NBC News; Chris Rock's alopecia joke was racist

[GLASNOST]

Black men get shot and killed in Chicago at an alarming rate the nation hardly notices one black man slaps another black man over a dumb joke on an awards show and it's natiional news.

Hold on right there. De Niro made his "white-on-white" f-ck Trump statement and it too made national news. Stop perpetuating racism where it doesn't exist and stick to real racism instead.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

NBC News is racist

 

[theHawk]

When you thought wokeness had reached its limit of ridiculousness.

Opinion | Many Black women have been in Jada Pinkett Smith's shoes

However you feel about Will Smith's reaction to Rock's joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, it points to a larger issue that Black women are made to feel ashamed of their natural hair.

www.nbcnews.com

Shut up, that’s what you voted for.

 

[SweetSue92]

Maybe that's why so many of them end up with their hair falling out.

That's legit actually. The treatments they do on their hair like tight braiding etc can cause forms of alopecia

 

[GLASNOST]

Shut up, that’s what you voted for.

That's legit actually. The treatments they do on their hair like tight braiding etc can cause forms of alopecia

Hmmm, I'm sceptical. I can't think of many (any?) African women who suffer from that. I'm thinking it's chemicals to make their hair "white" ie. straight.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

Odd that black women spend half their EBT on getting their hair straightened.

Why would you just make up some shit like that? EBT is for purchasing food.

 

[SweetSue92]

Hmmm, I'm sceptical. I can't think of many (any?) African women who suffer from that. I'm thinking it's chemicals to make their hair "white" ie. straight.

From a Black dermatologist, a Johns Hopkins publication

Hair Loss in Black Women: Tips from an Expert

Dermatologist Crystal Aguh offers tips to help women protect their hair and recognize common warning signs of hair loss.

www.hopkinsmedicine.org

 

[surada]

When you thought wokeness had reached its limit of ridiculousness.

Opinion | Many Black women have been in Jada Pinkett Smith's shoes

However you feel about Will Smith's reaction to Rock's joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, it points to a larger issue that Black women are made to feel ashamed of their natural hair.

www.nbcnews.com

Ashamed of their hair? I've heard it all.

 

[surada]

Odd that black women spend half their EBT on getting their hair straightened.

You're a lunatic. EBT is for food only.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

Maybe it's just because it's classless to make fun of someone for a medical condition they have no control over.

Hair loss (alopecia) is typically related to one or more of the following factors:

• Family history (heredity). The most common cause of hair loss is a hereditary condition that happens with aging. This condition is called androgenic alopecia, male-pattern baldness and female-pattern baldness. It usually occurs gradually and in predictable patterns — a receding hairline and bald spots in men and thinning hair along the crown of the scalp in women.
• Hormonal changes and medical conditions. A variety of conditions can cause permanent or temporary hair loss, including hormonal changes due to pregnancy, childbirth, menopause and thyroid problems. Medical conditions include alopecia areata (al-o-PEE-she-uh ar-e-A-tuh), which is immune system related and causes patchy hair loss, scalp infections such as ringworm, and a hair-pulling disorder called trichotillomania (trik-o-til-o-MAY-nee-uh).
• Medications and supplements. Hair loss can be a side effect of certain drugs, such as those used for cancer, arthritis, depression, heart problems, gout and high blood pressure.
• Radiation therapy to the head. The hair may not grow back the same as it was before.
• A very stressful event. Many people experience a general thinning of hair several months after a physical or emotional shock. This type of hair loss is temporary.
• Hairstyles and treatments. Excessive hairstyling or hairstyles that pull your hair tight, such as pigtails or cornrows, can cause a type of hair loss called traction alopecia. Hot-oil hair treatments and permanents also can cause hair to fall out. If scarring occurs, hair loss could be permanent.
  https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hair-loss/symptoms-causes/syc-20372926|

 

[SweetSue92]

Ashamed of their hair? I've heard it all.

Yeah that's ridiculous. NBC is reaching to try to make it racist when in reality it was just a low blow joke picking on her bald head she has for a medical condition.

(Not saying Black women haven't been picked on for their hair. But that wasn't the case here.)

 

[surada]

Yeah that's ridiculous. NBC is reaching to try to make it racist when in reality it was just a low blow joke picking on her bald head she has for a medical condition.

(Not saying Black women haven't been picked on for their hair. But that wasn't the case here.)

Black women are pretty in their own way.

 

[SweetSue92]

Black women are pretty in their own way.

.......sometimes it's hard to tell if people really mean the stuff they type or they're just trying to provoke

 

[surada]

.......sometimes it's hard to tell if people really mean the stuff they type or they're just trying to provoke

They are just mean and stupid. There's no one standard for beauty in the world.

 

[August West]

Odd that black women spend half their EBT on getting their hair straightened.

This is worse than the white women spending their EBT on meth and guns?

 

[SweetSue92]

They are just mean and stupid. There's no one standard for beauty in the world.

Are you okay? What are you even talking about?

 

[GLASNOST]

Odd that black women spend half their EBT on getting their hair straightened.

Why would you just make up some shit like that? EBT is for purchasing food.

1srelluc is exaggerating (as usual!). The statistic shows that only about 47% spend their EBT on cosmetic paraphernalia.

 

[surada]

Are you okay? What are you even talking about?

The subject is black women's hair.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

NBC News; Chris Rock's alopecia joke was racist​

It would be easier if these commie twats would just tell us what is NOT racist. I'm sure the list is no more that 5 items.

 

[justoffal]

What a ridiculous Opinion article. It was A JOKE.

It is the OSCARS. He is the Host. He is there to make jokes and have fun.

Good lord people.

Bingo..... I think Rock was the victim of some underlying resentment that was born of a totally raunchy public revelation by Smith's wife about his bedroom performance. Something like that taken to the level of public knowledge this tantamount being stoned to death mentally and emotionally.
I'm willing to deposit that even though I detest Howard Stern, he may actually be right about the mental illness angle.