A celebration of national hair. TED tALK BY Cheyenne Cochrane By Katie Steiniger https://www.ted.com/talks/cheyenne_cochrane_a_celebration_of_natural_hair#t-141303
Summary (I will take a small pauses and conduct a short summary) Speaker Cheyenne Cochrane touches base on the texture of African Americans and there in society. She compares Post- Civil War hair beauty standards to todays embracement of natural hair.
Background (overview of the relation of Cheyenne’s personal story to the overall theme of celebrating natural hair.) Cheyenne Cochrane “Cheyenne Cochrane is an ambassador for the natural hair movement.”
Good Hair? “The looser the curl pattern the better the hair?” The cultural identity of African American women are tainted with the social stigma of “good hair” Practices: Hot tools Perms Example: Ursula Burns first AA to run fortune five hundred
Hair Appreciation Natural Heat challenge Don’t fear the unknown Helps undo the stigma (that black isn't naturally beautiful) End racial and social tension!!! (end with a positive strong note on why natural hair creates self-love and helps revels who we are)
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