'Sam was tired of fighting, so the bold, structured, crowned hairstyles started to diminish,' says Savoy. As she heads home to be with her family, her hair is completely down and in its seemingly natural state. She's just wearing it loose.' One of these moments Savoy refers to specifically speaks to a scene episode nine, when Sam finds out that her dad has died. 'They're not held together with pins or anything. 'There are moments where you see Sam starts to wear all of her hair down in curly styles that are no longer structured,' says Savoy. Where for other characters, this is often shown as haircut, for Sam, it's shown in the loss of her 'crown.' Sam's hair also symbolizes some of the personal hardships she endures this season-a visual signifier of her breakdown. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. More than that, the show captures the complicated relationship black women have with their hair-and, for so many of us, how it ties into our identities.

From textured pompadour of lead character Samantha White (played by Logan Browning) to waist-length box braids of Joelle Brooks ( Ashley Blaine), it was truly refreshing to see the versatility of natural hair flawlessly depicted in the series. The situations Winchester students find themselves in feel all too familiar for women of color.Īside from the drama and brilliant commentary on 'wokeness,' while binge-watching the first season of Dear White People, I couldn't seem to take my eyes off the amazing hair looks that I so desperately wanted to re-create. Based on its popularity and scope of a 'postracial' America on a college campus, the show was renewed for a second season-and rightfully so. The acclaimed film turned Netflix series centers around the lives of African American students as they come face-to-face with microaggressions at the fictional predominately white, Ivy League Winchester University. We've waited over a year, but Dear White People is finally back.

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