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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.79,0:00:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't really look\Nat a toothbrush and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.32,0:00:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm great!"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.50,0:00:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you look at an Afro pick,\Nwhich is a grooming tool,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.36,0:00:09.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can remind you in your\Nsubconscious to, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.64,0:00:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really be proud and, like, "All right."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.77,0:00:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Small thing.]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.30,0:00:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Big idea.]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.26,0:00:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An Afro pick is a utilitarian tool
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.68,0:00:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,used to maintain the Afro hairstyle.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.55,0:00:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the Afro pick was designed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.04,0:00:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the ergonomics of creating something
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.50,0:00:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that felt like you were running\Nfingers through your hair.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.26,0:00:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The shape, even the depth\Nthat it goes in -- it's like a hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.60,0:00:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have plastic or nylon teeth,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.98,0:00:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you have the stainless\Nsteel or the nickel teeth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.22,0:00:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always prefer the metal tooth
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.47,0:00:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just 'cause I like the sound
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.20,0:00:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the ones I know have\Nthe black power fist on the handle.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.68,0:00:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I think of black hair in America,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.88,0:00:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think of something that's been policed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.33,0:00:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in the days, it was\Nexpected for black people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.96,0:00:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to chemically treat their hair.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.65,0:01:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether that's healthy for them\Nis a secondary thing to blending in.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.84,0:01:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the 50s, dancer Ruth Beckford\Nand a lot of jazz singers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.33,0:01:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were tired of straightening their hair,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.24,0:01:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they said, all right,\Nwe're going to just let it grow naturally
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.44,0:01:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and started rocking natural,\Nclose-cropped hair.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.32,0:01:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the 60s, that style evolved
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.35,0:01:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the formation of the Afro,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.10,0:01:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was the cropped hair,\Nnatural, picked out
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.26,0:01:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a more spherical shape.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.01,0:01:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You had civil rights leaders, activists,\Nthat adopted the hairstyle
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.85,0:01:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a means of rebellion and black pride.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.71,0:01:35.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you had musicians\Nlike James Brown,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.80,0:01:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was infamously known\Nfor chemically straightening his hair,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.96,0:01:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reject that and go natural.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.51,0:01:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It went hand-in-hand with his music,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.28,0:01:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so he had songs like\N"Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.18,0:01:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The black is beautiful movement
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.94,0:01:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just rejecting the notion\Nthat to be black
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.90,0:01:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to have darker skin,\Nto have a curlier grade of hair,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.52,0:01:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was something to be ashamed of.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.68,0:01:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have one of my favorite\Npictures of my mother
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.18,0:01:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my grandmother,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.50,0:02:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my grandmother had a small 'fro,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.91,0:02:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was in the 60s.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.58,0:02:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,African hair combs date back to 3500 BCE.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.63,0:02:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The oldest African combs are found\Nin ancient Egypt and Sudan,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.47,0:02:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they were making pyramids and combs.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.16,0:02:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way the ancient African\Ncombs were embellished
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.22,0:02:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,represented status or tribal affiliation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.69,0:02:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's no coincidence that the fist\Non the modern Afro pick
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.17,0:02:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also sets the tone for affiliation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.72,0:02:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what set you claim.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.78,0:02:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there's the Black Power movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.02,0:02:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most movements need their icons, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.15,0:02:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the fist, you have the 'fro.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.49,0:02:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These things coincide with\Nthe Black Panther aesthetic,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.20,0:02:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you could kind of\Nspot your tribe from afar,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.83,0:02:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you're not just keeping\Na pick in, like, your beauty kit.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.90,0:02:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's in your back pocket,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.46,0:02:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,purposely with the first\Noutside of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.85,0:02:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in your hair,\Nyou'll rock it in your 'fro.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.25,0:02:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I think about iconic Afros,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.19,0:02:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I definitely think about Angela Davis.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.47,0:02:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her 'fro personifies elegance, style,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.55,0:03:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freedom, rebellion.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.33,0:03:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You feel all of these feelings at once
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.21,0:03:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you see Angela Davis\Nfighting for her life in federal court.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.49,0:03:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the 80s, the Afro style\Nbecame less radical.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.08,0:03:12.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Afro picks are still\Nproduced to this day
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.57,0:03:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the clenched fist,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.75,0:03:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's the remnants of the movement
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.71,0:03:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the everyday object.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.96,0:03:20.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was young, it was\Njust, like, another object.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.71,0:03:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a comb.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.93,0:03:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as I became more enlightened
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.17,0:03:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to really understand\Nthe roots and the origin
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.65,0:03:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the intentionality of the design
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.24,0:03:31.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and why the fist\Nand all of these things ...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.48,0:03:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I woke up.