NHCN Podcast 002: The Hair Controversy – Gabby Douglas and Oprah Winfrey

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(29 mins, 19 secs)

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It’s 2012 y’all, but guess what?  Gabby Douglas, the beautiful and talented, gold winning, 2012 U.S. Olympic Gymnast, and businesswoman extraordinaire, Oprah Winfrey, are getting a lot of flak about their hair…  Not from white people, but from black people!

The blogasphere is ripe with comments about how Gabby’s hair was styled during the Olympics. Recently, Oprah has been getting some grief about people who have an issue with her sporting her natural hair on the cover of an upcoming “O” Magazine cover.

It’s a hot topic, and we’ll discuss our thoughts about this black hair controversy.  You won’t want to miss this one!

Articles mentioned in this podcast:

Oprah’s Natural Hair Debut Stirs Controversy

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