CVK
Check out this hilarious video montage from Best Week Ever of Barbara Walters’ inability to keep her hands off the hair of recent guests Brandy and Tanika Ray. The expressions on their faces are priceless. 
Oh Babwah…. she so crazy. (vomits).
God, where is Star when we need her to open a can of whoop-ass on this ignorant woman! Come on, Walters must be nearly 70. How can she possibly believe that it’s acceptable to touch a stranger’s hair?
I hate to say it, but I miss Star. That BS would not have gone down if Starzilla had been there. Not only did Barb touch one of the ladies’ hair–she PULLED it! WTF. The sense of entitlement or ownership involved is crazy. That’s assualt and battery. I know in her mind, the lady was debating whether to beat the shit out of Barb or whether (as the pixie on her shoulder probably advised) to just grin, chuckle, and suck it up in order to keep her job. You know afterwards just sitting there she probably felt like shit for not saying anything. And I do hate the way these folks act like black women are the only ones to “enhance” their hair–or any other feature.
bertie you are soooooooooo right
1) Not “nay” white woman in show business works her REAL hair everyday w/ a flat iron
2) I think it is a sense of entitlement/ownership masked in “curiousity”. It is dehumanizing to have someone poke/prod/pull to ostensibly check you out. I guess some people can’t put the auction block of the mind away. & they tell US to get over slavery…….
It doesn’t matter what texture you have, they want to put their hands on you (maybe Jheri was a way of saying ‘keep off me’??). “It’s so soft” is not a compliment!!!!!!
Good lord If she touched my hair like that I would lose it. I hate it when people do that. unless you are given permission don’t touch the hair !!!
Give me a friggin break! What unprofessionalism. I say the only way Barbara or anyone else better be touching my hair is if I am PAYING them to style it or if they are some really hot man running his fingers through it LOL…
yes, it is entitlement, white’s have always felt they have the right to touch slaves, anywhere and any time they please. It’s so ingrained and this is no laughing matter. No one is a friggin curiosity or PET!!!
They wouldn’t let you touch their clothes at first meeting, why touch someone’s hair. A part of the body that is very personal. For Christ’s Sake and that man had a head full of wooly hair.
I have a personal rule. If you touch my hair you have to be 1 of 2 things: 3 Years Old or younger (or the obvious mental equivalent), or a close friend or family member (and it better be a grooming/comforting gesture at that). I have had grown adults touch my hair - one evil look usually gets at least a sorry.
bertie: word… but dude, didn’t you know that Walter’s mane MUST be all-natural? Of COURSE she doesn’t process, color, or perm her hair… it’s naturally that… red-blonde… and… wavy… and… high… at the ripe old age of 77 (looked it up).
Hey, Black gals, is that your REAL junk in the trunk? Black guys, is that your real…? LOL!
Brandy should have asked Ba Wa if her FACE is real, or if it had been…”plumped”.
Brandy: “I’m just curious, Barbara, is that your natural skin texture? (poke/stretch here) Because, well, you know, a LOT of white women get a million wrinkles and need to inject fat under them. I’m not racist, I’m just curious.”
“O.K., now, is that your NATURAL nose, Barbara, or has it been surgically…reduced and reconstructured? Anyone else at this table have ALTERATIONS that God didn’t create them with? (while we’re on the subject of UNNATURALS) I’m just curious because a LOT of white people have nose jobs, (_____) implants, fake hair color, contact lenses, fake nails, (_____) lifts & tucks, and now, even fake six-packs.”
Really. Lots of non-black folk (mostly white) always tryn to call black women out (that’s one of the FEW things some of them think they have over us). We need to start PUBLICLY asking about THEIR…”additions”, “subtractions”, and “alterations”. You know, cause after all, we’re “just curious”.
I saw that and noticed it immediately. We are definitely on the same page just like that TV guide cover. I have to agree with Bertie. Star the Diva was annoying, but she wouldn’t go for that.
Laughing at S. talking about Barbara’s surgically enhanced face. LOL!!
Okay, my hair is naturally curly like Tanika’s. I wish she would put he old, bony fingers in my hair. With the mess I have going on, hopefully a finger or two will get stuck.
this is why this bullshit is going off the air real soon! People are picking up on her scandalous old ‘undercover racists’ ass!
The view will soon be “A WRAP”
no offense, has anyone looked at baba wawa’s hair recently…see could do with a weave and or attachment…looking a little ratty there barb
I totally agree with everyones comments but, one thing I must comment on is that WOMAN, white, black, asian, ect….. the #1 rule that all women should know or be familiar with is DON’T TOUCH MY DAMN HAIR! Barbara touching that guest’s hair is completely unprofessional.
I am totally disgusted with Barbara Walters and her shit! First of all you don’t invade anyones personal space, especially to touch them without permission. I would have tugged on her hair and said “is this real”! She would have got the point. It’s rude and disrespectful! I would love for her to pull on a jessica simpsons hair, she wears extensions all the time.
she’s very selective on who she would do that to. i would love to see her do that to naomi campbell. or patti labelle.
for next time, “Touch Your Own Hair” (cafepress.com/r_a_n)
you can find more of author and conceptual artist damali ayo’s work at damaliayo.com . i think you might like what you see!
I hate it when people put their hands in my hair. Doesn’t matter who…I don’t like it. I flip and twirl my hair very often, but woe to the person who strokes or pulls my hair.
BW is brill in her line of work but she probably doesn’t know that some people hate having their hair, uh, fondled. I wouldn’t say it comes from racism on her part but more a lack of respecting people’s personal space (which has little to do with color), and a bit too much curiosity. She might not know that black folks don’t want to be treated as “different” or whatever b/c of hair. My Jamaican friends who identify themselves as Rastafarians HATE it if somebody walks up to them and touches their locks. My good friend has been wearing her hair in a short “natural” style for about a year and it annoys her when people touch her hair without asking first or make silly comments.
I don’t believe BW means to offend anyone and I’m sure her interest in black women’s hair is innocent…but she needs to be told by somebody that it is not OK to fondle or comment on people’s hair. I’m sure there’s other stuff she can discuss with black women besides hair. It was out of line and unprofessional but some people don’t know better. If a person asks me respectfully what I do with my hair or gives me a compliment, there’s nothing wrong with that (but keep your hands to yourself!)
On the other hand, if you’re looking at me all wide-eyed and asking if my hair is real or trying to feel my hair or making stupid comments, I will shut you down…whether you’re black, white, or whatever.
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Pieces of a Whole » Blog Archive » What’s with Barbara Walters and Black women’s hair? on 19 Aug 2006 at 8:38 pm
[…] Ok, maybe it’s Post-traumatic (Mid-Traumatic?) Stress over the fallout of the Star Jones firing, but why does she feel the need to grab hair this way? Check out this video and see for yourself. It reminds me of how annoying it is when people insist on touching my bald head. Hat tip to Mixed Media Watch. […]
Dont touch my Hair « Fire and Tongue on 08 Sep 2006 at 9:14 am
[…] Dont touch my Hair you dumb ass. […]