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A Celebration of Natural Hair @TED #ted #shorts

Cheyenne Cochrane is an ambassador for the natural hair movement. Watch her full TED Talk:

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Cheyenne Cochrane is an ambassador for the natural hair movement. Watch her full TED Talk:

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  1. Kelin Landry

    April 14, 2023 at 12:08 pm

    Beautiful

  2. Samsel

    April 14, 2023 at 12:13 pm

    This is a problem?
    I’m not aware of anyone shaming or opposing their natural hair. My girl has a weave because, according to her, it’s easier to maintain, not because anyone else cares what she does with her hair. And she told me that most “black” women’s braids are not their natural hair.
    As a “white” man, I can’t even tell the difference until I run my fingers through her hair. She laughed at me for thinking her hair was her natural hair. I thought she probably just put a lot of time into it.
    What is this woman talking about?

    • DeTAYL

      April 14, 2023 at 12:49 pm

      This is definitely a real thing. Many young black children, beginning at a very young age (through toys, dolls and books modeled after characters with straight long hair) associate straight hair as “good” hair. And their own “curly” “kinky” hair as bad.

  3. Papa Bilby

    April 14, 2023 at 12:13 pm

    Could it be that these women just doing different things with their hair. My wife’s hair is a different color and length every few months. Her nails change, she has several different pairs of contacts, her makeup is different from time to time. Stop framing everything as insecurities about someone’s skin color or race. It’s getting really old.

    • keenarnia

      April 14, 2023 at 2:45 pm

      But then how could they win the victim Olympics?!

    • lem

      April 14, 2023 at 3:53 pm

      i think the part your perspective leaves out is cultural context. there is significant meaning in wearing one’s natural hair for black women, because there have been decades upon decades of discrimination against them, especially in primarily white workplaces, for wearing the hair that grows out of their scalp, without being straightening mechanically or chemically.

      the violence and shaming imparted against black people (just for wearing their hair long, untreated, and uncovered), has resulted in massive grief and shame for many.

      for many black women, to wear one’s natural hair is to stand firmly in one’s own power and to feel confident in one’s self.

      it may not be meaningful to you, but it is meaningful to this community.

    • Papa Bilby

      April 14, 2023 at 4:08 pm

      @lem I would be curious how often someone is told to straighten their hair in a workplace. Obviously most places will want you to be groomed to some extent but as far as telling someone they must straighten their hair because of their skin color, I’m highly doubting that happens. Especially today. That’s an HR nightmare and a lawsuit waiting to happen. You should wear your hair the way you like it. And I think most do. Claiming women are straightening their hair and coloring it because of historical racism is a stretch. It has to get tiresome if your a black person constantly being told everything and everyone is racist and your whole life is a product of some very ignorant people more than 60 years ago.

  4. Makl

    April 14, 2023 at 12:26 pm

    Woke alert 🤡

  5. Johnny Axel

    April 14, 2023 at 12:37 pm

    As beautiful as she looks, would be nice to have a true sister up there. My 4C type sisters I mean.

    • 9snaga

      April 14, 2023 at 12:57 pm

      Agreed

    • Kimberly F

      April 14, 2023 at 1:17 pm

      Excuse my ignorance, but what is a 4C type woman -?

    • Dimaz

      April 14, 2023 at 3:19 pm

      @Kimberly F it’s a hair type, so 4C is one of the curly types where each hair strand is tightly coiled and delicate

    • Kimberly F

      April 14, 2023 at 5:26 pm

      @Dimaz Thank you for telling me. I appreciate you ❤️

  6. R Ramos

    April 14, 2023 at 12:40 pm

    All natural hair is beautiful!

  7. Official

    April 14, 2023 at 1:00 pm

    🎉 Is this the main problem now? A lot of Americans need a good salary and good health insurance, but instead the US sponsors the killing of people in Ukraine. It’s time to stop Biden from stealing money from the Ukraine crisis.

  8. wzup77ify

    April 14, 2023 at 1:09 pm

    I swear I didn’t notice her hair I was too focused on her bottom

  9. net gnostic

    April 14, 2023 at 1:16 pm

    I’ve been hoping this would happen.

  10. Thato Mofolo

    April 14, 2023 at 1:17 pm

    I love my natural hair 💇‍♀️💇‍♀️💇‍♀️😊❣️💫

  11. The Mean Arena

    April 14, 2023 at 1:29 pm

    But what if one doesn’t like the natural look? Doesn’t mean that they’re trying to hide the natural look because they’ve been taught isn’t beautiful. It just means they don’t like it and want a look for themselves that they like. Stop trying to take away people’s individuality or trying to teach them they’ve somehow been taught something wrong.

    • Nocti Lucent

      April 14, 2023 at 2:44 pm

      some people may feel like this but if we talk in general, it’s really empowering to see the natural looks since many places want people to look in a certain way, at some point it discourages people to love their own natural look.

    • Hen Anderson

      April 15, 2023 at 5:50 pm

      I agree, enjoy wearing how God created you to be

  12. Jay

    April 14, 2023 at 1:50 pm

    Bruh 🤦🏾‍♂️

  13. I am THIS I am

    April 14, 2023 at 2:05 pm

    As a man, I do appreciate natural hair and healthy practices. But I don’t appreciate the need for a stage to proclaim it. I am beginning to believe females do nothing and can do nothing alone without announcing it socially.

  14. Rainman

    April 14, 2023 at 2:40 pm

    Just do what ever you feel like, nobody cares.

    • Virginia Neibel

      April 15, 2023 at 9:23 am

      Yay 😅, Hi Reinis how are you doing this weekend with your family & friends?

    • Naod Amdetsyon

      April 17, 2023 at 5:40 am

      This straight up isn’t true

    • Virginia Neibel

      April 17, 2023 at 5:44 am

      @Naod Amdetsyon Yay 😅, Hi Naod how are you doing and how was your weekend with your family’s?

  15. ThePeopleVerse

    April 14, 2023 at 3:33 pm

    I have always felt that black women hated their hair.
    And I personally have always hated all the fake crap. Like yhe fake long braids and wigs with obviously non “black poeple” type hair.
    Then I hear the men complain (jokingly) about NEVER being able to touch the hair and never being able to go for a dip in the pool (spontaneously)….. what a way to live.

  16. angryhairpeice

    April 14, 2023 at 3:43 pm

    How much did that “natural” look cost you?

  17. Rissa Biagi

    April 14, 2023 at 4:18 pm

    I am often SO jealous of beautiful black girl hair!! I remember younger me thinking it was like magic because it could be styled in so many gorgeous and fun ways—the afro remains my absolute fave and the bigger the better 😍😍😍

  18. Daniel Krcmar

    April 14, 2023 at 4:26 pm

    Except braids and locks are not natural by definition…

    • Virginia Neibel

      April 15, 2023 at 9:23 am

      Yay 😅, Hi Daniel how are you doing this weekend with your family & friends?

    • Zee

      April 17, 2023 at 5:43 pm

      They literally are.

  19. Alanman88

    April 14, 2023 at 5:22 pm

    Sounds like cultural appropriation to me.

    • Virginia Neibel

      April 15, 2023 at 9:23 am

      Yay 😅, Hi Alan how are you doing this weekend with your family & friends?

  20. KetoGenesis

    April 14, 2023 at 5:43 pm

    “Experience fillings”

    • Virginia Neibel

      April 15, 2023 at 9:22 am

      Yay 😅, Hi Ket how are you doing this weekend with your family & friends?

  21. TheHigherFury

    April 14, 2023 at 6:33 pm

    I mean I’m all for natural hair, reducing negative imagery, and letting people do whatever they want with their hair..

    But did you just imply that braids and locks are natural? Does black hair braid itself without my knowledge or am I misunderstanding what that is?

    • Virginia Neibel

      April 15, 2023 at 9:25 am

      Yay 😅, Hi fury how are you doing this weekend with your family & friends?

  22. Jules Skodzinski

    April 14, 2023 at 7:41 pm

    Hair as empowerment?

    • Kelsey Burress

      April 15, 2023 at 3:47 pm

      Correct, what’s confusing?

  23. Oluwadamilare Bakare

    April 15, 2023 at 5:04 am

    Is this woman on her natural hair?

  24. Dickard

    April 15, 2023 at 5:33 am

    Isnt the only acceptable racism these days towards gingers? 😂

    • Virginia Neibel

      April 15, 2023 at 9:26 am

      Yay 😅, Hi Dickard how are you doing this weekend with your family & friends?

    • SlavaCSJBSB

      April 16, 2023 at 10:46 pm

      @Virginia Neibel, yay! Ginger, how you doing this weekend with all your friends and family?

      No, this is better: Hey, Ginny, I know you must be lonely, but getting your kicks out of being socially inappropriate with strangers is not the answer.

  25. Bike Channel

    April 15, 2023 at 11:02 am

    Wow, this is a Ted talk. Insanity.

  26. Ronald Williams

    April 15, 2023 at 11:05 am

    💯%

  27. T Tall

    April 15, 2023 at 11:25 am

    What the heck is it with blacks and hair? Everyone has it ! I’m remember the girls at my high school would wear afros, and it was great !!

  28. Be uKneeQ

    April 15, 2023 at 12:59 pm

    Hot take…you can embrace your true self without getting me to accept it…your message is weak

  29. Justin Holmes-Smith

    April 15, 2023 at 1:38 pm

    This is so true! That said, being professional isn’t about you, it’s being part of a team. Since the company is the priority, you would dress in whatever way which enhances the performance of your teammates. For an extreme example, wearing just a thong the work would be distracting to others. On a micro level, minimizing your hair might be less distracting to your coworkers. A more successful and happy life is selfless one.

    • SlavaCSJBSB

      April 16, 2023 at 10:39 pm

      Bull.

  30. Piano Guy

    April 15, 2023 at 1:52 pm

    My hair sucks

    • Piano Guy

      April 15, 2023 at 1:52 pm

      I agree with what she said

  31. GenericUser1

    April 15, 2023 at 2:32 pm

    Lol never have I ever thought that a black chicks hair wasn’t beautiful lmao what is she talking about

  32. Normal Human

    April 16, 2023 at 4:05 am

    A lot of work, today is my daughters hair day :-).

  33. pesky ninja

    April 16, 2023 at 6:24 pm

    Have hair or don’t

  34. Sujal Kubde

    April 17, 2023 at 2:13 am

    She is brown, not black?

  35. Naod Amdetsyon

    April 17, 2023 at 5:40 am

    Is this really worthy of a Ted talk

    • JL F

      April 17, 2023 at 3:50 pm

      Because Black women and men are still discriminated against because of their hair. This is why states have had to pass the C.R.O.W.N Act

    • Zee

      April 17, 2023 at 5:29 pm

      Yes.

  36. 98Johnna

    April 17, 2023 at 12:55 pm

    Yesssss!! This!!🖤🖤🖤

  37. Zee

    April 17, 2023 at 5:43 pm

    Lovely

  38. DIEU

    April 17, 2023 at 7:08 pm

    ICI DIEU LE LOBE GAUCHE DE TED.

  39. Quintus

    April 18, 2023 at 4:14 pm

    Who cares?

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