She Went To A White Hairstylist. Now She’s Going Viral.
Amala Ekpunobi
Amala Ekpunobi
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🗓️ 2 May 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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A black woman went to a white hairstylist and posted a TikTok about her experience. It’s gone massively viral as people discuss whether she’s “anti-black,” if race should matter in hairstyling, and much more. Let’s talk about it.
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| 0:00.0 | A black woman is going super viral and I mean super viral. |
| 0:03.0 | And all because she went to a white hairstylist and she had a good experience and she shared it online. |
| 0:08.0 | It's bringing up conversations about race and hair and whether or not she's anti-black, believe it or not. |
| 0:13.0 | So let's talk about it. |
| 0:14.0 | Yeah you better. |
| 0:16.0 | Yeah, you better. |
| 0:23.6 | Guys, before we get into today's video, please like and subscribe. |
| 0:27.5 | This is a little bit of a different topic, and it's actually a topic that I thought was sort of trivial, |
| 0:32.8 | but once I got to thinking about it, there's a lot of dimension to it and a lot that I guess people don't know about. And it's all because this black woman posted a video where she says she went to a white hairstylist |
| 0:37.9 | for the first time and that she's forever changed by the experience. |
| 0:41.8 | I'm going to let her talk about it and we'll get into it. |
| 0:44.9 | This is about to sound so anti-black of me, but I just went to a white hairstylist for the |
| 0:48.6 | first time in my life. |
| 0:50.0 | Let me just explain to you, start to finish this process. |
| 0:53.5 | Okay, before we get into her process, this got 2.1 million likes on TikTok, millions of views on X. For some reason, this is creating a huge conversation. Now, she starts off her video by saying, this is going to sound so anti-black. And I think a lot of people might scratch their heads and go, what? What is anti-black about this entire thing? And I do think within the black community in particular, and you guys can let me know if this happens in other communities, there is this expectation that if you are black in any way, shape, or form, you should be supporting black businesses, getting your hair done with black people. In any way, if you're going to impact somebody's life with money or become a customer. Make sure that it is somebody black if you |
| 1:28.4 | can. I see that narrative shared a lot. Now, not all black people believe that, but a lot of them |
| 1:33.1 | do. This sort of we support and everybody black attitude within the community is very pervasive, |
| 1:38.3 | so much so that if you go see a white hairstylist and you have a good time and you make a video about |
| 1:42.8 | it, you have to say, this is going to sound so anti-black of me. |
| 1:46.0 | Are we okay? |
| 1:48.0 | Just go where you can get your hair done and get it done well, and you're paying the right price. |
| 1:51.0 | And do that with everything, I think. |
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