This is the story of Black hair

Author Emma Dabiri says the stigma around Afro-textured hair is a construct. Here's where the myth comes from.

[@kahnicacole5692]

Our hair grows towards the sun like a flower 😁

[@bgknowable]

You are so cute. 🥰

[@ccMomOfJays]

That's actually a beautiful way to describe it 💘

[@chayil7489]

💜💜

[@DivaAP08]

That's part of our magic!✨

[@GodsObedientChild-Deuteron6262]

Agreed and that statement is so adorable🌺🌷🌼🌻🌹🤗!

[@noble604]

Imagine needing a law passed to be able to wear the hair that grows out of your hair to work.

[@nagaolmecchaos9493]

lol it’s power in the hair

[@iloveyourvibez]

Right? So damn ridiculous!

[@dianar7353]

Sounds about white.

[@chayil7489]

It's not the first time. They passed the Tignon Laws due to white women complaining after slavery.

[@flossyraven]

Or to be accepted in school

[@khadijasenghor286]

“Remove the kinks from your mind, not your hair” - Marcus Garvey

[@chestchirecateyes]

One of my favourite MG quotes!

[@colleyslimmaz4502]

Word!!!....One of the seven National heroes of Jamaica.

[@H_A_L_7]

👍🏾

[@superiorpanda6449]

Aww that's beautiful

[@kemmygrace620]

JA

[@tammat705]

We get told we're "insecure" and "trying to be white" when we wear wigs and weaves, we get suspended from schools and fired from our jobs for wearing braids, and we get told that our afros are "unproffessional", "messy", and "nappy". It's almost as if we're not allowed to have hair. 😭

[@uncleruckus6411]

The White man will say whether you are allowed to have hair or not. Let’s not be rebellious now. I work for a White man and he told me to chop the front off of my hair but leave the back ends. I did as I was told.

[@chrissyg55]

@@uncleruckus6411 He told you to Bend over and You did as you were told.

[@Elijah1916_myhighway]

Then we're peanut heads when we go bald.

[@giyann1278]

@@uncleruckus6411 Girl speak for yourself.

[@rileymercedes]

@@uncleruckus6411 you know... if you click on your page you can see all of your disgusting troll comments

[@osoteirra]

It’s the fact that these white girls wear braids, but we literally got kicked out of school for wearing them..

[@grrrohmy665]

can this comment blow up, like this is what we mean! so many white people say oh i like braids so i wear it what’s wrong with that!! but the difference is that when a white person wears our hair NOBODDY CARES, they think it’s BEAUTIFUL, and yet we get detention in school for wearing our hair the exact same way, get called ghetto or nappy, or dirty for wearing braids the same way. it’s insane

[@osoteirra]

@@grrrohmy665 exactly!! I’ve been saying this for the longest but “it’s just a hairstyle”🤦🏽‍♀️😒

[@milkdeds2119]

And then they have to audacity to say “it’s just hair” if it’s just hair why are we getting kicked out of schools and losing our jobs for it? If it’s just hair why are called gettoh and dirty for wearing it? We own these hair styles but some of us are afraid to wear them because of these awful beauty standards. It has taken over the world to the point where it cannot be fixed, and we are just going to have to live with that fact.

[@osoteirra]

@@milkdeds2119 u spoke nothing but facts 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@stacytrowell6890]

That's why My daughter goes to a prodomitly black school where she sees herself as beautiful,and not ashamed or embarrassed!!! Where's braids, dredds,straight, curls, long, or short!!! Never had issues with hair or skin color!!! Love it for her & her confidence!!!

[@lt3074]

it's sickening that you have to have laws to stop discrimination about afro hair . 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@IsraeliteApologetics3]

GENESIS 1:26-27KJV GENESIS 2:7KJV. THE FIRST MAN AND WOMAN WAS CREATED OF THE MUD.. WE ARE THE VERY IMAGE OF THE HIGHEST. THEY ARE ENEMIES. THAT'S WHY.. ENVY PERPETUAL HATRED.

[@vpc4829]

OMG I said the same thing.

[@raqueldoceu]

@@IsraeliteApologetics3 what in the world are you talking about? We were all as humans were created in the image of God. We can’t make others our enemy while describing ourselves as saints or of God.

[@Boudicaisback]

@@IsraeliteApologetics3 so does that mean I came from the snow or ice?

[@GodsObedientChild-Deuteron6262]

@@raqueldoceu Well said👏!

[@Elijah1916_myhighway]

We get insulted for wearing weaves by the same people who tells us that our natural hair is unattractive.

[@aniyachanel]

right

[@Dabpss]

Difference is a huge factor in the human race

[@rediettadesse2828]

Who caresif they r not attracted to it My hair is not made ti attract and pkease you But dont BAN me fire me from schools and offices because of it !! Its racist

[@Elijah1916_myhighway]

@@rediettadesse2828 Them not finding it attractive kinda plays a factor into being fired/banned. They’ll cook up some bullshit about your hair “being unprofessional.”

[@jas8471]

It's also black men. My boyfriend told me some of the things that some of his friends have said.

[@checkmattee222]

Why are long braids and afro deemed "inappropriate"? What's inappropriate about it? Is it a danger to society? Are people going to die if they see those hairstyles? Does it carry guns and shoot at people? I seriously don't understand.

[@zimichelle6]

oh no! are you allergic to my braids? like wtf

[@driamhane]

Ppl be like "AHHH BRAIDS!! AFROS!!! MY FATAL WEAKNESS!!!" The fact that this reference is to a line said by Hazel Levesque, a Black girl

[@luna8391]

@@driamhane wait isn’t she from the olympians series? wait aww i love her 🥺

[@rediettadesse2828]

Exactly like LET MY HAIR BEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FOR FUCK SAKE

[@angelahepburn1524]

What does your common sense tell you? This comes from an entity that despises the very fact that they have to look at us.....it is pure evil, wicked, and it is determined to destroy everything about us. This force goes after our emotional, mental, psychological and social health. It is nothing but hatred in it's finest. You better understand that this is real and it gathers strength from our insecurities. You must love and accept who God made you and remember that God does not and cannot ever make mistakes. We are not a mistake......neither is our hair or skin.

[@tru_kru_bahbee24]

People truly don't understand the psychological damage that comes with consistantly being told/shown that you are not allowed to wear your hair the way that it grows out of your head.

[@BrittanyAA123]

@@Jeremyreed7 it's definitely not the same at all smh

[@luv4cxlia]

Yep

[@luv4cxlia]

@@Jeremyreed7 That's completely different my friend.

[@tru_kru_bahbee24]

@@Jeremyreed7 Has anyone of authority ever told you to cut your fingernails while allowing someone else to grow theirs? And if so, please elaborate.

[@sweetjune2010]

@@Jeremyreed7 not the same thing, we should not have to alter our hair texture to make our employers more comfortable!

[@Jasminedabs]

We need women with 4c hair that are unambiguously Black representing Black women on a wider scale.

[@momoiida5505]

The lady in the video IS unambiguously black. We've always had various, features, complexions etc....

[@Jasminedabs]

@@momoiida5505 who said the women in the video wasn't?

[@lisacox3750]

Absolutely! Yes!!!

[@shaybarcellyia6830]

There’s a biracial woman on KZbin with 4c hair. As well as Doja Cat. So I agree. They need to show biracial and full Black women with 4c hair. I definitely agree with you. ♥️💗

[@shaybarcellyia6830]

There’s a biracial woman on KZbin with 4c hair. As well as Doja Cat. So I agree. They need to show biracial and full Black women with 4c hair. I definitely agree with you. ♥️💗

[@hidamisolivofelix922]

Kids are getting detention for wearing their hair naturally or in braids/protective styles??? That is absolutely disgusting

[@patricia_seraphine]

Everything still comes down to skin color. They always harassing black people about everything which is their physical features, life style etc. Almost as if black people cannot breathe.

[@hidamisolivofelix922]

@@patricia_seraphine Ik it’s so upsetting :/

[@jakeclaudio7239]

Where they do that at what school? 🤨🤔 I’m pretty sure shit like that would be on the news by now and the school would shut down for discrimination, or what school is this?

[@kazu7586]

my school they say we can't wear braids which is understandable because it is uniformed and they always let us afros if we want

[@blacklyfe5543]

I wonder why though

[@Sf-ji6is]

Majority of the girls in this video have the curls pattern that is accepted in society.

[@bwuddybunni5033]

right, if we can acknowledge the hate for afro hair in general we can acknowledge the way looser curls are uplifted and treated way better than type 4 hair

[@r1234233]

@@bwuddybunni5033 and what would acknowledging any of that do? you'all are stupid

[@coolum.5226]

Speak for yourself

[@prtdiva]

I noticed that too. If we're going to talk about afro textured hair then show AFRO textured hair. Even a video meant to uplift afro hair is hiding our true texture.

[@bgos4727]

@@r1234233 you are clearly trolling. First step to fixing any problem is knowledge and realization of such problem

[@gisellespringer]

This world is sickening on so many levels.

[@niecy4luv27]

Yes sometimes it’s overwhelming

[@grrrohmy665]

that is so true.. the world is so sickening that sometimes it is frightening or overwhelming. but remember, Jesus has overcame the world, God loves us so so much and he doesn’t want us to go through this alone, he loves you so much and that is why he sent his son to die for you, Please give your life to Jesus, and he will dwell in you and protect you from this world!

[@read_the_room]

always has been, always will be

[@Strawberries0000]

EXTREMELY SICKENING AF 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤦🏿‍♀️🤦🏿‍♀️🤦🏿‍♀️🤦🏿‍♀️🤦🏿‍♀️🤦🏿‍♀️

[@luv4cxlia]

Ikr

[@janices6140]

My hair has been fried, dyed and laid to the side in my efforts to fit in. But now I wear it in its natural state and I don't care who likes it, as long as I do!

[@4knewt505]

Smile. We've been through. The hair commercials and models of European features was an issue that some don't want to talk about.

[@chrigael5911]

Glad you came to your senses! Welcome! 😊

[@reinelena9915]

@@4knewt505 How? I think black people, should just make their own hair products and commercials.

[@anayalator_221]

Same sis! I’m 23 and I’ve done everything in the book tryin to fit it until realizing in high school that that shit is *Exhausting*

[@ArgueWithYaMomma]

@@reinelena9915 we do have a lot of our own products to use . You’ll have to look it up . We have many different brands and types . Look it up on google .

[@therealmrssmith8443]

It's amazing how they compared our hair to an animal. Meanwhile they are the ones who get lice.

[@NKOSi1415]

fr doeee too funny

[@frogsmith9578]

@@fizko5350 no

[@Wakeupgrandowl]

Afro texture hair is not immune from lice but it is _much_ less prevalent.

[@MissOlympia2023]

Lice are fleas & the liars gave the same bug a different name to try to hide the fact that their FUR attracts fleas just like cats & dogs (it’s not hair it is fur) who also have that same type of fur. Afro hair is hair.

[@tiwiogunye]

If our hair is sheep fur theirs is horse tail

[@lorenabaez3328]

This made me cry. If only I had embraced my natural hair in high school. But I’m embracing it now and that is what matters ❤️

[@Elikem2982]

Excellent. It’s refreshing when we unlearn and learn again. Better later than never!

[@rubycrosby16]

My mom always relaxed my hair. Saying how much she disliked it. I vowed never to make my children feel less than and embrace and love everything about themselves.

[@lazsubbz]

Yup, no perms, no weaves, and no flat iron until they're old enough to get a job

[@adeolaobayan7735]

I wished my mum would relax my hair. It was so thick and stubborn, it was a nightmare to comb through. I longed for manageable hair. Then puberty hit and it all changed. We know more about managing black hair how now than then

[@mrsbdubc2174]

My mom permed my hair because she listened to outsiders and she said it made it easier for her to manage my hair. I was 7 when I got my first perm.

[@joannagipson12]

@@mrsbdubc2174 Same here, even though my hair was thick and long. My mom just didn't have the time and energy to be pressing it every Saturday morning. Now my natural hair is waist length and healthy thank God. But I still wear fake hair because dealing with all my hair is time consuming. ❤

[@leilo330]

I think relaxing is bad because it's a form of lying about your hair. Most ppl do not have straight hair. It's like dating someone with blue eyes and then found out they got contact lenses over their natural brown eyes. It's a lie and a froud.

[@reinhardt5405]

One of my friends used to work at Disney. They told her to remove the long braids because they were inappropriate. Yet a white man was able to keep his long locks.

[@alexm566]

The white man was a worker in the same role or a customer?

[@reinhardt5405]

@@alexm566 Same role.

[@cecegiles4583]

That is some BULLSHIT... OMG

[@lathanyalazare68]

Funny enough they just changed that rule a year ago

[@Yahawadahhh]

@@reinhardt5405 so did she remove her long beauty locks?

[@itsjiminsnonexistentjams1221]

Dear people: as an Asian from China who loves black culture they can’t keep straightening their hair, cutting it off, perming it, dying it, gelling it etc. to fit your standards. Not only does it damage their hair but keeps it away from the purpose of letting their hair grow. Black hair has culture and many knowledge behind it. Just because in YOUR mind straight hair is beautiful doenst mean everyone needs to have it. Thank u.

[@haydenmary4849]

ARMY Jimin stan here

[@quartzzhuit]

Thank u too. 😊✊🏿🖤🔥➿〰

[@yimingsofyiaxuefan4641]

Yes Bestie

[@louise-yo7kz]

Thank you @Jimin

[@twodogs3868]

"black hair has culture and knowledge behind it"??? wtf???

[@StephanieAminu]

My high school told me i had to take out my braids within a week or else i’ll be excluded just because my braids were black to grey and they said that wasn’t natural. But they dont say shit when it comes to the white girls dying their entire hair pink or blue or orange and thats totally unfair

[@StephanieAminu]

And when i did take it out and started doing straight crochet hair instead, my teacher told me “that looks so much better” 🙄

[@StephanieAminu]

Also even when my big sis wore her afro to school, her irish teacher told her to just put her hair away. Like he couldn’t handle it

[@erickpellington1]

Rascist

[@florisha4790]

@@erickpellington1 she is not racist the freakin school is

[@florisha4790]

@@maybe_3374 Prob can row styles, pom pom hair style .

[@k0k01]

No body’s knows what it’s like to be fearful to wear you real hair to work, not only because of it being viewed as inappropriate but the questions!!! “Can I touch your hair?” (Most don’t even ask they just do) “what did you do to it?” “How long is it?” “Why don’t you wear it more often?” “Oh I didn’t see you there, I thought you were somebody else!” 😒 Like I change my hair every month, you don’t know who I am by now?? 🙃 WHY IS MY HAIR A POLITICAL STATEMENT??? I’m just living my life, relax!!!!!! EDIT: For everyone under the comments making excuses and missing the point on purpose, you wouldn’t walk up to a woman and ask are her breast real would you? You wouldn’t walk up to your boss and ask how much money he makes would you? NO! Because it is hella invasive and rude! So why do it to us? We are telling you stop with body language because if we say no then y’all cry victim! So now that you know better do better. And stop comparing children to adults, children also drink out of the same cups and bite off the same food. Do you think that’s okay too??

[@marimarielove]

Next time tell them to worry about the bugs in their own damn hair

[@skyboss1184]

I’m white with straight long hair and I love the natural hair look. I realize that there is a lot of work that goes into wearing your hair “natural” for people with curly hair. I feel like I need to apologize to a black lady I work with cause I loved touching her hair when she wears down. We are friends and she is always playing in my hair but now I’m worried I may have said something hurtful and had no idea what I was doing. I think I will talk to her and ask.

[@DivaAP08]

I agree, I had my hair out in a high puff (normally I wear it in twists)... You would have thought that I came to work butt naked the amount of shock that I received. There were some that would "stop by to just look" like I was a circus act. Bottom line, cccchhhhhiiilllleeee folks are draining!

[@briceh1001]

Maybe some white people are just curious about black hair that is polar opposite to their own. I don't think it always comes from a bad place if they want to touch your hair but yes culturally most black people I know don't like when people touch our hair.

[@mishaa7263]

I used to have a female coworker who always asked my other coworker, HoW DiD YoUr HaIr GeT So LoNg, she knew why, she was just being rude 😪 and coworker 2 seemed so self conscious even tho she was the prettiest girl at work

[@e.deborah7256]

As a Nigerian, this was so shocking when I moved to the States and heard students getting punished for their hair. I was like: 😑 Really?

[@keepinitkawaii]

When i was in 3th grade (in America) my mom gave me box braids for the first time. Little me was sooooo excited to skip around school with my new braids😂😂 i walked in the class and i was immediately excused and was told to go to the principals office. I got sent home because my hair was "inappropriate" and distracting. The very next year this white girl had gone with her parents to Mexico for vacation and got her hair braided (basically box braids with the colorful rubberbands) all the teacher did was ask her to tell us about her vacation. I was so confused as to why she could have braids but not me? That experience has never left me.

[@checksanto]

@@keepinitkawaii I'm sorry that happened to you, that's just awful. The double standards are what really get to me.

[@chestchirecateyes]

@@keepinitkawaii This is why I try to convince my Caribbean sisters to stop putting these styles in the Europeans', particularly Americans', hair because of the discrimination that BG/W face in the USA. But when people need to feed their families, $$ takes precedence.

[@mycha5335]

Happened to me in South Africa

[@-criedjupiter-8464]

@@mycha5335 oh yea whatttt by who? Cos i know alot of white people like to live in South Africa

[@9sheri9]

Black girls everywhere, don't conform! You are beautiful and your hair is gorgeous just as it is 💙

[@quartzzhuit]

✊🏿🖤🔥〰➿

[@Pamsmith59]

What a lie. This is like telling white girls everywhere that their hair is "gorgeous just as it is." It would put all salons out of business.

[@runsprints4life767]

I'm actually surprised I havent seen many racist comments. Usually white folks go ballistic the second they see the word black. 🤣

[@Gisella16]

fr😭

[@momoiida5505]

Mainstream media NEVER shows that clip of MLK, Jr. speaking those affirmations about our collective natural selves as a people. I've never seen it before.

[@carolyn6689]

I have never seen that clip of him saying that till today either..wth? Mainstream media is so ridiculous.

[@Just4Meek]

Same!!!! This is my first time seeing it 💔

[@lisacox3750]

Yes, they sanitized MLK Jr. It started around the late 1970s. If you research him, there is so much more out there that the media don't want you to know. MLK was a radical. He was HATED during his lifetime. That's why he was killed. They try to scrub away so much of his history to appeal to the mainstream. It's so ironic because in his lifetime so many white people hated him. Then years after he died they acted like they loved him all along. He was all about equality for his people. Yet, all they ever want to talk about is the "I Have a Dream Speech". There is a reason they choose to focus on this idea of us integrating and the kum ba yah stuff. Don't get it twisted people - MLK was about elevating the black community first!

[@Nataliemreyes]

Yes, I was crying thinking about how they had to perm to get better positions and then I heard his beautiful affirmations.

[@christinem8799]

exactly!!!!

[@rejesus7106]

“It’s just hair” no the hell it’s not

[@shanchan8247]

It was never 'just hair' with us. Or else, why shave the heads of enslaved African women since the braid patterns were tribal identifiers and status markers, then later make them wear head wraps because the sight of our hair was supposedly too 'erotic' like pubic hair.....no, it was never just hair.

[@alextroy9202]

And “it’s just hair” why are we getting kicked out, bullied and shamed for our hair

[@pandahtoemateo3321]

@@alextroy9202 PERIODT! YOU DESERVE THIS CROWN 👑

[@sonchild2881]

You have a nice eyeball there

[@selftaughtflippingtwins8501]

Our Mummy spends a long time on our hair, and when she does it, she tells us we are very beautiful and I'm a little boy and I love my long curly hair.

[@mjarmes]

Black hair absolutely stunning, I don't understand how some people can't see that. The women are stunning with their braids, curly afros, I mean, they all look so beautiful!

[@Life-tk6or]

Thank you hun!

[@bsn2dnp99]

You know we are in trouble, when a documentary about black hair shows majority of mixed women's hair.

[@lilmamagc]

EXACTLYYYY

[@nemom7791]

I wondered... where is the representation of 4A - C girls... I cannot relate to the mixed women's hair :(

[@25thSouth]

I wear my hair natural, but I think it's important not to hate on black women that chose to wear their hair however they want. Our body our choice.

[@futahl.2061]

I am sure that is not the purpose of the video. It's for others to accept women of color to be allowed to have natural hair, at school or place of work; but that is still hard.. like the two siblings being punished for having braids and being removed from student's activities

[@dashaunnashields100]

I’m the same way. I love wearing my natural hair because I love embracing it and I don’t like fake hair

[@kennyb1588]

@@futahl.2061 it’s definitely not the purpose of the video but you’ll see a lot of times when it comes to black celebrities people saying things like “let’s see the natural hair” or “they’d look better with their natural hair” which on the surface may sound like a compliment but what’s it’s really doing is giving another way for people to try and control how we wear our hair if that makes sense

[@kaniaholmes]

@@futahl.2061 EXACTLY

[@caribbeangirl7743]

Lmao who said people couldn't do what they want? Why do we black people always do this? It's more about embracing your natural hair.

[@muffettuffet8253]

And another thing.. many woman APPEAR to have short hair because the coils are so tight it looks this way. Take a look at some DON'T LET SHRINKAGE FOOL YOU videos... you will be amazed

[@Charky-tn8it]

This is so true. I always have my hair naturally braided, and ppl always ask me if I cut it (they don't mean anything bad by it, my hair does appear short). I've never cut my hair lol.

[@thetom5522]

Yes, absolutely but let's also not forget that it's totally okay to have short hair. Many people think shrinkage is a problem when it really not. It's actually a good thing because it's means your hair is HEALTHY. We shouldn't be brainwashed by European beauty standards and think that short hair is bad, it's perfectly okay

[@TheLeah2344]

My hair shrinks up above my shoulders but it’s actually to my back.

[@lovejoy3307]

Yes I learn more and more everyday that people just do not understand our hair. I'll wear my high puff one day and a low slick ponytail the next and every ask me "why did you cut your hair"? Thought about putting weave in so no one would ask but naw..

[@quartzzhuit]

🤣➿〰🔥🔥

[@goat1408]

Pretty much the “if you don’t look white you’re not accepted” trope.

[@souplover947]

and i’m so sick and tired of it. the world needs to grow the fuck up damn.

[@sherryt2711]

@@souplover947 We've lived on this planet for hundreds of thousands of years yet many of us are still racist, sexist, and homophobic at heart. I've lost all hope in humanity a long time ago.

[@realashandaatlarge]

Our hair is wooly, like a lamb and their's is straight, like a goat.

[@nibbax7772]

Goat=greatest of all time btw

[@ericatheempress6698]

It's like your damned if you do your damned if you dont. You can wear straight weaves in corporate office but "wearing weaves means you're insecure" yet when youre natural its unprofessional.

[@aliceinbath2850]

Couldn't have said it better myself

[@sassyk3906]

Exactly

[@its.reasiaok7650]

preach

[@Deklectic]

Theres absolutelty nothing wrong with wearing wigs and weaves and some people have no choice but to wear wigs and weaves due to medical conditions like alopecia to feel "normal".. But why not wear wigs and weaves that mimic your "actual" natural texture? Like yes every race wears wigs and weaves but it usually mimics their natural texture.. Like we would be looking at wht ppl crazy if they "collectively" were running around in type 4 wigs I'd actually be extremely offended. I get our history as a people and why we originally did that, but in 2021 with the knowledge we have NOW, we "collectively" need to stop encouraging and perpetuating euro-centric beauty standards.. Like we spend trillions to walk around with dead limp hair to make "main stream" society feel comfortable vs embracing our unique beautiful textures. We can't complain about W.S while perpetuating and encuraging it ALL at the same time.. We need to set the tone for the NEXT generation that you are beautiful and DO NOT have to conform to make another group comfortable.. We can't help how our hair grows out of our scalp.. I'm just keeping it real...

[@ericatheempress6698]

@@Deklectic true and I also made a point where half the time in corporate America none of your coworkers would care yet let someone have and afro or braided weaves its deemed unprofessional. I do agree we should probably embrace our natural beauty because in the past years we have fallen victim into thinking our natural beauty is unprofessional and/or sometimes unattractive.

[@mdooms76]

Even in the afro hair community curly hair is more acceptable and considered beautiful and "good hair" as opposed to 4C type kinky hair! Vanity...it's all vanity. We can't change what grows from our scalp. If a white person was told to change their natural hair to dreds or get braids to get a job...it would be unheard of. But it's ok to treat us that way????

[@j.e.pierson9433]

Did you watch the entire video? It's not just vanity, it's colorism and texturism based on European standards of beauty that attempt to justify unfair treatment of Black people.

[@OpulentWife]

I have 3c/4a hair and I get comments about it all the time about my hair bing beautiful and oh I never knew you had good hair. Good hair is healthy hair

[@D71219ONE]

I agree 100%, but I don’t think it’s unheard of for white people to be ridiculed for their hair. I was bullied all throughout school growing up for having red hair. I graduated, and my hairline started to recede quickly, then people constantly made fun of my hairline. I get it, my hair is unattractive to almost everyone, but people don’t have to be mean about it.

[@sweetrain50]

Exactly. We do this to each other and the root of it is in slavery.

[@Odontecete]

@@D71219ONE It's not. I have natural curly hair and have spent my entire life being stigmatized for it because it wasn't long, straight and silky, it didn't "flow" like it should, it frizzed out and became a "mop" or a "rat's nest". Even when I discovered how to actually take care of my curls, there is a stigma that they aren't "perfect". It's a no win. I'm a redhead too, not a ginger, auburn--which means people are constantly thinking I dye it because apparently red doesn't include auburn anymore. Whatever. It took a long time but I simply don't care anymore about what standards of "beauty" say--I am me and I am enough just the way I am and if my curls want to go their own way, so be it. I'm done trying to pretend to be something I am not for the sake of a magazine to sell me an idea of what beauty is.

[@wxshes1]

Afro hair is so beautiful, my sisters have it and I love when their hair is puffy.

[@siahneykollie6805]

This almost made me cry. I grew up in an all white private school, and I was always ashamed of my hair. I never wore it in its natural state and even as I got older. I either put perm in it, straightened it, or wore extensions. It was horrible. I am 20 now and to this day, although it’s more accepted now, I still struggle with being confident to wear my natural hair out in public 😒

[@quartzzhuit]

🤗🤗🤗😘😘😘 we are here for u 🖤🖤✊🏿

[@siahneykollie6805]

@@quartzzhuit thanks ❤️

[@JaneCrossan]

I am an older white women with curly hair. It breaks my heart that black women cannot wear their beautiful curls as nature intended.Many white woman pay a fortune to have perms. I loathe discrimination of any kind. The world is full of hatred and turmoil. I wish we could all live in peace and harmony but I know that's an impossible dream. Anyhow I hope more black women start letting their hair go natural, as all the weaves, straightening etc will damage it beyond repair. Sending love to all ❤

[@antoniawhyte429]

Just like they said that curvy bodies and big lips were disgusting...and now they are paying millions and risking their lives to get them.

[@solareclipse7541]

Lol ikr 😅

[@amidia5384]

They are just hypocrite.

[@solareclipse7541]

Mhm

[@heyitsfay2011]

FACTS!!

[@artiswilkins306]

Seems like lots of white girls on tic toc are over lining their 👄 to make them look like they have thicker and more luscious lips. When I was in middle school, I got teased and my lips were called “big soup coolers”. Now I “juice-up” my BEAUTIFUL, full “soup coolers” every chance I get👄--no fake over-lining needed.

[@sexychocolateable]

I love being black and I love having 4C hair and I hate that people try to police our hair

[@katelynthestrawberrycow9488]

4c gets dirty quick though 😞

[@sexychocolateable]

@@katelynthestrawberrycow9488 but we don't smell like wet dog and we don't get lice

[@katelynthestrawberrycow9488]

@@sexychocolateable yeah I have 4c never got lice EVER but in school when they test you and they pick at the hair it hur so bad 😣

[@sexychocolateable]

@@katelynthestrawberrycow9488 yeah I remember those days

[@georgia6025]

@@katelynthestrawberrycow9488 how does it get dirty?

[@skym821]

As a white woman with huge curly, frizzy hair, I spent all of my teenage years straightening my hair for 2 hours a day to feel beautiful. I've never met a white woman with hair like mine. I felt so different. I'm in my 20s now... I don't straighten. But I still get self conscious. My heart hurts for all curly women who don't feel accepted. Thank you for this informative video.

[@lenoralol9962]

black people also be hating on whites people for having curly hair. and i’m saying this as a black person. if ur so upset about people discriminating us for our hair don’t go around doing it to white people. it’s still racism either way 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@duanerichard]

you could be 10% black.

[@marilynwillett804]

you're not as white as you claIm to be,

[@laurensanday1180]

Her: We need to reject beauty standards that only represent “those that privilege lighter skin, thinner noses, or ‘good hair’” Video editor: *montage of mostly women with lighter skin, thinner noses, and looser curls* Theres nothing wrong with having those features but I feel like whoever edited this video completely missed the point. Because they barely showed a variety of different hair types.

[@bwuddybunni5033]

right

[@SoupBone-bp1qk]

You need to watch it again because I saw lots of lovely dark-skinned beauties alongside our lovely light-skinned beauties. A spectrum of colors and textures and ALL lovely!

[@mychips2767]

@@bwuddybunni5033 disagree they showed a variety

[@AnastasiaBeaverhousn]

Exactly, I said the same thing!!! 🙄

[@Its.nice2b_nice]

That's Humankind for ya.

[@jarofpixies]

Imagine black little girls growing up and seeing zero representation on tv.. the one thing that is instilled into us as soon as we’re born

[@kiyanawilliams276]

Yep. I am that little black girl ur talking about. And that’s why I’m so insecure about my skin💔

[@supercarol2001]

@@kiyanawilliams276 I’m sorry it’s going to take time but hang on there. You deserve everything in life don’t listen to anyone

[@souplover947]

@@supercarol2001 YES! fuck the racist idiots.

[@quartzzhuit]

Yep. We endured that but WE ARE WOKE! We won't let that continue.

[@quartzzhuit]

@@kiyanawilliams276 😘😘

[@munachi5294]

I love this✊🏾 I'm not African American, I'm African, and although I was natural my whole life I never appreciated my hair and it was really the African American natural hair movement that inspired me and taught me to embrace and care for my hair. That was monumental for me because I always used to beg my mother to let me relax my hair like hers. I know there is some friction between Africans and African Americans but I personally learnt a lot from African Americans and their incredible strength and resolve. I hope all black people everywhere love themselves.

[@ceonastv]

Us AA love you too

[@ceonastv]

you guys also inspired me to love my hair because how deeply our history is I've started learning more about lots of African history especially hair and how most of guys identify yourselves. i've seen lot's and incredible hairstyles that i've thought was very unique and starting to know what each of them means. african Americans in the 90's would usually wear this when it was popularize but it was seen as ghetto we've also wear it during slavery we'd either our heads shave or have french braids. but sense it's a protective style i would like to honor my ancestors and Africans for inspiring us AA also it allows to embrace our heritage

[@keepinitkawaii]

Love from your AA sister 💞

[@donnacee4028]

That was beautiful!!! 😍😍😍

[@Sabledoux]

Reciprocol respect. 💕💕💕

[@musicmeister1313]

your natural hair is so beautiful. I can't even imagine the forces that drove you to straighten it

[@PSdaughter]

And again in the clip I hardly ever saw a dark skinned girl with 4c hair. The clip mostly showed one type of "black hair ". Most of the girls were light skinned with looser curl patterns(probably mixed race). It's like "it's okay to be black but not too black" vibes

[@annadibba7905]

dont be insecure..it only divides us. what do you call lupita nyongo's hair? and viola davis? they are both shown in the video. besides ive seen strange things such as mixed race women having kinkier hair than me, an african

[@PSdaughter]

@@annadibba7905 majority of the women in this video have the curl pattern that is accepted by society. You mentioned only 2 women but the rest of them were lighter skinned with looser curl patterns. If we want to celebrate black hair ,let's celebrate all types of black hair

[@annadibba7905]

@@PSdaughter I count more than 2 in the first 5 minutes of the video (excl. the 2 previously mentioned). The poster girl is dark skinned, for heavens sake. if you want looser curls, use a blow dryer. btw, i have 4c tight curls. we all have beautiful hair, sis, and sometimes its just our insecurities coming thru. if we love ourselves, it dont matter what society thinks infact.

[@PSdaughter]

@@annadibba7905 I'm a light skinned South African with very dense 4c hair, I'm in no way insecure about it. I just did not see the equal representation of black hair in the video, if you did that's great but I personally did not see it. Bye

[@excursion8046]

@@PSdaughter GEEZ chill u Karen sjust tryna make fuss and spread hate yall will never be satisfied!

[@krisjackson6567]

Honestly people don’t understand the damage we’ve gotten over everything. Our lips. Our hair. Our bodies. Our hair. But now it’s socially acceptable and women are paying for our features.

[@Misskwame76]

Preach!!! 🙌🏾

[@portiarenee5486]

Jordan Peele's movie Get Out was spot on

[@pinkkam]

Small correction. It's socially acceptable for everyone EXCEPT US.

[@gracejones2831]

NO, they are not paying for black features. Get over yourself.

[@rjames1425]

@@gracejones2831 get over yourself... don’t hate on the pure facts. Then again, I realize many people can’t accept the truth. Most of the world that isn’t black are paying for big butts and hips, big breast, big lips and wearing corn rows and every braid style because they are obsessed with the black woman’s natural look, they go into the surgical office and say I want a Kardashian butt, however they are plastic, siliconed and injection, they and so many others have completely stolen the idea of a curvy voluptuous body from the black woman (e.g. kardashian girlfriends , coco for iced tea to name a few). Let’s not forget to mention, paying for or laying in the sun for hours to get darker... down to the named plate chains and door knocker earrings worn by younger black women in the late 80’s and 90’s... so please, get over yourself.

[@flxmkr]

The first time I saw a person with darker skin was when I was in kindergarten. Her assigned seating was next to me at the end of the table. She had puffs of twisted hair over her head that were tightly pulled together with bright colorful clear balls that were pretty against her dark hair (because of it, to this day I love seeing bright colors against a dark background). The ends of her hair were twisted together. I was mesmerized by her. I tried twisting my long stringy hair like hers and it just fell apart. “Maybe if your mama does it, it’ll stay”, she suggested. I told her that my mom would have to use rubber bands. Then he face lit up when she suggested, “Maybe if MY mama does it, it will stay!” 🙂 She was delightful. I never understood why hair had to be straightened to be accepted. White people get perms because we hate how straight our hair is. Are any of us ever satisfied? I’ve come to believe that if you want something to be accepted, just do it until it’s accepted. Nothing that is considered unacceptable by the public is going to be accepted by everyone, once it’s accepted by most. That comes included with freedom of choice, and we all have opinions and feelings. I personally don’t accept change well, but I do get there after I’ve been given a chance to adjust. So maybe some things that aren’t accepted are just a matter of people having trouble getting used to it. If so, they’ll come around. I’ve always thought the tight curls were pretty. The schools that don’t allow it should be fined. There isn’t an excuse for that rule. But please don’t think everyone looks at the very tight curls as “sheep wool” or “unattractive”. I’d trade my straight hair texture for tight curls, any day.

[@thematrix3663]

Well said.

[@moniqueuu8777]

Cute story.

[@christinem8799]

this was such a great story.

[@caribbeangirl7743]

Are you a white male?

[@flxmkr]

Caribbean Girl no. 🙂

[@nishiasmith2621]

I'm so touch and proud by this I have tears in my eyes. Thank you.

[@jamesgathings2142]

I’m a black man who wears his hair long. People either love or hate my hair. I think my hair is luxurious.

[@Oletechiegirl]

Black women: the most stigmatized people on the planet Black women: The strongest PEOPLE on the planet Black women: the most creative people on the planet, give us lemons, we make the best lemonade.

[@Bells723]

Black women: the mothers of humanity.

[@nicholvargas563]

Abirunbiade wear that crown!!!

[@annika9348]

we're also the most unprotected, because of the narrative that we're all "strong"

[@kaniaholmes]

Black women: the most unprotected...STILL. Really sucks but I think videos like this contribute to shinning light where it's needed.

[@unfazedjae2645]

@@annika9348 true that!

[@MrDsan123]

I'm not even black, but that really moved me. I love my African American Brothers and Sisters

[@Quezzn]

Were not your siblings

[@song-kangsfirstwife7941]

@@Quezzn ugh. Did you really have to say that

[@playagrymm]

@@Quezzn Well durrrrr stfu

[@BriaUpNext]

@@Quezzn who is we

[@Quezzn]

@@BriaUpNext Were not related to this person are we? And replace that "is" with "are"

[@louisehelgesson5471]

Never thought about this before. Thanks for educating me!

[@shana2116]

This is a great video, thanks for shedding light on afro textured hair and it's history.

[@Yummiiful]

World been around for billions of years and it’s still Hard for certain ppl to realize that not everyone on this planet is the same smfh

[@Raven-bz8kl]

EXACTLY 😭🤚🏾 ^^^^^

[@gentlesoft2186]

It's about learning about the past to understand things today. For example, the reason why black woman wear hair weave. That's what the point of the video

[@averydennie728]

or that no one is special, people need to get over themselves.

[@TruthofAce]

🙌🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@marilynwillett804]

2000 years,

[@thepearlswirl]

I remember getting made fun of by a teacher in middle school.. I’ll never forget it and she never got in trouble. Everyone laughed.

[@kirstieb8025]

holy shit. that’s horrible. she should not be teaching. email her and tell her how much it hurt.

[@WeShareTheSameAffliction]

What did she say???

[@fresh5959]

That’s disgusting, sorry you had to live through that

[@truegrit7697]

That is horrible. I am sorry that happened to you.

[@monetchapman5700]

God punished him/her. No one gets away with evil Period.

[@meme6314]

I'm african and in my school, girls are not allowed to keep their hairs. We have to shave them all. It wasn't like this in my old school ( a private school) there, i could keep my hair but i couldn't have braids. Even if we don't cut our hair, our mothers " relax " them to make them look smooth like white people's. I never liked to do that, i never wanted to cut my hair and i even cried when i learned that i had to cut them. My hair were already dry from all the toxic things we put in them but i still loved them. African people nowadays are really pitiful, we don't know how to take care of our own hair, we're always trying to look like other races when we are beautiful just how we are. I don't understand why i have to shave my head. I'm not in the military or smth. They say that it would distract us from work but i really don't see how. We were totally fine with our hair in my old school. The worst thing is that you can't even attend class if your hair is only two inches long. You can't forbide us to learn because of this shitty reason. Africa is surfering, we will never improve if we can't even love and accept ourselves. I'm not fluent in english so sorry if i made mistakes

[@rediettadesse2828]

As african when i was a kid my parents even shaved my hair few times hoping my hair would grow with "good hair" or not kinky but it didnt .. They still critisize me when im having afros .. like i hv to braid it straighten it or shave it 😏 Africans should adress this too

[@nathtml]

This is just so beautiful. It’s now one of my favorites videos.

[@TheBlackParty]

When I was young My father would say I looked like "Hatty the witch" whenever I wore my hair natural out. Now, whenever he hears me complimented he says I got my hair from him. SMH.

[@alexisgaby649]

I am so happy to learn to love my natural hair..i am black and Beautiful!!!

[@Jacob-wz7pm]

Disgusting

[@grrrohmy665]

sickening

[@da1stamericus]

Growing up my mum would call my hair nappy. So when friends would say it was beautiful because it was thick, I couldn't believe them. I was in my 20's when I started to look at myself differently. I cut it, and learned what a blessing having hair is. And how beautiful black hair is.

[@chayil7489]

We would say our hair was nappy when we were younger. I think it's a compliment now, so what if I'm nappy?!!

[@natenobles4372]

@@chayil7489 people easily forget how complex simplicity can be. I love my dreads and used to rock a medium size Afro in a high school of mostly whites. They always ask to my hair too lmao.

[@cecegiles4583]

I was called nappy constantly and never understood why my family and people hated my hair

[@chandishuntley5001]

Our parents were brainwashed, they didn't know any better...my mom didn't go natural until I did...sometimes children must lead 🤷🏾

[@micaelab7578]

@@chandishuntley5001 Amen this is so true! good for you for leading the way!!

[@MadameGerardineSephora]

Thank you for creating this 💗🤗

[@heyitskortnee]

Wow I loved this. I also love the receipts that were presented to back the facts up 💁🏽‍♀️ 👑

[@SLVPOSH]

As a black African woman, I’ve always embraced my blackness. I love my hair, my skin and my being. For those people who have problems with the way I look, I say F them. I’m always going to rock my natural 4C hair!

[@donnacee4028]

FYI: It was an article - years ago when I was a teen; that I found in the library in the "historical" file. It was an old SEVENTEEN article and it was about a young lady from Nigeria. Long story short--she said something that made me PROUD to be a dark skinned tight curly haired girl. She said that No she didn't wish to be an American. And No she wasn't excited by snow. And Yes she was happy to be herself. That blew my young mind to smithereens! She was my first Superhero - a Black woman who was happy just being a Black woman. I've been trying to live up to her example since then. My hero hero wore braids, beads, Black skin and heels.

[@TheCarlScharnberg]

I wish they would've shown more 4c hair, it doesn't get enough representation, and is just as beautiful as any other hair texture.

[@jessmcmxci5769]

Exactly. I love my 4c hair!

[@TheCarlScharnberg]

@@jessmcmxci5769 As you should! Wear it proudly!

[@ms.a806]

The woman narrating is biracial so I doubt she has 4c hair. She has more of a looser curl pattern. Looser curls are seen as more beautiful.

[@emojik8]

Exactly, black discriminate amongst themselfs, in this documentary showing most the mixed curlpatterns. thats why from the beginning i refused to join the hatred against others, because when i went natural it was the whites that were impressed and gave compliments, but it was blacks, even family, even father of my children that said that i had lost my mind and left house without combing my hair and looking crazy!

[@mj149]

@@ms.a806 did you watch the video? She has 4c hair from babyhood onward....

[@kamilleseven283]

Watching something postive and educational while combing my natural hair getting ready for work 😊😎. Thank you for the video.

[@allthingstrishy]

They just mad because our hair is special and has volume and all their hair can do is be straight and we can do it alll✨💕

[@quartzzhuit]

🔥🔥🔥🔥✊🏿🖤

[@grrrohmy665]

surprised they didn’t mention how clowns wear Afro’s and type 4 red hair

[@brianna6694]

Whooa, that’s something i never thought about 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️😩

[@hiddengem4293]

They need to change that.

[@shaylalatoya]

I wore a cute curly Afro once and a stranger shouted at me and said i looked like Ronald McDonald. I was so upset 😡

[@Marwa-mv6wv]

Clowns wear afros they overline the lips with a red lipstick they put on that big red "nose " its basically black face but make it white

[@grrrohmy665]

@@Marwa-mv6wv LITERALLY ITS HORRIBLE

[@never-mind26]

I have to say that the reason why i love my curly hair is because my mom used to have her curly hair out all the time when i was a kid. Teaching our kids, its how we change the world.

[@dorikahcooper2377]

Wow! One of the best comments I've seen so far 💞💞💞

[@diggs1989]

My niece keeps her hair short & I asked her why because I love her curls. She said because my hair is short. I keep it in a pixie cut lol

[@haydenmary4849]

yep, went natural myself for my girls, and for myself

[@christinep.]

This is why I don't understand why natural hair was popular in the 70's but then it faded? Was it just a matter of "style" changing?

[@LVXMagick]

This was beautiful! Really great video. Thanks for sharing this.

[@dorcaspowellpowell5971]

This was quite refreshing yet eye opening.❤

[@MooBerry2009]

It's a good thing I watched this today . I was thinking about getting me some hair to make a wig but it's all good my curls are definitely not being put up now.

[@Ms.NoNo2]

There is NOTHING wrong with protective styling. In fact, you should braid your hair up and wear a wig for at least 2-3 months. That’s the secret to length retention.

[@itsdekontee7950]

Nothing wrong with a protective style, love taking mine out and seeing the length 😭

[@Ms.NoNo2]

@Jessica jessica ma’am... I am a black woman talking to another black woman about OUR hair. You Beckys always wanna interject yourselves.

[@yuppy178]

And these not black girls and women wanna say “it’s just hair” who tf told you that?? You want to take everything from us but we can’t even wear it for ourselves

[@FineNaturalHairROCKS]

FACTS!!! Preach Kui!💛

[@heheh6727]

@John jims there’s a difference between hair color and hair texture. You are implying that black women can’t straighten their hair nor die it

[@heheh6727]

@John jims it’s culture.

[@heheh6727]

@John jims blonde hair isn’t culture. It’s a color.

[@heheh6727]

@John jims and white people can have dreads. They don’t look good but they have em

[@Lifeafter40]

As a mexican with curly hair. I spent so much time to tame my hair . Relax it, straightened it. Now in my late 30s in position of leadership I let my curls out. I had a big chop and embraced my curls, heal them. It's been journey but I want my daughter to know there is no shame on our curls. I cannot even imagine what our black community feels. I hope we support them in the journey to embrace their natural beautiful hair.

[@raventate0112]

That’s not the same, black hair is not the same as Mexican hair.

[@Lifeafter40]

@@raventate0112 you know there is a big Afro Latino community right? There is actually more African ancestry in Latin American than the US. And many of African decent ones Mexico have Afro hair but unlike the British colonies. We have been mixing with natives and Spanish and Portuguese for centuries. So you can’t say Mexican hair cannot be like black hair. Big ignorance there

[@raventate0112]

I know that? I know there are Afro Mexicans but a majority of Mexicans don’t have Afro hair. Not all Mexicans have African or native dna. Some of them are just white, and some of them are just native, not all Mexicans have Afro hair. I understand there’s a large population of Africans in Mexico due to slavery and all the ish but Not all Mexicans will have African dna, infact, most of them dobt

[@Lifeafter40]

@@raventate0112 but I am not talking about the majority of Mexicans. I gave a personal experience. My personal experience and my daughters. You came here and make a generalization. Ignoring the fact that millions of us exist.

[@Lifeafter40]

@@raventate0112 why would you take the time to say to comment in someone’s experience that was actually thankful and uplifting and try to invalidate it based on generalization. You wouldn’t want others to invalidate your personal experience based on assumptions on your ethnicity or community. Right?! Then why would you do it to others?!

[@morob1981]

I love that this was on t.v. I have 3 daughters who have never had relaxers or weaves and a son that sees the women in his home embrace their natural hair and defind our own beauty standards.

[@juliarobak4588]

No one should criticize someone else’s hair. Everyone should be able to wear their hair how they please.

[@luv4cxlia]

Exactly

[@Razzy-sr4oq]

Great, now you've done it. Now people will show up to their job as a brain surgeon with a foot tall, spiked, dyed Mohawk! [Side eye] There's a reason for dress code. It doesn't have to be super strict, but it should be within reason.

[@n.r.v.8243]

I used to dislike everything about me, my big lips, my big nose, my wide hips and my kinky hair. Was made fun of, called monkey and all sorts of things and at one point I resented my blackness. Why wasn't I pretty like the girls on tv of in the magazine? Then my mom God bless her taught me to love myself and understand where I come from, we would watch roots together every weekend and I just felt proud because I knew everything that I used to hate was a testament of those who came before, I am strong because of them and thanks to their survival and their drive I am able to breath this air and walk freely. I am proud of who I am, of what I look like, I am still trying ti understand my hair but more than sn obligation is another step to loving myself. I am black, beautiful and proud! It took a while but it was a necessary journey.

[@catllionare]

what a beautiful video! We really need this translated in many languages. I'd love to see it in Portuguese - Brazil. I grew up my entire life thinking that there was something wrong with me, with my hair. Only in my early 20s decided to defy the status quo of which I was taught and wear my natural hair. My mother is in her 60s and never once worn her natural hair. Can you believe it??? I struggle at times to feel good with my hair but it's so worth sharing this intelligent message! It helps a lot!

[@achilgulum3822]

African hair is the most beautiful hair I’ve ever seen. I’m always amazed by their hair. I wish I had the same hair.

[@briannamarshall7505]

Good clip on shinning light on Black/Brown hair. But it still did not capture the true essence/beauty of black/brown hair. I noticed there were more light skinned women, than dark skinned women in the video. And the light skinned women had more open coiled/curly hair rather than tight coiled/kinky hair.

[@LUX_8]

Exactly!

[@nichellerodriguez1524]

Watch it again.

[@sacredlady.]

Yes I noticed that too.

[@dr.tanakadune7726]

This!

[@lovelylele5122]

True my hair is way more coiled. All the girls I saw had lighter skin with looser hair and bigger afros" and mine is shorter because I'm not mixed

[@janissanders1156]

The one day I wore my natural hair to work, in an afro.... the looks, the comments, the questions. .....🙄 It was such a distraction, that I immediately went back to my bun the next day. The struggles are real, and on-going.

[@chandishuntley5001]

You should've kept it that way... they would've gotten used to it...if they never see it, because we hide it, it's always going to be this 'taboo' thing. When I started my locs, my own mother was like, 'Are you going to wear your hair like that at work? What're you gonna do with it?' I said, 'Yes, my hair is none of their business, and has nothing to do with my job.' She was silent...then said, 'You know what, you're right.' BOOM!

[@Traveler-rf8ye]

I feel you. It really gets exhausting. I was taught not to stare so even if I see something that's interesting or different I don't stare. I rather go do my own research on whatever it is. It's exhausting that as a black person it's like you constantly have to educate others.

[@goodieyummyumm5650]

I just put it in a puff ball and as soon as I hit the lot I let it loose fluff it apply my lip gloss and shade smile and roll out ..I'm starting to believe the wm are waiting and looking for me after work to see my fro they are literally parking closer and closer to my car and asking y I glam up after work ..one even said y u don't wear your hair like u do after work ..I said Jim stop watching me old man 🤣🤣🤣

[@emelazarova3414]

Not allowing curly hair and braids in school is complete bullshit.

[@byebye7773]

I am a black beautiful young girl, who was always insecure about my short hair. Now I don’t care. My hair can grow and it’s beautiful and curly!

[@autumnlane1540]

it’s hair😐this proves how petty these white people be like seriously kicking someone out bc of hair🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[@Starry809]

Exactly

[@iicamxlaroblox8288]

Ikr

[@StandMan-ps8hc]

Why would any sister or brother be ashamed of their GOD"HAIR, and yes I said GOD" HAIR ( Revelation 1:14.) No other race of people on this planet has beautiful hair like this amen.

[@clevergirl3264]

Then sad to say, you have not been paying attention to the video and the self hate around you. Blk men and women have ridiculed and shamed each other throughout the generations. Read a little something about psychology and then answer why we as blk people are ashamed of our hair

[@geminiqueen3754]

@@StandMan-ps8hc We have to acknowledge where it came from first, before beginning the process of deprogramming the negative thoughts. I don't remember when my psychological process began, but by 22 years old, I cut off my hair. It was black guys my age who encouraged me to go natural, and black women were my biggest critic. I got a lot of "it looks nice, but you shouldn't have cut your hair." None of this phased me because I had already made the shift. I was able to stand proudly as God made me. I never went back, and my 2 teenaged girls are just as natural as I am.

[@clevergirl3264]

@@StandMan-ps8hc I kind of understand what you are trying to say, however let me clarify real quick. I never said that I was ashamed of my hair. I was speaking about blk people as a whole, especially in America. Now, do I have issues with my hair, of course I do. I was raised in America. And to be honest, it was other blk people who made me feel bad about my hair. This goes back into what I was saying. This is a psychological issue that has been ingrained in little boys and girls from birth. Its only now that parents are being more aware of their traumas(some not all) in order to teach the new generation about self love of hair. Now, if you feel as if it makes you feel better to comment on an individual you know nothing about in order to prove your own point than that is your issue and have nothing to do with me. The self loathe of hair is very prevalent in the blk society. If the men aren't making the women feel less desirable because of it then its the women making a mockery of it. Now, if you can't come back at me with a sense of ownership pertaining to this topic and know that this does exist then your comment is irrelevant to me. I am only interested in intelligent, self aware conversations. Thank you

[@StandMan-ps8hc]

@@geminiqueen3754 Fearless sister you just answered your own question rather the process begin in the past or today you stood up for the natural way GOD" made you and you didn't look back even against all the odds and it makes me proud just to know that, so thank you. other people are not gonna stop trying to con you to process your hair just because they know you are not ashamed of it, so once again thank you.

[@natashabee2676]

@@clevergirl3264 do not waste energy responding to this person. He is one of those who just wants to attack and be argumentative.

[@msnikki3665]

This is wonderfully written❤

[@bluvd83]

That’s beautiful! Thank God for progress!

[@heathernks8]

I watched a video on dreads by a KZbinr who signs off with: "If you can't be different, what's your difference?". Black hair is different; that doesn't mean it warrants Discrimination! The Crown Act needs to be a law in EVERY state!!

[@lisacox3750]

As a note: (not me personally) but many people do not like the usage of "dreads". There is a history behind it that you can check into. They prefer "locs".

[@cocosheabuttarosemaryqueen9204]

Wish they would stop these non-issues. Afro hair has been around for decades since the ages of time. Leave our hair alone!

[@jalessac.]

!!!

[@Michaela_York]

Wow! This video is everything! Was going to wear a wig, but it made me think about my hair and accept it for it's beautiful coily pattern. Now I'm going to wear my crown loud and proud!

[@saraiyahyisrael622]

I’m natural and absolutely love my hair. I love the versatility of our hair.

[@rnnownp6822]

I just LOVE my blackness...My hair...My skin..We are beautiful people

[@jalessac.]

Yess👏🏾

[@futahl.2061]

I recall being tired with my relaxed hair. I decided going naturel. As soon as I did, all my 3 siblings loved it and followed. Some of my coworkers also followed and would ask me about products to use.

[@jenniferbullett7254]

May I ask what hair products do you use? The back of my hair it feels damaged and brittle what can I do? I also stop using relaxers since 2000.

[@futahl.2061]

@@jenniferbullett7254 sorry for the late reply. I have tried to reduce the number of products I use over the years. I use some olive oil blended with some tea tree oil and Peppermint oil to stimulate the pores. I try not to wash my hair as often and I stay away from the thick products so my pores won't be clogged. A pre- poo with oil and honey also helps getting the hair soft. Many of the styling products need to be applied to the hair and not the scalp.

[@jenniferbullett7254]

@@futahl.2061 Thank you so much for your reply. 🙌🏾💗 I'll have to start applying to hair instead. How often do you trim your hair?

[@futahl.2061]

@@jenniferbullett7254 about every 3 months. You could also try some Jamaican black castor oil protein conditioner with mayonnaise, it may help with your hair loss. More importantly, drinking plenty of water may also help. I know i fail a lot when it comes to that.

[@futahl.2061]

@@jenniferbullett7254 try applying the olive oil with the mix of tea tree oil directly to the scalp and the other creamy products to the hair.

[@chrissychris1360]

For so long, I relaxed my hair to be like everyone else and to look more European. Now in my 40s, I have ditched the relaxer, shaved my head and let my natural coils break through, I'm loving it. I hate that it took me this long to appreciate my heritage, my skin tone and my curves. I'm black, curvy and beautiful. 🙏🏽🤗

[@quartzzhuit]

😊✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿🖤🔥〰

[@chrissychris1360]

@@quartzzhuit right 🤗

[@dianedecoste266]

Woaah this really inspired me! Thank youu!!

[@kuhromi2995]

Sad that they decide to play movies and TV shows like Roots, Enslaved, etc. and teach Slavery in schools instead of things like this, teaching us about Black Hair, Black Inventors, and learning about the different cultures.

[@itsjustemily3897]

I’m Asian, but I’ve always loved African American hair because it’s beautiful and unique of how many times you can style it

[@edwink1467]

Same! Mine is so straight it’s literally FLAT.

[@jay-dok2258]

😍

[@Maya-yt]

❤️

[@gentlesoft2186]

❤️

[@justuslightworkers]

I can't get even a simple braid, OR curls, or a bun, or anything at all, to stay in my Asian daughter's hair! Her hair is so straight and slick that any and all style just falls right out, even with ponytail holders. Even ponytails have a little difficulty staying, so that's about it. She also has little "baby hairs" at her forehead that stick straight up!

[@helenannleeshung9028]

This was so Fabulous and articulate and intelligent👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙋🏽‍♀️💖❤❤❤❤🖤🖤👊🏿 Thank you my beautiful sister for such striking and illuminating narration !🤗🤩🤩 It made me want to cry !

[@darlenebattle3005]

Very well done, miss. I plan to buy your book. Thank you.

[@muffettuffet8253]

So many of us have damaged our hair over the years trying to maintain this straight hair. And this is why it NEVER GETS LONGER. It breaks off. I went NATURAL and started following NATURAL HAIR JOURNEYS on youtube like those of **Eugenia Kelcy*** and ***22nd Century Natural Woman*** (who now has hair down to her bottom) and my once ear length hair , once stretched out is now 3 INCHES BELOW MY BRA STRAP! And I am aiming for waist length.

[@mik7564]

Me too girl!

[@tias.6675]

Speak for yourself. Some of you just don't know what you're doing.

[@fuchsiadreamer5946]

True. Once I got a perm my hair has never grown thick the same

[@Queen-ut1dy]

@@tias.6675 They literally did, they said "many of us" not "ALL of us", stop being sensitive.

[@unofficialbeautyqueen6624]

@@tias.6675 not true at all hun. chemicals aren't good for your hair. its called natural hair for a reason. there's even health side effects when putting things like that on your scalp.

[@sabszied8115]

I used to wear natural hair for years until I started getting hate from OTHER BLACK GIRLS. Over time I've had weaves, relaxers (rubbish!) and braids. Now I cover it, but I was chatting to a lady at my church recently who embraces her natural hair and says I should do so too. I'm considering it.

[@jesuswilljudge7296]

Your own people could be the worst

[@quartzzhuit]

U should.

[@Life-tk6or]

rubbish indeed...period hun!!!

[@fidgetgizmo1938]

I want black hair! I have studied it for about a year now, learned to cornrow, twist, and braid. I have learned so much but it is being put to waste. In my first year of middle school I wore my hair with braids and beads in a ponytail that I had done myself, I loved having my hair like that, but I was soon shamed for having my hair like that. Nobody thought I had the right to have my hair the way that I loved. Now I am struggling with depression about my straight hair, and every day wish for curly as I cry over all of my feelings over these issues. I can’t twist my hair, straight hair won’t twist, my hair is so slippery and thick, super hard to braid or cornrow. The frizz that comes out is annoying and straight, looks like chopsticks sticking out of my hair. This is a very emotional topic for me. I have devoted hours and hours to learn everything I can about curly hair, people are impressed with my knowledge, but what am I using it for? Please reply on this, I want to hear your stories aswell, this subject really does mean a lot to me

[@ALLAHDRINKSCUM]

Doing cornrow or braid is not "black hair" fool, Its a style. Blacks on the other hand actually do wear white hair.

[@fidgetgizmo1938]

@@ALLAHDRINKSCUM I know that

[@annebanga5832]

Confession: I grew up thinking there was something wrong with my hair and my skin with my features