Viola Davis Says It’s Unfair To Judge A Mother By The Way Her Child’s Hair Looks
Reading Viola Davis’ interview reminded me of the heated debate that theJasmineBRAND.com readers were having about Beyonce’s daughters hair. Over the weekend, new photos of Blue Ivy (the daughter of Bey and Jay Z) hit. Immediately, online folk began criticizing and/or defending the child’s hair. Some took the side that because Beyonce’s hair is always ‘laid’, so should her child’s.
Others took the side that there is nothing improper about a child wearing their natural hair. Fast forward to the present day and in an interview with Essence Davis chats about a woman’s worth–especially when it comes to her hair. The 48-year-old Oscar nominated actress explained:
There’s not one woman in America who does not care about her hair. But we give it way too much value. We deprive ourselves of things, we use it to destroy each other, we’ll look at a child and judge a mother and her sense of motherhood by the way the child’s hair looks. I am not going to traumatize my child about her hair. I want her to love her hair.
She continued:
My image of myself {as a youth] was in the mouths of young White kids calling me…ugly…and then going home to a mother who did not fully embrace her own beauty.
The full interview can be found in the October issue of Essence.
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Truth!!! Another sad point about the Carter family Hair Attack is this is not just a little ol’ neighborhood/street criticizing them–it’s the WHOLE FREAKIN’ WIDE WORLD!!! Now that is what I would call extremely traumatizing to all involved. She [Blue] is an innocent in all of this. But, one day she is going to be able to read this and she will be hurt and possibly ashamed. I think she is a gorgeous baby–because, I repeat, she is HEALTHY, HAPPY, and ALIVE!! That is the MAIN goal of raising children–Not how fly she/he dresses or laid her/his hair. We, African-Americans, Africans, Jamaicans, Haitians, etc…, need to fall back and embrace each other and see the beauty of what God has given us. Do you Boo-Boo! Find a better cause to fight/debate than this nonsense.
“We, African-Americans, Africans, Jamaicans, Haitians, etc…, need to fall back and embrace each other and see the beauty of what God has given us.”
This has NOTHING to do about race & natural beauty. It so happens that these worldwide superstars are BLACK, so their baby is BLACK.
If it were Kate Middleton and Prince William, and they stepped out with their child’s hair all over the place everyday, the entire world would comment & critique.
This doesn’t have anything to do with being black and natural. I’m black and have natural hair.
It’s about looking presentable. PERIOD.
We naturally shouldn’t be wearing clothes, underwear, makeup or deodorant. Raise your hand if don’t do any of these things. Cause if you do, “you’re not natural.”
It has NOTHING to do with being BLACK.
…RUN A COMB THROUGH YOUR KID’S HEAD.
Since it seems WE are the ones doing all the critiquing that is who I am concentrating on. I really do not care what other ethnic groups are saying about each other. But in regards to this particular Hair Attack War, we do not know why they will not “run a comb” through her hair. She may be “tenderheaded”. She may have scalp issues that WE know nothing about since we are not her parents. As said before, I really do not care how the child looks other than the fact she looks loved, happy and healthy. That makes her a very beautiful child in my eyes.
You make great points. Thanks for sharing.
Sorry SNAPA, I agree with love. You can have natural hair and still take care of it. You gave a lot of excuses and that’s just what it is EXCUSES. If your baby is tender headed, you just comb it more gently. Bottom line is you just don’t like or think ppl should comment on the baby’s hair. But don’t give non common sense excuses because there is always something a person can do to take care of their appearance.
Yep. I don’t like when people commenting with so much nastiness over something unimportant. I recognize that Blue’s hair is growing with abandonment, but I don’t focus on it. I think when the time is right for HER parents to comb it, then it will be combed. So, I can wait. In the meantime, I am enjoying the shots of her always with one or both parents. Family-time is always a beautiful thing regardless of your appearance.
I think something is being forgotten in the midst of this debate. The word “presentable” hasn’t been defined as anything more than someone else’s perspective of what looks nice. Clearly Bey and Jay feel like their baby girl looks great and they love their baby’s natural coils. I don’t always love the mass I see on baby girl’s head, but I see it’s potential. There are some nice coils in there. At times they dress her up with a headband, and I’ve seen pix where her hair is styled. The one thing we know about the Carters is they do what THEY think is fashionable and interesting. They let the world catch up or go its separate way. Noone seems to mention that so I thought I should.
Well, lots of parents don’t believe in touching their children’s hair until they are a little bit older. I know many who just want their kids hair to grow and free form and do what it wants. There is nothing wrong with that. I know if somebody came up to me telling me what to do with the child I gave birth to, they would know exactly what to do with their advice.
Also, I don’t know why ppl are commenting on it anyway. We know dang well that Blue isn’t being neglected just because her little head isn’t combed so it really makes no difference.
Dont know about that one… your child is a representation of you…
Exactly so true…they are!
I don’t care what anyone says.If you bathe,put clean clothes on your child you should make sure that the hair is attended to as well.Little boys should have neat hair dos as well.Beyonce pays good money on her hair,namely kim Kimble.The problem with us is we just don’t like to be corrected.That’s why we’re so ignorant as society and illiterate.Why do people assume because they have money she’s well taken care of?They need to work on why she’s not happy and smiling like most little ones.That little girl looks mad most of the time.She’s got a whole life time to look so serious.
@ Kim….PREACH!!! You are so right. I noticed the same thing…that little girl NEVER smiles. I have not seen one pic where she was smiling. She is always serious….SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THAT. She is 1yrs old we should see some pics if not one that she is smiling.
We see a few pictures and she is not smiling and WE assume that something is wrong. She is a year old and everything she sees is new to her . When kids are watching everything around them they are not wearing smiles on there faces 24 7. THey are bascially trying to figure out what is going on around them. She of course has cameras in her face at all times. What other star kids have you sen smiling at the cameras? Come on people just because we don’t see it , or see them on a daily basis, does not mean that child is not smiling or happy. To tell you the truth WE really don’t need to know anything about them or their child, it’s not our business.
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I agree with everyone here you make some good points that child is never smiling like most kids and there is nothing wrong with moisturing, greasing that baby scalp combing and brushing into a afro puff just my opinon to each its own
Some people get money and just forget….
If Beyonce’s image did not call for long laid out hair she too would be wearing her natural hair which might i add has a lovely curl pattern to it. Blue’s curl pattern is so beautiful! Even after you ran a comb through it, it would still curl up the way it is now. I think her hair is absolutely adorable. What the fk is wrong with people? and not just any people, I’m embarrassed at the fact that BLACK people are criticizing her hair more than anything. Dont you stupid mthfkas know that not even your hair grows out of the scalp straight? You black ignorant bunnies have become so accustomed to trying to camouflage your african look into a more European look that you have forgotten what black peoples hair really looks like