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Celebs talk 'good hair' - The recent 3rd Degree episode about black hair reminded us of the Chris Rock documentary Good Hair which explored at length the business behind ethnic hair. Here some US and local celebs share their personal thoughts on black hair.
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Celebs talk 'good hair' - "The first time I got my hair relaxed I remember thinking "Oh now I'm pretty, now I'm beautiful." Tracie Thoms (Cold Case, Safe House) who prefers to wear her hair naturally.
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Celebs talk 'good hair' - "This whole side was burnt off, and that's how the asymmetrical look came in with Salt n Pepa." Cheryl James and Sandra Denton from rap group Salt n Pepa talk about a relaxer mishap that led to the rap group's iconic look.
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Celebs talk 'good hair' - "I'm totally fine with speaking about the fact that I wear a weave. The reason is because I feel so confident in my own personal hair." Raven-Symoné on her involvement with Chris Rock's Good Hair documentary.
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Celebs talk 'good hair' - "If your hair is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If it's nappy, they're not happy." Comedian Paul Mooney responds to Chris Rock's question "What is good hair?" in his 2009 documentary Good Hair.
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Celebs talk 'good hair' - "Weave sex is a little awkward. I guess, stay on top." Actress Nia Long goes there during her Good Hair interview with Chris Rock.
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Celebs talk 'good hair' - "Oh god. I was about seventy." Author and poet Maya Angelou, now 84, reveals to Chris Rock the first time she ever had her hair relaxed.
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Celebs talk 'good hair' - "We can't discover a cure for Aids but we know how to straighten black people's hair? I mean really!" SA poet Lebo Mashile on the 3rd Degree show entitled 'It's Just Hair Isn't It?'
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Celebs talk 'good hair' - "Trust me, if a woman ain't happy with herself, she's going to bring nothing but pain to every fucking body around her." Ice T in Good Hair.
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Celebs talk 'good hair' - "We all end up half bald-headed because productions refuse to hire people who're competent in black hair. Weaves not only give you diversity but protects your own hair. I have long, thick healthy hair because I wear weaves." - Gabrielle Union
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Celebs talk 'good hair' - "When the time's right I'm going to tell my daughters 'Don't drink, don't smoke and don't have babies 'til you're married. Now I gotta add 'If you do have a baby, make sure you don't giver her a kiddy perm". Chris Rock's advice to his young daughters
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Celebs talk 'good hair' - "The pressure to have so-called good hair, hair that a lot of black women say is smooth, silky, not kinky, not coarse, starts in childhood for a lot of Africa-American women. Tyra Banks on The Tyra Banks Show.
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