The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for August 08, 2014
August 07, 2014
August 09, 2014
Transcript:
Thomas: Listen, Huey, you have to understand how sensitive Jazmine is about her hair. She sees her mother's hair and she doesn't understand why her hair doesn't look the same way. My wife doesn't have a clue what to do with it and neither do I. Meanwhile, we've tried everything to straighten it. Every hair-relaxer ever made. Nothing works... Huey: Have you ever tried emphasizing the natural beauty of her African features? Thomas: ...Or how about lye? You know, burn her hair straight, like the old days. That might work...
batmanwithprep over 9 years ago
Lye? People actually went that far? I remember as a kid seeing my grandmother using a hot comb and thinking how dangerous that looked. Long term that couldn’t be good for somebody. That was years ago though, I don’t think she does anymore.
Ghille over 9 years ago
They still go that “one step beyond!” Check this out on You Tube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdVuSvZOqXM
IQTech61 over 9 years ago
Women with straight hair are burning their scalps to get curls.Women with curls are burning their scalps to get straight hair.
All of it goes back to the beauty industry whose profits rest on women never being happy with how they look.
Nortley over 9 years ago
McGruder has apparently read The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
krys723 over 9 years ago
And to think that actually happened during the “Breaking Granddad” episode of The Boondocks…I like it better in its little puffballs.