Does Gabby Doublas have 'nappy' hair?

Apparently, some people did. “Why hasn't anyone tried to fix Gabby Douglas' hair?” sniped one on Twitter. Another huffed: “gabby douglas gotta do something with this hair! these clips and this brown gel residue aint it? read more

[Gabby Douglas shouldn’t have had to account for judgments outside the arena] Our hair is complex. Well-defined wavy. Corkscrew-curly. Chemically-enhanced straight. Break-a-comb nappy. And for many black women with relaxers, sweat can be their hair’s Kryptonite. read more

Where Afros once represented a rejection of white supremacy, today Gabby Douglas’ nappy edges and kinky kitchen mean a failure to perform blackness in a way that uplifts the race. Douglas may have won Olympic gold in two Olympics, but her primary job as a black woman is racial uplift; it’s a burden that has been handed down for generations. read more