That's an interesting reply. Just because a situation is f'ed up doesn't necessarily mean there's a clear evil entity responsible. To push it to that would be scapegoating.
We can find a source for this particular topic though: the long disgraceful history of racism that leads people to think that Indian hair (being straight like lots of European hair) is more beautiful than curly African hair.
There are so many problems, socially, economically, etc. with this situation; and I'm annoyed at anyone who describes the situation as something other than messed up. It's messed up that many black women think their natural hair isn't attractive enough; it's messed up that many black men think black women's natural hair isn't attractive enough; it's messed up that capitalists figure out how to continue promoting those views and profiting off of this; it's messed up that there's still enough economic inequity that black hairstylists work on tight margins and credit… and it's messed up that the jerks who wrote this article are brainwashed into thinking this sort of capitalism is the best economic system we could ever have. It's also messed up that they think it's reasonable to publish something that says effectively "X is the best we can have, except that it is horrible" without any sense of irony or other nuance.
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That's an interesting reply. Just because a situation is f'ed up doesn't necessarily mean there's a clear evil entity responsible. To push it to that would be scapegoating.
We can find a source for this particular topic though: the long disgraceful history of racism that leads people to think that Indian hair (being straight like lots of European hair) is more beautiful than curly African hair.
There are so many problems, socially, economically, etc. with this situation; and I'm annoyed at anyone who describes the situation as something other than messed up. It's messed up that many black women think their natural hair isn't attractive enough; it's messed up that many black men think black women's natural hair isn't attractive enough; it's messed up that capitalists figure out how to continue promoting those views and profiting off of this; it's messed up that there's still enough economic inequity that black hairstylists work on tight margins and credit… and it's messed up that the jerks who wrote this article are brainwashed into thinking this sort of capitalism is the best economic system we could ever have. It's also messed up that they think it's reasonable to publish something that says effectively "X is the best we can have, except that it is horrible" without any sense of irony or other nuance.