Zazie Beetz and Dascha Polanco Discuss How the World Sees Their Natural Hair | Allure 

"It's profitable to keep people feeling insecure." Oof. I felt that.

I relate to Ebonee I got relaxers really young so I had no idea how my natural hair looked like until a couple years ago

The darkest skinned girl sitting next to the one with the yellow dress OH MY GAWWWWWD!!😍😍😍😍😍SHE IS BREATHTAKING!!!

in love with the way zazie wears her hair. so wild and free.

They are all stunning but the darker skinned girl is magnificent looking.

I wanted to hear what Veronica Webb had to say while she was sitting there with that long doll hair wig on during a natural hair discussion. 🤔🤔🤔

I think it’s important to point out colorism when discussing hair, I have hair like Zazie’s. However when I wear it out it’s perceived as undone and unprofessional where as hers translates as bohemian/stylish. This is by no means criticism of her it’s just that kinky textured hair is acceptable sometimes when the person isn’t darker. Khoudia Diop didn’t even speak in this conversation and it speaks volumes.

That woman in black is the real deal

Um, the beautiful dark skin girl at the end (of which there was only one) did not speak, which speaks volumes in itself.

Who..Who is that dark skinned Goddess with the Afro puff that is more beautiful than one trillion midnights? 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Ebonee is so intelligent. You can tell she understands the history that made our society what it is today, the power of representation, and all the nuances to this conversation. Beauty and brains, she's a gem 💎

I'm glad I work at a place where all of my coworkers (90% are caucasian) love it when I wear my fro out. They don't just go and grab it or anything. They encourage me to rock it, and when I put it in a bun, they always want me to take it out because they love how it looks. I feel bad for people who have such negative workplace environments. :(

I wanted to hear what dark skin girl had to say.

All I see is different variations of beauty... from Dascha Polanco on over to Michelle Lee

That Asian women looks straight lost and out of place in this conversation.

They are beautiful! I love black girls and their natural hair

A white girl told me my natural hair was beautiful yesterday in class... Not “wild and free” like most people say...like I’m an animal...or “cool” like a trend that’ll pass...but beautiful. And it was nice. It made me feel human. Not that I needed her validation...Black people tell me that all the time. But when the rest of the world acknowledges Black as beautiful too, it just feels...nice...human. And I told her that her long blonde curls were beautiful too...because they are. Because we all are...just beautiful women. Wow women are beautiful.

I am white and I really can't understand why anyone would have a problem with these girls natural hair, each of the girls are different but stunning. We have one warped world to make something so normal seem somehow unacceptable :/ xx

Having natural hair out is hard man. Kids in my school always play a game with my hair. They would always put staples all over my hair and see how much rolled up paper they can fit in my hair. People who I don't know, touch my hair and complain how "weird" it feels and how clean it doesn't look. And they always wonder why I have it in a bun all the time.

Ebonee is so freaking gorgeous!

I relate to this sooooo much! I’m from Brazil and my mom would use relaxers on my hair since I was 5. Until a year ago, when I decided to go natural, I honestly had no idea of how my hair looked like. My big chop and the months following it (now lol) were a big shock to me, in the best and most painful way really haha. Women like them were and are so important to me in the process of loving myself and my natural hair. One of the main reasons of starting my journey was seeing all these beautiful women rocking their natural hair. My hair is short now and I am still in the process of fully loving and embracing it, but seeing videos like these give me so much strength. And what Zazie said about if everyone mixed together, people would be brown with curly hair is sooo true. This is the reality of most of the population in Brazil, since we're fundamentally a mixed-raced country. The majority of the women in here have curly hair, even white ones. It’s awesome that there’s also a strong natural hair movement in Brazil, that has been getting bigger and bigger. I feel like we are evolving and it’s so refreshing. My biggest hope is that one day no black girl or any girl with curly/kinky hair grows up hating her hair and we can all acknowledge beauty in all textures.💖

Ebonee Davis just reached a major insight on the machinations of capitalism. Ouch.

I want to hear the whole conversation and I want to hear what the black women have to say not just the mixed race appearing women

Is it possible to have this convo with black women who are not mixed. . . its not the same journey for kinky naturals and everyday women instead of actors or people in the business. . . ijs

Great conversation here and I'm glad more black women are going natural. In fact, I hope I can convince my daughter to stay natural as well. And uhh... I love some Zazie Beetz!

I'm sitting here waiting for the chocolate sistah to speak, wondering who she is? She's gorgeous!

My God so many beautiful black women

I wish the girl on the left was able to speak

I had the same experience as the dark skin sista. I had a relaxer since I was 4/5 years old and didn’t know I could have big kinky curly natural hair. Also she should have said black and mixed women and NOT woman of color because asian and Indian women CANNOT relate.

I'm so glad I don't have these issues with my natural hair. I stop getting a perm when I realized I could just fluff my hair out and go. I always had long hair as a kid and perked teenager, and was kinda surprised having shorter natural hair wasn't dramatic for me. I love my natural hair and have gotten just as many compliments on my fro as I did for my long permed hair. Black Men is where I get the most love.

Black Hair Magic.

Khoudia Diop is everythingggggggg

I see nothing but sexy and beautiful hair I love when my girl leaves her hair natural its attractive and it's a shame it's not recognized more

All I can say is that african hair is amazingly beautiful and you can do so many hairstyles with it. I'm a mother of three mixed race kids, all have different hair textures. It takes a little longer to untangle and style than straight hair would but it's all worth it. Love your hair, love your bodies, love yourselves, we only have one life and it would be a wasted life if we live disliking ourselves and only live to please others.

No way you can believe theirs a God if you shame his creations!

I’m pretty sure dashca has no problems wearing her natural hair as her natural hair texture is more acceptable in the black community and by society. That’s the honest truth. There aren’t really any true 4c haired girls speaking in this clip

If I wear my hair as an Afro to work to this day it is considered unkempt and unprofessional so I put it into a bun which damages my hair. At all 3 of the jobs before this one, my managers would call me out to personally tell me that my hair looked wild. I once even dyed it blond and was then told I was a q-tip. I'm honestly ok with it looking cool over looking like trash to so many people for so long. I remember in middle school when I first stopped getting relaxers and wearing my hair natural boys would tell me if I rubbed my hands, legs or elbows together that I would set my dry hair on fire. When in actuality it was way more moisturized due to oily and greasy hair products (back before all of these natural hair products we have now when grease was the black motto for hair care). It hurts because being light skinned you feel less black because people may feel slightly more comfortable talking to you but that doesn't justify the stupid shit you hear when you have a wider nose, and kinky hair that stands up instead of falling down.

Can anyone tell me where the rest of this convo is?

Ebonee out here preaching.

Why they didn't give Khodia a chance to speak? 😔😕

Why is Veronica Webb (and I love her!) sitting there with a long weave/wig on her head?

I was waiting for the darker skin Beauty to speak, but she said nothing. Veronica Webb sitting there looking so uncomfortable, wearing a wig, watching the ladies taking about Natural hair.

Why is this ASIAN woman leading the discussion on AFRICAN hair? SMH 😒

What’s sad is you see black people on here fighting over which color is prettier. I saw all beautiful black women of various degrees of black. In the comments I see “She’s mixed” or “The darkest one is the finest” if white people didn’t exist black people would still be prejudice against one another by skin color. It’s sad really. All of these black women were fine as hell to me because each one showed beautiful diversity of blackness.

It’s not a movement or a trend, it’s our hair. I’m 69 so I remember being Black and Proud, that meant having natural hair.

I would liked to hear the Beatiful model on the other end speak some of her truths too in this clip. She has probably had the most rejection for her complexion as well as her crown. Why is Veronica Webb there???

"Because it's profitable. " hit me right in the heart. So much truth. You go sis.

Interesting that the only person authentically black in that group wasn't given the opportunity to speak. Uum!

Sad that Victoria’s secret can make or break women. God made us in His image!

They all need to stop their crying and understand they are all sisters and they are going to be under attacked, most of these light skin sisters are crying but the darkskin sister is just listening she's saying to herself they really don't know

The girl in the black didn't speakk

Veronica Webb sitting there with full on weave had nothing to say!

The first 1 woman who talked is gorgous.They are stunning.All people are of colours including Cacussians.

Why is Veronica Webb with the weave doing there.

Two of those women should have not been put on the panel, They don't have Kinky hair.

I really appreciate the video and I love the topic being discussed but y did you only list 2 of the ppl speaking and the lightest 2 at that just curious

When she said if everyone mixed up we could be brown, and the other lady said like Dominicans, it bothered me in a few ways. Not all Dominicans are brown or light with her hair texture. I’ve met a few Dominicans who are Afro Dominicans with very dark skin, and more 4 C hair. .

All the women in this video are absolutely Beautiful. The very Beautiful dark chocolate one is absolutely gorgeous!!!!

is'nt that Veronica Webb next to the main girl? Did she really have nothing to say.

When I met my wife for the first time she let that hair go wild like a big bunch of chocolate cotton candy, they are all beautiful, and I don't mean just these girls but all afro girls in the world.

It is just disgraceful for society to deny the overwhelming beauty of all people. I’m so, so glad these women had their aha moments bc they are all stunningly beautiful and I’m immensely proud to be a Black woman so grateful for being me and genuinely loving my Blackness.

What an absolutely BEAUTIFUL array of shades of these queens

I went natural when it was a movement in 2010. These days it has became a trend. When I started seeing more naturals in the media I was happy because I assumed people were finally realizing that kinky and curly hair is okay. It disappoints me to see where natural hair has come in recent years

This panel of black women in all different skin tones and hair types just shows how beautiful and diverse blackness. I just love the diversity.

I’m lovin Zazie right now

I really luv textured hair. idc what anyone says

This is a beautiful and necessary conversation

Thats too much beauty in one room.

Here we go with the light skinned dark skin mess darkskin Goddess didn’t talk cause she ain’t want to!! that other light skinned chick said nothing either of course you over look her though

I wanted to hear from the girl on the end. What are her thoughts. She was silent during the entire interview eventhough she was nodding.

I understand why they didn't put everyone's name in the title but why didn't they mention anyone besides Dascha and Zazie in the description box?

Quote of the day “you can’t have extreme wealth without extreme oppression!”

I know all about that as a brazilian black woman in my 40s, In my childhood when I tried to use my hair natural because I REALLY loved it, I got criticized even inside of my own family ! “ go and fix that hair” they’d say….. so I unfortunately gave in…. I wish I had not, yet now I use my hair natural since my late 30s ❤️

Really.....only one dark skinned sista?

This is a very interesting video. I only wish my people(of color) would have pride in themselves and not let another group of people intimidate or changes us. I absolutely hate weaves and wigs. I love all of my God-given beauty. My wish is for others to feel the same!!!!!

Why r u showing pretty light skin girls complaining....let's hear struggles from girls who really have it hard....let's be honest these girls may have been made fun of in the past but now they are being celebrated. ..let's show some girls who r still struggling today (dark skin with really thick texture and afro features) all these girls like they mixed with European

Women go through alot in regards to there appearance. I am proud of these girls.

I love Black women with NATURAL HAIR. Period. Whenever I see the phony hair or wigs I get instantly turned off. It ruins the entire look of a Black woman. Whatever the reason they get it is on them. I don't have to like it though. :P To me, making fake hair a "norm" just ruins so much for me. Especially considering how natural hair and its history is so beautiful. Whenever I hear the word wig, I think about my late grandmother and the few wigs she had on a Styrofoam head. She would use them to go out. And I still associate wigs to a senior than I do anyone else. LOL So fake hair is just a turn off.

The darkskinned girl is the one who should have spoken throughout the entire video matter fact give her her own video and i bet she will shine brighter than any lightskin beauty in the room❤ #nothingbutlove

So many beautiful woman of color.

Very interesting. IMO ZAZEE being biracial hair comes across more as frizzee/curly rather than a Afro-natural. Side note Veronica Webb looks amaaaaaaazing😱! the exact same as 20 yrs ago.

would have been nice to get the darker skinned sister's take too

I've always thought all black women should keep their hair natural. It's beautiful.

Literally all the girls are mixed expect one and you see the difference in the texture of the dark skin girls hair she’s African so hair is 4c like majority of African people. I think 4c hair like the Dark skin girl is very different to the rest they have hair which is more acceptable by society

The only person who I really wanted to hear was the Queen in Black. Gosh! Her black is perfect she's so beautiful. That hair😘. She needs a video all by herself.

Our hair is so strong it defies gravity. Resembles the double helix and the shape of the path of the universe. We are the Originals!!! Let's not even talk about the magic princples of melanin in healing and child birth.

The darkest girl is gorgeous!!! Who is that???!!!

this video and this whole conversation is so necessary

I love to see girls with their natural hair, especially women of African descent. Zazie Beetz is very beautiful with her natural hair, they all are... Promoting that only Eurocentric looks is the best is a lie.

Ebonee Davis is drop dead gorgeous

Dam... mmmmm chocolate Carmel sugar brown honey high yellow... wow

So many beautiful "Black" Women in one place; I'm captivated.

It’s really weird cuz she speaks like she is about to cry.

Who is the one with the terrible straight wig? Omg someone needed to tell her she looks a mess.

I’ve been natural and it’s been liberating . The fact that I don’t have to flat iron and perm my hair is Golden. Honey I’m still beautiful with my fro or my two hand twist. I was so scared at first cause my hair is so thick but the right products plus patience with your hair is key and success. I should’ve done this years ago!

Since we are speaking on natural hair the way the young lady in the yellow is wearing hers is outstanding! I am proud that ALL these young women love themselves enough to show the world their natural EVERYTHING. Even their mindset. Thanks ladies.

I Love m'y natural haïr afro

I should show my mom this video, because I just got rid of my freeform dreads that I’ve been growing for about two years, and of course, during the time that I had them...she hated them but allowed me to keep them because she saw it as me expressing myself. As of now that I’ve cut them, I told her that now I want to grow out my natural hair because I’ve never seen my natural hair grown out, because as a kid, she had always made me get hair cuts, and we recently had an argument about me growing out my natural hair. I asked her to give a reason why she finds it unacceptable for me to grow out my natural hair as a black male in today’s society...

I wish I was sitting right in the middle of those two beautiful goddesses

We don't all want to mix up!!