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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.03,0:00:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't really look\Nat a toothbrush and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.56,0:00:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm great!"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.74,0:00:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you look at an Afro pick,\Nwhich is a grooming tool,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.60,0:00:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can remind you in your\Nsubconscious to, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.87,0:00:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really be proud and, like, "All right."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.01,0:00:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Small thing.]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.54,0:00:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Big idea.]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.49,0:00:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An Afro pick is a utilitarian tool
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.91,0:00:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,used to maintain the Afro hairstyle.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.79,0:00:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the Afro pick was designed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.28,0:00:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the ergonomics of creating something
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.74,0:00:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that felt like you were running\Nfingers through your hair.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.50,0:00:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The shape, even the depth\Nthat it goes in -- it's like a hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.83,0:00:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have plastic or nylon teeth,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.22,0:00:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you have the stainless\Nsteel or the nickel teeth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.46,0:00:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always prefer the metal tooth
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.70,0:00:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just 'cause I like the sound
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.43,0:00:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the ones I know have\Nthe black power fist on the handle.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.92,0:00:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I think of black hair in America,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.12,0:00:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think of something that's been policed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.57,0:00:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in the days, it was\Nexpected for black people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.20,0:00:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to chemically treat their hair.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.89,0:01:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether that's healthy for them\Nis a secondary thing to blending in.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.08,0:01:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the 50s, dancer Ruth Beckford\Nand a lot of jazz singers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.56,0:01:08.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were tired of straightening their hair,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.47,0:01:11.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they said, all right,\Nwe're going to just let it grow naturally
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.67,0:01:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and started rocking natural,\Nclose-cropped hair.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.56,0:01:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the 60s, that style evolved
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.59,0:01:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the formation of the Afro,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.34,0:01:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was the cropped hair,\Nnatural, picked out
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.49,0:01:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a more spherical shape.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.25,0:01:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You had civil rights leaders, activists,\Nthat adopted the hairstyle
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.09,0:01:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a means of rebellion and black pride.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.94,0:01:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you had musicians\Nlike James Brown,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.03,0:01:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was infamously known\Nfor chemically straightening his hair,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.20,0:01:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reject that and go natural.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.75,0:01:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It went hand-in-hand with his music,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.52,0:01:44.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so he had songs like\N"Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.42,0:01:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The black is beautiful movement
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.17,0:01:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just rejecting the notion\Nthat to be black
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.14,0:01:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to have darker skin,\Nto have a curlier grade of hair,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.75,0:01:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was something to be ashamed of.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.92,0:01:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have one of my favorite\Npictures of my mother
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.42,0:01:58.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my grandmother,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.73,0:02:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my grandmother had a small 'fro,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.14,0:02:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was in the 60s.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.82,0:02:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,African hair combs date back to 3500 BCE.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.87,0:02:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The oldest African combs are found\Nin ancient Egypt and Sudan,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.71,0:02:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they were making pyramids and combs.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.40,0:02:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way the ancient African\Ncombs were embellished
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.46,0:02:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,represented status or tribal affiliation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.92,0:02:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's no coincidence that the fist\Non the modern Afro pick
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.40,0:02:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also sets the tone for affiliation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.95,0:02:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what set you claim.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.02,0:02:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there's the Black Power movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.26,0:02:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most movements need their icons, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.39,0:02:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the fist, you have the 'fro.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.73,0:02:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These things coincide with\Nthe Black Panther aesthetic,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.44,0:02:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you could kind of\Nspot your tribe from afar,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.07,0:02:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you're not just keeping\Na pick in, like, your beauty kit.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.14,0:02:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's in your back pocket,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.70,0:02:49.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,purposely with the first\Noutside of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.09,0:02:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in your hair,\Nyou'll rock it in your 'fro.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.49,0:02:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I think about iconic Afros,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.42,0:02:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I definitely think about Angela Davis.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.71,0:02:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her 'fro personifies elegance, style,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.79,0:03:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freedom, rebellion.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.57,0:03:02.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You feel all of these feelings at once
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.45,0:03:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you see Angela Davis\Nfighting for her life in federal court.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.73,0:03:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the 80s, the Afro style\Nbecame less radical.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.31,0:03:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Afro picks are still\Nproduced to this day
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.81,0:03:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the clenched fist,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.98,0:03:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's the remnants of the movement
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.95,0:03:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the everyday object.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.19,0:03:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was young, it was\Njust, like, another object.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.95,0:03:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a comb.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.17,0:03:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as I became more enlightened
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.41,0:03:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to really understand\Nthe roots and the origin
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.89,0:03:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the intentionality of the design
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.48,0:03:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and why the fist\Nand all of these things ...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.72,0:03:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I woke up.