re: #8 Charles Johnson

In Joy’s case some of it does have to do with the whole thing of black women and natural hair vs all the styling and straightening that happens to make the look more “normal”, in other words white. Braids and natural hair are sometimes even excluded from “proper dress codes” in schools. So I get that, but going to a stylist every day is not feasible for most women. Hell, weekly is a lot. We’ve had a few cases here in GA where parents were told their kid can’t come back to school unless they lose the braids or get that wild ass curly stuff under control because it’s “distracting”. So perhaps a bit of that is trying to normalize what women like vs what’s expected.

Ari on the other hand, I have no idea who told him this was enhancing his show. Nope.