Twitter : Ed Gordon on a Black Child's Hair

Ed Gordon on a Black Child's Hair
by Patricia Britt

Ed Gordon posted on Twitter "Everybody who is worried about #BlueIvyHair pls worry about something important. Her parents are millionaires her hair will be fine!

Truer words were never spoken. If it's one thing the Knowles family knows about, it's glamour aside from the shake, rattle, and roll! What struck Ed Gordon to come to the defense of a little girl, or the Carter family, or perhaps most black women? Perhaps he wondered how our own people could be so harsh against one of of our own, or perhaps he was insulted by others outside of our group concentrating envy on  a child, or then again was it just his protective side sharing logic, and amazement that some people would pick on a baby, perhaps displacing their money envy of the parents?

She's a cute toddler, and she should be allowed to be free, without developing a complex, due to outdated one-sided beauty standards. There'll be many years to primp once she becomes a teenager, from different color eye shadows, to what hair accessory for any day of the week.

Entertainment shows picked up the Internet envy as well, and some spoke to defend the purity of the child. Is the world just a more petty place, because everyone has to put their opinion in print, because expression on information pathways is so superficial even though technology offers so much knowledge on a multitude of topics?

Black women have more freedom select styles from natural to straight to store bought in this century giving us wider avenues of expression. Madame CJ Walker, Dudleys, Bonner Brothers have built fortunes on black hair, not to mention Revlon. Spike Lee's movie Schooldaze touched on the topic through song. Chris Rock's Good Hair part one, and soon to come Good Hair part 2 touched on the dangerous chemical process, and the money spent on hair.

Do girls really rule the world? Do you know more how to invest, or are you up to date on who twerks best?
How come we rarely hear about the price of gold these days? And what's going on with that brilliant Google girl http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/eesha-khare-mobile-phone-charger-google-471247). Within a decade we'll have all the knowledge of our universe in the palm of our hand. Where will we be then? Important questions to ponder.

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