Halle Berry exploded on the Hollywood scene in the early 1990s with a short, pixie hairstyle that would become her signature. Others heavily copied the style, but the Oscar-winner didn’t set out to start a trend_it was a result of previous experiences with some Hollywood stylists.
“It’s not because their heart wasn’t in the right place_they just didn’t have the skillset to do black hair,” said Latifah, who recently worked with Proctor & Gamble to form “The Queen Collective” to promote racial and gender equality in filmmaking. “As African Americans we have all different shapes, sizes, colors, textures, and you got to be able to work with that. We are always in a position to be able to work with what white people do. That’s just how it’s been, but it has to be reversed.
The Emmy-winner began his career in the 1960s when he says the government forced Hollywood to hire people of color for all entertainment unions. He was the first black male hairstylist the union accepted. It’s deeper than “just someone not being able to do your hair,” said DeWanda Wise, who starred in Netflix’s “She’s Gotta Have It” and is currently in post-production for Sony’s comedy-drama “Fatherhood,” along with Kevin Hart. “It’s people touching this texture with a certain level of trepidation and disgust.”
“When I started doing African American hair, I didn’t look at it different. I just looked at it like hair,” she said. “I was never intimidated and I learned through my mistakes.”
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