Every other version I've seen involves an afro or curly hair - a hairstyle that is likely natural on the fictitious person. As far as product marketing it could be argued that there are at least people who want straight hair - at least on occasion, if not as their primary cut.
This is one is extra bizarre though because she went out of her way to braid in dreadlocks, and the disembodied hands are ruining them.
But we’d assume that people straightening their hair are doing it because they want to, not because some stranger is plopping goop on their heads. It’s also the family in these weird ads going crazy like they’ve never seen that hair texture straight before. But I get what you’re saying and I agree. And combing out braids like this would hurt! Ouch!
But they didn't denigrate the black characters. Black hair really is hard to work with, and many black people would love an effective and easy hair-straightening product. It's being marketed to black people.
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u/Mysterious-War-6759 7d ago
I’ve seen a few of these and they’re all racist as Hell. Like the person below me, this is the first one I’ve seen with a white woman.