# Who was the first white person to wean an afro hairstyle?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-white-person-to-wean-an-afro-hairstyle/43343
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 30, 2000, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-white-person-to-wean-an-afro-hairstyle/43343 "2000-11-30T07:14:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Uniball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniball)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2000, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-white-person-to-wean-an-afro-hairstyle/43343/1 "2000-11-30T07:14:18Z")
Leo Sayer?
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### Author:  [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2000, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-white-person-to-wean-an-afro-hairstyle/43343/2 "2000-11-30T09:20:28Z")
I don’t know what the right answer is, but I’m sure it wasn’t Leo Sayer. There was a white guy on the old TV show _Room 222_ who had an afro. That show was on before anybody heard of Leo Sayer. Also, I think Carlos Santana wore an afro around the same time.
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### Author:  [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2000, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-white-person-to-wean-an-afro-hairstyle/43343/3 "2000-11-30T14:33:07Z")
“Who was the first white person to wean an afro hairstyle?”
[mental image of woman breast-feeding Angela Davis’ hair. Eve has to lie down for a moment.]
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### Author:  [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2000, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-white-person-to-wean-an-afro-hairstyle/43343/4 "2000-11-30T14:52:07Z")
My uncle Dan. Hehe…
Jman
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### Author:  [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2000, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-white-person-to-wean-an-afro-hairstyle/43343/5 "2000-11-30T16:28:17Z")
Don Henley?
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### Author:  [@isopropyl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/isopropyl)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2000, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-white-person-to-wean-an-afro-hairstyle/43343/6 "2000-11-30T17:32:15Z")
**Art Grafunkle** in the 60’s
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### Author:  [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2000, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-white-person-to-wean-an-afro-hairstyle/43343/7 "2000-11-30T17:35:54Z")
Not sure if he was the first, but **Bob Ross** certainly needs to be mentioned.
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### Author:  [@isopropyl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/isopropyl)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2000, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-white-person-to-wean-an-afro-hairstyle/43343/8 "2000-11-30T17:37:58Z")
:eek: make that Atr Garfunkle
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### Author:  [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2000, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-white-person-to-wean-an-afro-hairstyle/43343/9 "2000-11-30T17:45:39Z")
Carlos Santana is white?
Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding (of The Jimi Hendrix experience) got afros at their manager’s suggestion. Did Garfunkle precede them?
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2000, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-white-person-to-wean-an-afro-hairstyle/43343/10 "2000-11-30T19:30:04Z")
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> There was a white guy on the old TV show Room 222 who had an afro.
It’s been twenty five years, but before even opening this thread the title alone brought back memories of Bernie’s (David Jolliffe) hair. You can see it in all its glory at:
[http://www.kfcplainfield.com/tv/room222.html](http://www.kfcplainfield.com/tv/room222.html)
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### Author:  [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2000, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-white-person-to-wean-an-afro-hairstyle/43343/11 "2000-11-30T19:34:58Z")
I have a picture of my grandmother ( born 1890) when she was like 15 years old who posessed a massive head of wirey hair. She looks like a white woman with a light brown fro wearing a turn of the century hat on top that is quite silly looking.
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