passage: ( OPRAH.com ) -- Chris Rock is an Emmy - winning comedian , devoted husband and loving father --but it 's time to get to know a new side of this funnyman .
  Meet Chris Rock , hair expert .
  It 's a detour he took after an innocent carpool ride left Rock with an idea he just could n't shake .
  " I was with my daughter one day , and we 're in the car and she 's with one of her friends in the back seat , a little white friend , " he says .
  " She was just kind of raving about her friend 's hair a little too much for my comfort [ saying ] : ' You 've got great hair .
  Oh , your hair 's so good . ' " Not wanting to make her comments a big deal , Rock says he tried to play his them off .
  " [ I said ] : " Oh , baby , your hair 's beautiful .
  Come on , ' " he says .
  " If I would have really reacted , then she would have a complex about her hair . "
  Still , Rock could n't let it go .
  " It sparked something in me , " he says .
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  What Rock discovered is a $ 9 billion industry that affects the daily activities , wallets , self - esteem -- and even the sex lives -- of black women .
  Because women spend so much time and money on their hair , Rock says men are forced to adopt a hands - off policy .
  " You can not touch a black woman 's hair .
  You are conditioned not to even go there , " he says .
  " When I was a dating guy , I dated women from different races .
  Anytime I was with an Asian or a Puerto Rican girl or a white girl , my hands would constantly be in their hair .
query_and_answer: Whose daily activities , wallets , self - esteem , and even sex lives is affected by $ 9 billion industry , that Chris Rock discovered ? || American Women
evidences: ( OPRAH.com ) -- Chris Rock is an Emmy - winning comedian , devoted husband and loving father --but it 's time to get to know a new side of this funnyman . What Rock discovered is a $ 9 billion industry that affects the daily activities , wallets , self - esteem -- and even the sex lives -- of black women .