Good Hair Page #3

So she's like Branch Rickey

and you're the Jackie Robinson.

That's ''The Jackie Robinson Story''

starring Jackie Robinson as himself.

It's big league all the way.

There are some white people

that are good at doing black hair.

But there are very few

that I've met.

There are very few.

So what happens is,

you walk in

and the first thing you say is,

''Do you have a pressing comb?

''Do you have a flat iron?''

And it's like, ''Oh, yeah!

''You know, we have everything.

''l can do whatever you need.''

And then the process starts.

The process starts,

and it's a little tragic.

If you don't

understand black hair,

you're afraid of it

if you see it in its natural state.

And you can't really see around it.

They don't understand

that it can change.

''Give me two days, baby.

''What you want?

Long, short, black, blue, green?

''Little fan on the side?

What hair do you look--

''Give me a picture, give me

two days, I got you.''

ls this your hair?

Yes. All mine.

- All your hair?

- All mine.

Shake it for me.

I mean, how does this happen?

What did you put in it?

If you went under the counter

in a black woman's bathroom,

she's got about thirty

or forty bottles of different things.

She's always constantly

trying out something,

trying to perfect

the solution, if you will.

The antidote.

The antidote. Yeah.

Relaxer.

The closest thing we have

to a nap antidote.

For all you white people out there

that don't know what it is,

you name a black woman,

any black woman,

no matter how famous

or infamous,

they've either

had their hair relaxed,

or they're having

their hair relaxed right now.

And a lot of black men, too.

If your hair's relaxed,

white people are relaxed.

If your hair is nappy,

they're not happy.

So what's

your definition of good hair?

Something that looks

relaxed and nice.

Yeah, relaxed and straight.

Wow, what do you have there?

ls that a bucket of relaxer?

No doubt, baby.

Relaxer.

Also known by its government name,

sodium hydroxide.

Relaxer's the chemical that will

take a black woman's hair from this...

and change it into this.

Wow.

Look at it.

My ring is still there.

My fingers all there.

I think I'm going to marry you.

In fact,

as far as hair products go,

relaxer's the cash cow

for the Bronner Brothers Hair Show.

It's how black women have been

getting their hair straight for decades.

Vigorol Liquid Hair Relaxer.

You're going to love your hair

like you've never loved it,

come rain or come shine.

The first time I got a relaxer,

I remember thinking,

''Wow, now I'm pretty.

''Now, I'm beautiful...

''or closer to it, at least.''

Dark and Lovely

Permanent Creme Relaxer.

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