John Oliver has taken aim at the opposition from white people and institutions toward black hair and hairstyles. “On the whole, white people don’t understand a lot about black hair,” he said. “Since professionalism gets defined by white standards and expectations, black hair is more likely to crash into those expectations,” Oliver said. There have been more bills to protect black hair yet they have repeatedly met with Republican opposition. “Black hair shouldn’t be viewed, corralled or judged by white people’s comfort because it doesn’t belong to white people, it doesn’t affect white people, white people really don’t need to have an opinion on it,” he said.

Source: The Guardian May 10, 2021 14:37 UTC