Melissa Harris-Perry and guests discuss the business of natural hair

MADAME NOIRE - If you haven’t had a chance to check out Melissa Harris Perry’s weekend show on MSNBC you really should because she’s putting the issues of the black community, and black women in particular, on the map in a major way.

alexisgarrettstodghill

Jun 11, 2012

From MadameNoire.com: If you haven’t had a chance to check out Melissa Harris-Perry’s weekend show on MSNBC you really should because she’s putting the issues of the black community, and black women in particular, on the map in a major way.

This Sunday, the Princeton professor invited actress Nicole Ari Parker, Curly Nikki blogger Nikki Walton, University of Pennsylvania professor Anthea Butler, and cultural critic Joan Morgan to have a candid discussion about the natural hair boom, which has sent relaxer sales on the decline since 2007. The women also talked about why black hair in general is a $185 billion business[.] I love that Nicole Ari Parker laid the truth behind that figure right out on the line.

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(Melissa Harris-Perry is the host of Melissa Harris-Perry, a show on MSNBC. NBCUniversal is the parent company of MSNBC and theGrio.com)