Mediaite slammed CNN for airing clip from 2002 movie Undercover Brother in its report on TSA agents’ inspection of hairdresser Isis Brantley’s hair.
“Was it really necessary for CNN to use a clip from, of all things, Undercover Brother — a film satirizing 70s Blaxploitation films — to highlight the fact that people don’t like strangers touching their hair? Afros and “natural hair” have had a long and complicated history in the U.S., adding a potential extra layer of significance to the officials’ decision to specifically search Brantley’s hair.”
“To diminish that by using a cartoonish portrayal of a black person with a full afro to highlight a point is, at best, highly unprofessional.”
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