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A review by chrysfey
Hot Comb by Ebony Flowers
5.0
The f-bomb and “b*itch” do appear in this graphic novel, but, honestly, kids know these words. Kids say these words, even if they don’t say them around their parents. This is an important graphic novel since there is so much discrimination against natural Black hairstyles. We’ve seen it happen. We’ve seen a referee force a high school student to cut his locs or forfeit his match. We’ve seen schools claim Black hairstyles are “inappropriate.” We see it in the workplace, too. So, yes, this is important.
The story about Lena broke my heart. Her white teammates wanted to touch her hair and talk about her hair so much that Lena developed a disorder and started to pull her hair out strand by strand. This is an example of how damaging it can be to focus so much on someone’s hair and to treat it as unnatural. The following story after Lena’s is an example of what a white dude should never say to or about his Black girlfriend. The sad thing is, I can see white dudes saying and thinking what the guy in this story did.
After reading this graphic novel, I suggest learning about and supporting The CROWN Act.
I did have a little trouble reading the cursive lettering. My eyes are not what they used to be. lol
The story about Lena broke my heart. Her white teammates wanted to touch her hair and talk about her hair so much that Lena developed a disorder and started to pull her hair out strand by strand. This is an example of how damaging it can be to focus so much on someone’s hair and to treat it as unnatural. The following story after Lena’s is an example of what a white dude should never say to or about his Black girlfriend. The sad thing is, I can see white dudes saying and thinking what the guy in this story did.
After reading this graphic novel, I suggest learning about and supporting The CROWN Act.
I did have a little trouble reading the cursive lettering. My eyes are not what they used to be. lol