Good & Bad Hair
What is the name of the Spike Lee Film that addresses the issue of Good vs. Bad Hair?
School Daze
What hair type is traditionally described as a "Z" pattern?
4C Hair
What is the name of the process in which Black women cut or "chop" of their hair?
The Big Chop
What is the name for the tactic that people of color use in order to be seen as more professional ?
Respectability politics
In American society, what has traditionally been the standard of beauty?
Whiteness
-- Slim bodies
-- Straight Blonde Hair
-- Long flowy tresses
Who is the creator of the infamous film called "Good Hair"?
Chris Rock
What is unique about type 4 hair?
Very tightly coiled
Most fragile (most susceptible to dryness and breakage)
Most shrinkage (fewer cuticle layers)
What was the name for a perm that many of the southern Black women used in the film "Good Hair"?
Creamy Crack
Chimamanda said, "If Michelle Obama had natural hair; Barack Obama wouldn't have won."
Around what decade of the 1900's did Black men and women begin to embrace their hair?
What movement took place during this time?
The 1970's was home to the Black Power Movement inspired by the Black Panther Party.
In the film "School Daze" what were the two derogatory epithets used in the Good & Bad Hair musical scene?
Please specify which hair archetype each epithet was assigned to.
Jiggaboos --> Kinky, type 4 natural hair
Wannabees --> Straightened or permed hair
What are some of the main concerns of having type 4 Hair?
Top concerns: -maintaining moisture, defining curls, avoiding tangles, counteracting shrinkage
What is the new term for the natural hairstyle that we used to call "dreads"?
Locs
What is the name of the stylist who created the hairstyles for Black Panther?
Camille Friend
Good hair is healthy hair that you are able to maintain and manage.
What is...
In White spaces or predominantly white spaces.
If you want waves, you have to first know if you have 1 of 3 hair textures. What are those 3 hair textures ?
Straight, Medium, Coarse
What types of products can people with type 3 hair use to create an wash 'n go look on their hair?
Gels and Custards/Creams
What is the purpose of the CROWN ACT?
To legally end/stop hair discrimination.
What are some ways, according to Shea Moisture, that we can attempt to challenge the beauty standard ?
Through #BreaktheWalls, which was their campaign to integrate the "ethnic" isle on stores with the isle deemed to be "beauty"
What are some of the limitations placed on Black people for wearing their natural hair ?
Please use one of the examples we heard of in class.
Financial: People lose their jobs or have been barred from getting one just b.c. of their hair.
Educational: Students have been barred from being able to graduate
Professional: The woman who was found "guilty" for wearing her locs in the Army
What type of Alopecia did Congresswoman Ayanna Presley have?
Alopecia Totalis (Total Head Baldness)
What is the process for creating Waves ?
1. Pick out the hair
2. Shampoo + Condition the hair and rinse
3. Add more shampoo+ Brush the waves w. shampoo in hair (must be lathered)
4. Place durag on & brush into wave pattern
5. Rinse out shampoo with durag on
In the clip with Tevor Noah, What did the Click's pharmacy franchise advertise about Black 4C hair vs. White Blonde hair?
The Black 4C hair was called:
-Dry, Dull and damage
The White hair was called:
-Fine, normal and flat
According to India, what types of media are beauty standards now influenced by ?
Why does she think this ?
Social Media and Television because that's what we see and consume the most nowadays.