Tracee Ellis Ross explores the complex culture of Black hair in 'The Hair Tales'
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BLACK SKIN
Tracee Ellis Ross is the first to admit that she's been on a hair journey.
As a teen, she fought against her curly texture and would go as far as to use an iron to straighten it.
"I wasn't seeing myself mirrored back the cool people, what I thought was desirable, the standard of beauty was not telling me that my natural texture was going to get me what I wanted from life."
It wasn't until she was on the TV show "Girlfriends" that Ross finally understood that most Black women have felt pressure to conform to unfair and unrealistic standards of beauty.
She delves into the complex culture of Black hair in her new six-episode docuseries "The Hair Tales" by The Onyx Collective, now airing on OWN and streaming on Hulu.
On "The Hair Tales," Ross speaks with people including Oprah Winfrey, Issa Rae, Chloe Bailey, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and "black-ish" star Marsai Martin about their experiences with Black hair.
"This is a show that is about Black women for everyone. I hope that Black women and Black people see themselves and are able to see themselves held in love and in celebration and joy, and that everyone else who watches gains a deeper respect and understanding of the resilience, the beauty, the power, and the history of Black women and our hair, and what all of that means for Black women. Hair is more than just personal. It's about community and economy and identity. And this is an opportunity for us to in a very intimate and intentional way and beautiful way, explore that. And more than that, sit with it, you know, the way you do in conversation."
The official video is out!!. The Grammy Award-winning singer, Burna Boy has released the video of his new song "Question" featuring Don Jazzy. He premiered this video a few minutes ago which has started accumulating lots of views on the Youtube channel.
Since this year run, we've been enjoying the new videos from our favourite artists. This time we have a new one to watch out for which was performed by Burna Boy and Don Jazzy. The video is an outstanding one that had great performances from both singers and it was an amazing one that will surely be worth a place in your playlist.
Just watch out for the video below!!
Emir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani (L) poses by his wife Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Al-Missned with the World Cup trophy on December 2, 2010
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QATAR
Qatar has been hit by an "unprecedented campaign" of criticism over the football World Cup, its ruler said Tuesday, lashing out at "double standards" in a fierce rebuttal just weeks before the tournament starts.
The energy-rich and conservative Islamic Gulf state has spent tens of billions of dollars on hosting the first World Cup on Arab soil, but has faced mounting attacks over its human rights record.
In a rare public airing of frustration, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said Qatar was the victim of "fabrications", hinting at hidden motives behind the criticism.
"Since we won the honour of hosting the World Cup, Qatar has been subjected to an unprecedented campaign that no host country has faced," he said in a speech to the country's legislative council, 26 days from the November 20 kick-off.
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