The All American Haircut Indeed

This might be very obvious to most...

I'm always skeptical of makeover shows, especially when Black women get makeovers. The usual formula is to straighten and lengthen hair and brighten dark tones. So looking at Oprah's recent show on the All American Haircut today, I was hurt to see that every sista with a natural had it permed, straightened, or weaved up. For example:


Oprah... OpRAH... OPRAH!!!

Are we seeing the same shit here? And to top it all off the commentary about her "haircut" was that she looked younger. (I think that's the makeup honey.)

The interesting element here is the naming of the show "The All Americanhair Cut." What kind of standards of beauty here are "All American?" In terms of the terminology one would think that the all american hair cut has something to do with actually cutting hair. For Black women contestants, most had extensions PUT ON. All American standards of beauty are of course to have long flowing hair and for Black women in the new millennium long flowing honey blonde.

(No offense to Sharlini, the sister on the cover of this box.)