Bertram D. Ashe (1995) discusses the role of black women in beauty in “Song of Soloman” by Toni Morrison and “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston. In the most climactic part of Song of Soloman, the black woman who has natural, kinky hair asks her mother and grandmother why her love interests, who is an African American man, don't like her hair. The answer was another question about how he can like her if he doesn't like her hair. This is a common response used to combat the negative implications of African American men. First, the most important women in their lives have hair similar to that of other African American women. Are they willing to go home to their mothers and grandmothers and tell them what to do with their hair? Not without a harsh reaction from the women who raised them. Secondly, they neglect to consider that what grows from their scalp is exactly the same as what grows from the scalp of their female counterparts. Yes, some people cut their hair, but if you took away razors and products that create a wavy pattern in their hair, the results would be identical to those of African American women. Essentially, this can be seen as an expression of self-hatred. Additionally, dominance over women comes in the form of physical attractiveness. The female protagonist of “Soloman's Song of Songs” and “Their Eyes Were Watching God” did not care how