate myself on this topic. I’m so happy I found this video! Now I have all the questions I had answered and explained brilliantly. Thank you so much for your effort.

Someone send this to Onmison or whatever the hell his name is

[ayancaligacal]

ok, so I’m Somali (which is East African) and I have 3a/2c/3b hair. People like to say I’m mixed and it’s extremely frustrating. They also like to refuse me being natural. It’s great 🙄

[BlackRose-pxiw]

But really, that Francesca has to explain all of this in this day and age. I admire her patience - even when paid for it.

[keishav]

2:03 Okay! And Don't think it's short because we got mad shrinkage.

[kirbypopstar]

sza has beautiful hair why doesn’t anyone talk about it she’s frickin gorgeous 😢

[GypsyLove]

White people's curly hair is different from Black people's curly hair so for all these comments with "I'm White and I got curly hair" good for you but I believe the video was referring to Black people's hair. Our curls stretch sometimes 6 inches long your curls stay the same length if you straighten White people's curly hair, your straight hair is the same length as your curly hair.

[willcoleman]

Completely agree with everything except if a white person wants to rock a “traditionally black” hairstyle cause they like it then they can. The problem that should be tackled is how in those cases they’re being praised and when black people wear it they’re considered “ratchet” or “ghetto”. We should be fighting those stigmatizations alone rather than trying to control how people wanna style their hair.