Asking Black and White People the Same Questions: Hair 

"Whether you're white, black, Puerto Rican" This is the most American statement ever.

"I haven't eaten steak in multiple years" "Are you a vegan or poor?" caught me SO OFF GUARD

"Would you be insulted if someone laughed at your hairline?" "No I'd be more than complimented if somebody thought I had one!" Cracked me up hahah

that poor non-english native speaker dude who had no idea what he had gotten himself into lmaoo

A common piece of wisdom among white communities is to never get your hair cut the day before a big event

lol the bald man is such a vibe

“get gyal” done it for me 😂 I was not expecting that answer at all 😂😂😂

Gotta respect bro for asking "you are black right" just to be 110% sure

3:30 “Are you a vegan or poor?” 😭😭😭 the cut off

Since it wasn't mentioned explicitly in the video; This all comes down to different hair textures. Straight, wavy, curly, kinky hair need different treatments. Especially if you have straight hair, you're probably not aware of this Here's a super quick sum up: Straight hair gets too oily/greasy quick. For some, after 1-2 days. The straight hair strands makes it easy for the natural oil to travel. Rule of thumb: Straight hair gets washed to *remove* oil/grease. Shampoo is often considered the most important step It's the opposite for curly and kinky hair. The more curl, the harder it is for the natural oil to move down the hair strand. That means curly hair is often fighting dryness, not oil or grease. Rule of thumb: The goal of washing curly/kinky hair is adding oil/moisture to the hair, and reactivating curls. Conditioner is often considered the most important step Other differences: --- Wet Straight hair is straight when it's wet Curly hair is curly when it's wet Nb: Water "reactivates" curls. Straight hair does not get reactivated ---- Wash frequency Straight hair often gets washed every or every other day (though twice a week is recommended) Curly, and especially kinky hair, dries out if it's washed too often. A week, two weeks, longer is good hair care --- Wash time Straight hair takes 5-10 minutes to wash Curly and kinky hair is a major task to wash. Many talk about wash day. Drying it on top, takes ages. ---- Brushing/detangling Straight hair is advised to be brushed when dry, as the hair strands are more prone to breakage when wet. A typical routine may be brushing long hair with a brush or a comb every morning before going out. Someone who hasn't brushed their hair might be called messy Curly hair should NOT be brushed when dry! This will remove all the curls until next wash day and leave the hair frizzy and messy. Rather, it's adviced to always and only brush/detangle your hair in the shower, while the hair is wet and has conditioner in it. The water reactivates the curls and the conditioner aids the detangling, which also helps in avoiding breakage. Often a wide toothed comb or fingers are advised, so help the curls clumb. The goal is not to seperate and straighten every single hairstrand, as it is when brushing straight hair. --- Hair shedding Straight hair strands fall off all the time, and only a small amount is removed in the shower Curly hair, and especially kinky, holds on to the loose hair in the curls, and most is removed in the shower whilst detangling ---- Shampoo Most shampoo works fine with straight hair 1) Most products are made to apeal to people with straight hair 2) short, straight hair can be washed with, more or less, any type of soap, even sulfat Basically; straight hair doesn't mind that much about getting ripped completely for it's oil with sulfat. To give the appearance of soft, well moisturized hair, many conditioners apply a thin layer of silicone over the hair strand which isolates the hair strand from actual moisture, but makes it appear soft and moisturized. Again, since straight hair fight oil more than dryness, though it's not the best fit the hair, it's not awful either Curly hair suffers heavily from silicone and sulfat. The sulfat strips the hair of much needed moisture and oils, and the silicone keeps the moisture and oils out, drying it out further. Since most products are made to appeal to straight hair, few products are made for the needs of curly hair, and it can be hard to find products that are actually helpful rather than hurtful in the for-straight-hair-jungle --- Protective hairstyles Protective hairstyles is a foreign concept to straight hair Kinky hair needs protective hairstyles. Especially in winter, where it might otherwise dry out and the cold might cause increased breakage. Other reasons may be when trying to grow the hair longer, or the hair needing intensive moisture treatments, or just getting a break ---- All of this is just the top of the iceberg. I haven't even dived into how straight hair is centered. How curly hair is often framed as "unkempt" or "unprofessional" and how much discrimination there is against kinky hair - so much so that California has written into law that it's illegal to discriminate based on hair, because work discrimination is wayy common. There's been multiple occasions of school discrimination and kids being sent home for their natural hair. In contrast, straight hair is seen as professional and appropriate in work environments. Considering how much work curly and kinky hair care takes compared to straight hair, it's beyond ludicrous. The hair type chart is very real. Not just in how to treat your hair, but how different people treat *you* based on your hair texture. Again - people with straight hair don't know. I could talk about this all day. I'll stop for now Thank you for giving attention to this topic. I find it felt fascinating. Hair is a part of all of our lives, to the degree that it feels universal. And yet, there's this massive rabbit hole right under the surface with so much nuance and history and bigger societal themes. Right there, and so many have no idea Again. Thanks. Great video

The guy replying "I don't know" after being asked if he's black right, seems so sweet lol😁💓.

That guy was about to fight you for thinking you were making fun of his hairline, LOL

I love my country! 😆 Shout out to the US bloke who thought man was making fun of his hairline right off the bat 😂 Bro was almost ready to fight, lol!

I'm not even joking this is my favourite series on RU-vid

I have three different haircuts throughout this video.

This series where you're asking black and white people the same question is absolute gold. You have something here that is truly unique and ridiculously entertaining. Please please PLEASE (!) keep doing more of this!

On behalf of all curly haired white people: Thank you for giving over your knowledge of oils and conditioning. THANK YOU.

As a white dude that has his hair cut every 3 months, I felt seen 😂 Also I had no idea there was literally a system for different hair types... 😅

These videos are so interesting to me as a mixed race black girl who has mostly white family because I feel so strange disagreeing and agreeing with both parties It’s giving me an identity crisis fr 💀

As a white man who recently grew out his hair, I have to say that coconut oil works like a charm. I have relatively thick hair and it is a bit curly. But I have to admit, that I had no idea people put coconut oil in their hair until my gf suggested me to do so.

The editing in this is phenomenal 😂. Comedic timing to absolute perfection.

“Are you vegan or poor?” 😂😂😂 man that was wild question 😂😂😂

"GET GYAL" I'm dead 🤣

This is brilliant 😂 People with no hair texture are just like 'yeah it's on my head... what about it?' Edit: ok, fine, as people keep trying to correct me; I have 1A hair and view it as having no texture. That's technically incorrect, and I am aware, thanks

Damn this series is legitimately eye opening. I never heard of that hair type chart before.

as a 2b/2c korean girlie in korea, i feeeeeel not being able to walk into any salon, especially since LITERALLY every salon here is owned by an asian lmao. there are a lot more wavy/curly haired koreans than you might think but we are often made fun of or pushed by stylists to straighten it, so we really are limited in what we can do. appropriate hair care products are not readily available here either. the day i find a good salon near me that won't make comments about my hair and just cut/do it the way i ask them to will be the day i die of happiness.

"without your feet, where are you gonna get?" is actually so wise. thats gonna be in my head, rent free for weeks

As someone white, I get mine cut every 6 months, sometimes I've gone 9 before. My hairdresser always jokes that she doesn't know who I am and will then say "see you next year" after we finish. I can get away with it because my hair grows thick rather than long. I regret nothing though, it saves me money and I kind of like the messy look

I love this series it makes my day 😭😭

Fin is so right about white hair looking best weeks AFTER it's cut. Say if I'm going on holiday or something...I'll get it cut two weeks before I depart, cause then it's at its peak!

I'm East Asian and once I went 2 years without cutting my hair, I feel very called out. When I was young and stupid I spent a lot of money getting my hair straightened, and I walked out of the salon looking exactly the way I walked in.

What's your hair: Longish While every black person listing out mathematical equations for their hair type.

Thank you for teaching me a lot about white people. Quite the cultural exchange.

This video is a masterpiece. It‘s both funny and educational. And it‘s dealing with racial issues in a very good way in my opinion. It really showed me that I had absolutely no idea our hair could be that different. Black people definitely do have a point in not letting white people cut their hair. We (overgeneralized) do not know how to take care of it.

They found Mizzy in the wild not acting like a schizophrenic moron? That’s like finding a live Megalodon shark, crazy.

5:30 "You can't marry a black woman" 😂

The advice I and many others have been given for photos is get your haircut two weeks prior. The first week after a cut the hair ALWAYS looks stupid and then later it looks good. I have never left a barbershop with my hair looking good; it always takes a while 😭😂

I'm a 3C white girl, and for much of my life I struggled with getting good haircuts because a lot of the barbers and hair stylists at chains didn't really know what to do. It was serviceable, but not really good. I finally found a good hair stylist back in 2018, a Vietnamese lady. She loves working on my hair but admits to not doing black people's hair. It's interesting really. I haven't gotten my hair properly cut in like 6+ months because it's so hard to find someone good, and the lady I used to go to ended up raising her prices to the point where I can't afford it (my last cut was >$70 x_x)

This one's hilarious. I am white but have very thick hair. I get my haircut every month and people do not understand why I feel like I "need" to.

I have hair as straight as a ruler, and legit, the week long wait for it to get good is real. Also, our hair is either easy as hell to style, or impossible, no in between. Finally, getting it cut leaves a lovely layer of hair based sandpaper all over my body. How black people can get it cut the same day shocks and terrifies me of your power.

"I'd be more than complimented if someone thought I had a hairline" LOL

“What if I had an Instagram page up and you could see I was slaying wig installs…” Finlay. Please 💀

Love that you’re basing your question on other people’s answers. Never really seen this before ! Makes for a really funny contrast and a very seamless story! Great video !

This is the best one 😂😂 you know we LOVE our hair as black people. We always have. lol

Being half black and half white, I have to live with a strange mixture of the two. I have never put oil in my hair but I would indeed be upset if someone insulted my hairline.

This series brings me so much joy!

Hearing Finlay say “get gyal” made my day

As a Black person, I didn’t realize how little White people seem to think about their hair? No hair shops? interesting new info

This series has been incredible so far!

These are brilliant! Keep them coming

Best series on RU-vid right now, comes out just at the right time as well

These guys are hilarious. I never thought about how many different hair types there are and how different they can be. Epically when you put it out like that.

This series always has me cracking up. Its so funny 😂

THIS IS HILARIOUSSS!! Some great content. Never realized people weren’t about oil or leave in cond

Educational and entertaining. Thanks for the video, gang ❤

Seriously one of my fav RU-vid series rn. Keep it up guys :) making me smile

This series is so delightfully unifying. I have learnt so much from this. There aren’t many RU-vidrs brave enough to tackle this.

i love this series, keep it up guys!!!

Actually loving this series! You two are so funny

Please never stop doing these!

As for the oil- I do put argan oil in before washing. The simple fact is if you have fine hair like myself- most oils will just weigh it down and the hair will look limp and greasy/unwashed. But my sister has thicker hair and she can handle coconut oil in her hair but my hair would need like 3 washes to get it out

“Are you vegan or are you just poor?” 😭😭Poor man, he’s gonna be hearing that in his nightmares now💀

This is amazing! We need a bunch of these videos!

Just found these videos today. They are a gift.

This is a fantastic series, keep it up !!!

Lol the transition from “no why?” to “yes, everyday” had me laughing 😂😂😂😂.

Love it! this is a great series. please keep em coming.

Lmao I now look forward to this you boys better not disappoint We need this like yesterday every week 😂😂😂😂😂

Legit my fav series on RU-vid rn

These videos are hilarious, I discovered the channel with the previous episode.

I am white. Of course I use oil in my hair. Maybe not as much as a black person would but my hair is dry and I use heat products so of course I would use oil.

This is becoming my favorites series on youtube

I really enjoy your channel. Keep up the good work!

I'm laughing so hard at them seeing that bald guy and thinking "Ooh let's interview him for this!" LOL

4:38 why is Mizzy in this vid - i thought we had exorcised him from our collective consciousness

Loved these conversations!

You guys are officially my favourite RU-vid channel - so British and so funny 😂😂😂 💯

Also really appreciating the subtitles as an American watching….great for accessibility needs too..

Love these. This one taught me so much about the hair culture of ethnic Africans in the west

I love this freaking series!!!!

These are honestly incredibly interesting, so many things I've never even contemplated 😂

There was something so sweet and wholesome about this video. Hair is so personal!

You have to continue making this series, I love it!

At 4:38 that’s the guy who would prank elderly people by going into their houses, stealing their dogs and stuff right? He was on Pierce Morgan’s show one time.

I love you guys so much.. it shows we still getting to know each other and other content creators make it seem if you ask you are racist - embrace our differences to find our common humanity

He was in danger with that first black guy asking bout his hairline 🤣🤣🤣

This an fucking amazing concept lads, real way to bring communities together with laughter and understanding. Rate it.

i love these videos!! cant wait for the next😁😁

I love this series!

“Are you vegan or poor?” Girl 😭⚰️

Love these, plz more of them

Never stop this series

this series will heal the world.

very very interesting because this ties and tracks if we know anything sociologically about race, presentability and the importance of black hair at the centre. the difference is stark but when the person in the black barbers said for black people they groom hair because it's a want but for white people only when they really need to - i had to sit back and think as a black person because that's true to a degree but also not idk if it's a want for black people - i think what hit me from ths interview is today it's blatantly obvious white people groom their hair once evey 6 months or at least they feel they can because their hair is accepted, deemed as presentable and attractive in all sorts of states whereas black hair if it was left ungroomed, left to grow out, left to a natural afro hairline shape - people would think we are homeless and certainly not presentable - it reminds me of a couple years ago h&m did a campaign for childrens playground wear and all the kids had messy hair to reflect rough and tumble playing around, but when it came to the black girls shot of her hair in a ponytail with messy edges the picture went viral black people backlashed against h&m complaining the girl was unkept and ungroomed when ALL the children looked the same her hair texture was just black in contrast. What i'm getting at here is the obsession of black people to have a neat hairline and groomed hair has a long history in our fear of rejection and marginalisation in society if our hair is deemed to look unkept eg. savage "uncivilised" "unsophisticated" we are afraid of all these things and criticism from within the community that we look unpresentable without "good" hair is a deeply engrained idea due to colonisation and slavery.

My favorite series right now.

Best series on the internet. Period

"What do you mean by black" 😂😂😂

4:38 I know that aint who I think it is

please make more of this series, 10/10 content so damn funny lmao

This series is so much fun! Definitely feel called out by this episode… I just have my mom cut my hair when I’m home from school so that’s once a semester 😅 2-3 times a year MAYBE a 4th if I have a big event next week 😂