Do black people have to have specific hairstyles in important lines of work?

I've noticed important black women always have their hair straightened and important black men always have it shaved. Is it not correct to sport an afro in politics?|||What do you live in a box. Not all black women straighten their hair, not all black men shave their heads.


Many opt for the natural look which is becoming once again very popular. Perhaps you should get out of your small corner of yoru home and view the outside more often.|||yeah!





how come obama doesn't do dreadlocks?








i guess an afro isn't *as* extreme as other hairstyles in this culture.





but it's still, most likely, one of those taboo things.





you could apply this to any ethnic group (in america, anyway, not sure about worldewide).





how many hispanic world leaders have that long "skater ahir" look with the undercut shaved?





how many CEO's wear a wifebeater to the office?





culture is an eerie entity.





it takes time to get things to change in accpetance in socitety.





afro's are out, professionally and politically.





they look great in 70's movies... (you can date the film setting that way).





i really wish mccain would have had "chops" (old, fancy sideburns) during his campaign. ya know, just to have something to talk about.|||I wish more people would notice this.





I heard it too (yes, I'm black), that when going to an interview, you need to look as "white" as possible. Don't sport a fro or braids-- no matter how clean it looks (and afros and box braids can look very professional if done right), it will resonate badly with prospective employers.





Look at the media, and how blacks are portrayed. How often do you see blacks in a commercial? And when you do, what are they advertising to? Money and property, or music and dancing? Look at Michelle Obama and Condoleeza Rice. How do you think most of the nation would react if they got a really nice box braid 'do? Would Gabrielle Union still be considered beautiful if she went natural?





Africans are the only humans with natural kinky hair. Somehow, everyone else thinks that we're making some sort of statement by keeping it natural. I wonder how they would like to go through what black women go through to keep their hair looking "acceptable."|||I think people attach certain ides to different african harisyles. Afros for instance could recall revolutionaries and black panthers. Now I don't think those associations are right, but people are dumb.








There was a big issue when a woman gave a powerpoint on workplace experience and said that african hairstyles (besides straight) we in poor taste, political and made for an uncomfortable work environment.











On the other hand white people can't come to a corporate job with Mohawks and 3 foot dreads. : )|||Hmm, I am not a black person so I may be speaking from ignorance but..





Braided, corn-rolled, or afro hair is very very common in the ghetto parts of towns where drugs, sex, and negativity flourish. If an employee sees someone with this type of hairstyle, they may see them growing up in an area like this so they might not hire them because of the mentality that comes with it.





Just like going to an interview with gangsta clothes on. It's like saying, "this is where I grew up and this is the type of personality I have.."





That's just my two cents.|||Some people strongly dislike blacks expressing their natural afrocentric hairstyles. It makes them uncomfortable. Plus it is quite annoying for blacks when people ask them about their hair or point out how much different it is than theirs. A black woman with straight hair or a "clean cut" black man are more acceptable. Sometimes if you want to eat you have to conform.|||Apparently an Afro is too "out there" for a more conservative setting. Just like a Mohawk or a spiked hair...





However, lots of African-American men and women have Afros in top level jobs too. So it's not ever seen.