Black people are obsessed with hair. At least that’s the natural conclusion to be drawn from this exposé of the hair industry from comedian Chris Rock. From $1,000 hair extensions to a painful chemical straightener called relaxer, this is a $9 billion industry that forms a large part of black culture.
But the long-term effects of this obsession have repercussions that ripple across black society and health, and permeate down to the most surprising of sources.
