Kurlees, do you watch The Talk? After this story, I am guessing that many of you will boycott the show. In an encore presentation of The Talk on August 30, a CBS talk show, host Sheryl Underwood, had a few choice words about natural hair.
During a discussion on the show, it was noted that supermodel Heidi Klum, saved her biracial child's hair after a haircut. The child that Heidi Klum had with ex-husband Seal, had a huge afro before the hair cut. Sheryl disgusted by this revelation, went on to say, "Why would you save Afro hair?"to add insult to injury, she proceeded with no one goes to a hair shop to ask for that "curly, nappy, beaded" hair.
Co-host of the Talk, Sarah Gilbert, added to the discussion that she too saved her children's hair which Underwood responded to with "probably some beautiful, long, silky stuff" implying that Gilbert's child's hair texture is better than that of an afro hair texture.
Well coming home....I almost hit the floor....
I understand that Underwood is a comedian and sometimes makes remarks for amusement. Whether the statements were for a few laughs here and there, I do not know. What I do not agree with is her comparison of hair textures and that one texture is better than the other. Not to mention that she is degrading the very texture that she was blessed with. That's like a dark skin woman saying, I hate my skin because lighter skin woman are so much more attractive. Oh wait! Many of us still think this way, that we resort to skin lightening treatments. In a perfect world, there would be no standards of what is considered beautiful but for now we can all agree on one thing:
When it comes to natural hair, Sheryl Underwood needs to put a lid on it. #ifyoudonthaveanythingnicetosaydontsayitatall
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Well, I don't watch the Talk to begin with so boycotting won't be a problem for me.
ReplyDeleteAWWWWW THAT'S SAD. POOR SHERYL.
DeleteI think its horrible for her to act like one hair texture is better then the other.This is why people are the way they are nowadays because if we are not happy with whatsup we were blessed with then why should they be.Sad....I am 23 and natural and to see this it upsets me and now I wont watch or listen or anything to do with her.I don't want to hear about someone who is willing to degrade someone or something because your not happy with yourself.
ReplyDeleteI think it is self hatred
ReplyDeleteIgnorant
ReplyDeleteIt's just one opinion of many, let's not let others define us. I see many "jokes" about naturals on other social media sites as well! But, hey, I love/embrace my natural hair... Knowing that everyone doesn't, and I'm ok with that.
ReplyDelete#blackpowerpowerisforblackwomen when Underwood slams black afro hair as ugly. When black mothers like her wear weaves and teach their daughters to hate their god given hair. Sad sad sad.
ReplyDeleteWell I'm speechless I didn't think at that age and in these times people were still this ignorant.
ReplyDeleteI would have to say that Miss Underwood does not like herself too much and it is obvious by the way she does talk about"our"hair. Perhaps she was teased & ridiculed as a child and she's never gotten over it
ReplyDeleteThis is the same thing that happens when natural ladies talk about are look side ways a women who still get relaxers or women who are natural and. Choose to get blow outs. We ALL have opinions, I guess.
ReplyDeleteSome African American with Afro have due to losing there hair to breast cancer , So I don't care what she says I love my natural. May she need to wipe some of that ugly off her face and see the beauty in Natural hair, I want be watching the show any more or listening to her on Steve Harvey.
ReplyDeleteI don't watch this show that much anyway. Whenever I've attempted to watch it she' always acting like a minstrel in my opinion, and I change the channel.
ReplyDeleteSheryl is ignorant of her true hair self,she really made some very stupid comments. She is not that funny anyway.
ReplyDeleteSheryl is ignorant of her true hair self. She made some really stupid and inappropriate comments. OAN.... She is not that funny anyway!
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