The Crown Act: The history of hair
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Title
The Crown Act: The history of hair
Subject
Black, Natural Hair, Discrimination, Style
Description
The YouTube video discusses what the CROWN act is and the beginning of hair discrimination within the United States.
Creator
WBNS 10TV
Source
https://youtu.be/vQmSqOIV0PM
Publisher
WBNS 10TV
Date
November 19, 2021
Format
Video
Language
English
Type
Video
Coverage
United States History
Moving Image Item Type Metadata
Transcription
0:00
welcome back earlier this morning on
0:02
wake up c-bus we told you about the
0:04
crown act it's legislation aimed at
0:06
preventing race-based hair
0:07
discrimination so the act was
0:09
reintroduced this summer and lawmakers
0:11
are now working to get more support
0:13
behind it but we wanted to really take a
0:15
closer look at the root of hair-based
0:18
discrimination krista frost spoke with a
0:20
historian to find out how we got here
0:23
krista
0:24
good morning so the professor that i
0:25
spoke with is a women and gender studies
0:27
professor at ohio state university she
0:29
told me that this discussion about
0:31
ethnic care started hundreds of years
0:33
ago in america it took off around the
0:35
time of slavery
0:37
how does one protect one's hair under
0:40
the grueling conditions of enslavement
0:43
so you have people who wear head scarves
0:45
you have people who figure out patterns
0:47
that they would do to keep their hair
0:49
protected doing what they had to do to
0:52
protect their natural hair but it became
0:54
more than that for people of african
0:55
descent hair became this place of saying
0:58
how do i care for myself in the system
1:01
that does not care about me treva
1:03
lindsey a women and gender study
1:05
professor at ohio state university says
1:07
looking at the late 1800s more people of
1:10
color entered the working world with
1:13
that they felt pressured to conform to
1:15
the mainstream hairstyles worn by white
1:17
women put some grease you protect you
1:19
hold your ear down
1:21
when you're getting your hair pressed
1:23
but to get that finished look is what it
1:25
was considered polished looked something
1:27
that seemed respectable creating an
1:30
opportunity for black women like madame
1:32
cj walker who capitalized off the hot
1:35
comb throughout the 20th century
1:37
thousands of manufacturers local and
1:40
some that even had national distribution
1:42
companies like
1:44
johnson johnson procter and gamble these
1:47
major conglomerates saw the value and
1:49
how much money
1:51
was being made in black hair industries
1:53
and started buying pieces up in the 60s
1:56
and 70s the black power movement pushed
1:59
natural hair into the spotlight for the
2:01
first time the second movement started
2:03
around 2010 with natural hair products
2:06
like shea moisture miele organics and
2:08
miss jessie's hitting the shelves
2:10
nationally on a local level
2:12
manufacturers like columbus
2:14
dermatologist dr sherry hicks graham
2:16
began to create healthy products for
2:18
natural hair like hers to thrive i have
2:21
seen over the years all the brands that
2:22
have come out and really there's there
2:25
is something personal that i think
2:27
really is is a connection that we all
2:29
have to our hair especially as a black
2:31
woman hicks graham created livso in 2017
2:34
to help bridge the gap between the needs
2:36
of people of all races skin tones and
2:39
types i had a lot of patients who
2:42
suffered with dry itchy scalp but also
2:45
who had textured hair hair like mine
2:47
that was perhaps a little bit curlier
2:50
more dry at times and a lot of the
2:52
shampoos that we would prescribe for the
2:55
issues of dry scalp
2:57
often would dry out hair like mine curly
3:01
hair that's thick a product professor
3:03
lindsey says could help put considerable
3:05
traction behind the second and strongest
3:08
natural hair movement to date and why
3:10
she thinks the crown act is necessary we
3:12
want people to say i come into this
3:14
professionally because of my work
3:17
my hair can be professional because i'm
3:18
a professional that's it
3:20
right that that's where we're heading
3:22
and i think there's
3:23
really good movement towards that right
3:25
now
3:28
so professor lindsay says part of the
3:30
reason that the second movement toward
3:32
ending hair discrimination is so strong
3:33
right now it's because of social media
3:35
so we actually looked up a few different
3:36
hashtags natural hair being one of them
3:38
and you can see all these different
3:39
posts that come up from twitter about
3:41
these different natural hairstyles that
3:43
you can see also giving some suggestions
3:45
on the best way to take care of your
3:46
natural hair so coming up we're talking
3:49
with three prominent local black women
3:51
about the crown act and their hair
3:52
journey
welcome back earlier this morning on
0:02
wake up c-bus we told you about the
0:04
crown act it's legislation aimed at
0:06
preventing race-based hair
0:07
discrimination so the act was
0:09
reintroduced this summer and lawmakers
0:11
are now working to get more support
0:13
behind it but we wanted to really take a
0:15
closer look at the root of hair-based
0:18
discrimination krista frost spoke with a
0:20
historian to find out how we got here
0:23
krista
0:24
good morning so the professor that i
0:25
spoke with is a women and gender studies
0:27
professor at ohio state university she
0:29
told me that this discussion about
0:31
ethnic care started hundreds of years
0:33
ago in america it took off around the
0:35
time of slavery
0:37
how does one protect one's hair under
0:40
the grueling conditions of enslavement
0:43
so you have people who wear head scarves
0:45
you have people who figure out patterns
0:47
that they would do to keep their hair
0:49
protected doing what they had to do to
0:52
protect their natural hair but it became
0:54
more than that for people of african
0:55
descent hair became this place of saying
0:58
how do i care for myself in the system
1:01
that does not care about me treva
1:03
lindsey a women and gender study
1:05
professor at ohio state university says
1:07
looking at the late 1800s more people of
1:10
color entered the working world with
1:13
that they felt pressured to conform to
1:15
the mainstream hairstyles worn by white
1:17
women put some grease you protect you
1:19
hold your ear down
1:21
when you're getting your hair pressed
1:23
but to get that finished look is what it
1:25
was considered polished looked something
1:27
that seemed respectable creating an
1:30
opportunity for black women like madame
1:32
cj walker who capitalized off the hot
1:35
comb throughout the 20th century
1:37
thousands of manufacturers local and
1:40
some that even had national distribution
1:42
companies like
1:44
johnson johnson procter and gamble these
1:47
major conglomerates saw the value and
1:49
how much money
1:51
was being made in black hair industries
1:53
and started buying pieces up in the 60s
1:56
and 70s the black power movement pushed
1:59
natural hair into the spotlight for the
2:01
first time the second movement started
2:03
around 2010 with natural hair products
2:06
like shea moisture miele organics and
2:08
miss jessie's hitting the shelves
2:10
nationally on a local level
2:12
manufacturers like columbus
2:14
dermatologist dr sherry hicks graham
2:16
began to create healthy products for
2:18
natural hair like hers to thrive i have
2:21
seen over the years all the brands that
2:22
have come out and really there's there
2:25
is something personal that i think
2:27
really is is a connection that we all
2:29
have to our hair especially as a black
2:31
woman hicks graham created livso in 2017
2:34
to help bridge the gap between the needs
2:36
of people of all races skin tones and
2:39
types i had a lot of patients who
2:42
suffered with dry itchy scalp but also
2:45
who had textured hair hair like mine
2:47
that was perhaps a little bit curlier
2:50
more dry at times and a lot of the
2:52
shampoos that we would prescribe for the
2:55
issues of dry scalp
2:57
often would dry out hair like mine curly
3:01
hair that's thick a product professor
3:03
lindsey says could help put considerable
3:05
traction behind the second and strongest
3:08
natural hair movement to date and why
3:10
she thinks the crown act is necessary we
3:12
want people to say i come into this
3:14
professionally because of my work
3:17
my hair can be professional because i'm
3:18
a professional that's it
3:20
right that that's where we're heading
3:22
and i think there's
3:23
really good movement towards that right
3:25
now
3:28
so professor lindsay says part of the
3:30
reason that the second movement toward
3:32
ending hair discrimination is so strong
3:33
right now it's because of social media
3:35
so we actually looked up a few different
3:36
hashtags natural hair being one of them
3:38
and you can see all these different
3:39
posts that come up from twitter about
3:41
these different natural hairstyles that
3:43
you can see also giving some suggestions
3:45
on the best way to take care of your
3:46
natural hair so coming up we're talking
3:49
with three prominent local black women
3:51
about the crown act and their hair
3:52
journey
Original Format
YouTube Video
Duration
3:53
Producer
WBNS 10TV
Citation
WBNS 10TV, “The Crown Act: The history of hair,” Collective Identity , accessed November 24, 2024, https://collectiveidentityspring23.leadr.site/items/show/253.