12822: Stock Stupidity.

Be inspired—by a White guy with a Chia Pet afro…?

12004: Afropunks Assemble!

The New York Times published Afropunks, Come as You Are by Whitney Richardson, featuring portrait photography by Phil Knott.

The Afropunk Festival will be held this weekend at Commodore Barry Park in Brooklyn. Ms. Richardson will be taking portraits of people wearing Afro hairstyles while attending the event.

11557: Thank God It’s Froday.

A Personal, Political History of the Afro presented by Buzzfeed.

11128: Fiat Takes The Low Road.

Not sure about the thinking behind this Fiat campaign via Leo Burnett in Spain.

Miss Universe contestants and whip cream makes sense.

Getting Gizmo wet and feeding him at night makes sense.

But combining a guy with an afro and a guy with shears just seems culturally clueless.

From Ads of the World.

10688: Mercedes-Benz-Bullshit.

This Mercedes-Benz campaign hypes the B-Class’ spaciousness with big stereotypes.

From Ads of the World.

10338: Doing The Bus Stop.

This Cannes Lions Outdoor finalist proclaiming, “Black music all the way,” was created by Dentsu in São Paulo, Brazil.

9685: Bud Light NFL Spot Fumbles.

Hate this Bud Light commercial celebrating NFL fans. The Afro scene is corny—as is the final line, “Looking good, dawg.”

9539: Wigging Out With Bing.

Bing celebrates The Annual Flaunting of the Wigs—yet aren’t most folks using the search engine to find Afro wigs for Blackface parties?

9322: Hairport Security.

National news sources reported on an incident no one ever covered at Black Atlas.

Woman: Airport search of my Afro was humiliating

DALLAS — A Dallas hairstylist says security officers at Atlanta’s airport humiliated her when they subjected her large Afro hairstyle to a search in open view of other arriving passengers.

Isis Brantley says she was headed down an escalator at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, after she was screened at the initial security checkpoint, when two TSA agents came after her asking to check her hair for explosives, according to the website of CBS station KTVT-TV in Dallas.

Brantley says the agents began patting down her large Afro in public as she waited on a train platform.

She claims she was embarrassed and couldn’t understand why they checked her again after her initial security screening. Brantley says she couldn’t believe it was happening to her.

She says she wouldn’t have minded if the TSA did the hair pat-down at the security checkpoint. It was the public display that upset her.

Brantley tells The Dallas Morning News the search in full public view brought her to tears.

In a statement to the newspaper, the Transportation Security Administration said Brantley left a checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport before security could complete her screening. That prompted a security officer to refer her for further screening.

TSA says a private screening was offered and refused, but Brantley denies that. She says she doesn’t mind being searched, as long as it’s done respectfully.

She adds nothing like that has ever happened to her in the 20 years she’s had the natural hairstyle.

9302: World’s New Beauty Standards.

Aevin Dugas of New Orleans was recognized for owning the world’s largest Afro, at a circumference of 4 feet and 4 inches. Chris “The Dutchess” Walton of Las Vegas scored for having the world’s longest nails with roughly 20 feet of nails on her hands. Looking forward to seeing the women in upcoming Black History Month advertising.

9141: Mo’ ‘Fro.

As a follow-up of sorts to the recent Afro Wig post, here’s a picture of Al Pacino portraying Phil Spector.

9134: The World According To Google—Part 11.

The World According To Google presents content discovered while searching for other things.

Today’s search words: Afro Wig.