http://youtu.be/E_5jIt0f5Z4 vs. http://youtu.be/Okq8xHrIZ8I
India- I am not my hair Gaga- Hair
In the first video we see a black woman singing that she is not her hair, she is whats inside her head... in the second video we see a white woman singing that she is as free as her hair. Freedom is what u make it. People can do lots of things to their hair, it can change as much as opinions can. What do you think about the two different meanings behind these videos?
It's so funny that you post this. I was going to use these two songs as well. I love both of the artist. It's so interesting how both women took their hair and defined it so differently. You have India.Arie coming from a black perspective (I say this because generally black women get so caught up in their hair) and she says she is not her hair. Then we have Gaga who says she wants to be as free as her hair. She is saying she is her hair, yet she wants to be free. It's so funny, India.Arie says she isn't her hair and Gaga says she is but both talk about freedom, and freedom to be them. Love the post and thanks for posting it.
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