Curly hair, yes I am fully black.
Codi Fillmore,
Houston, TX
You do not have to be mixed to have curly hair. Black people’s hair isn’t “nappy”. We several different skin tones and several different textures of hair. Still black.
Dillard University
Tight Black curls line the tub
Jan Landis,
Portland, OR
Our family raised a Black boy, along with our own 5 children. It always amused me when I cleaned the tub to see tiny black curls alongside all of our straight hairs:) We had a wonderful time getting to know him.
Please do not touch my hair
Shardae,
USA
Often times I switch up my hair up, whenever I show my natural curly kinky hair it gets so much attention. People think it is appropriate to touch. It is ok to look but Do Not touch! In the black community hair expressions is huge.
Natural Hair does not mean militant
Robin D. Jenkins
Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation
Why isn’t my hair work appropriate
Zuleka Grant,
Summerville, SC
If you ever look on google for work-appropriate or professional hair it is full of straight hair and Caucasian styles, but when you look up what is not, it’s natural black hair: afros, curls, and kinks!
Black Hair is good hair, period!
Sandi,
Brooklyn, NY.
When I was growing up in DC, a lot of times I used to hear that black hair was untamed, unmanageable and dirty. I stopped accepting those lies when I stopped perming my hair years later and learned to accept my beautiful natural hair.
I don’t know what to answer?
Carolina,
San Jose, CA.
My mother was born in Morelos, Mexico and my Father was born in Lima, Peru. I was born in San Jose, CA. Whenever anyone asks me “where are you from?” I never truly understand the question. I’m American? I’m mixed? I’m Latina? Especially since I’ve been studying abroad in parts of Europe, the confusion with this question only rises. When someone in Europe asks me where I come from I say “I’m American”. They follow up by asking, “No, where are you originally from?”. It’s funny because in both Peru and Mexico they won’t acknowledge me as one of them yet my skin is too tan and my hair too black to be considered a true “American”. I guess I’m just a drifter.
“She mixed?” as oppossed to stirred?
Stephanie,
Marblehead, MA.
My husband is of Italian decent and has dark features, such as brown eyes, black hair, olive skin. I am 100% Irish with light features: light brown hair, blue eyes and pale skin. Our oldest daughter shares the same dark features as my husband. Once while picking up a few thing at a Walgreens the cashier made a comment about how “cute” my daughter was. Then she asked if she was “mine.” When I confirmed I was her mother the cashier then asked “is she mixed?” I was in such shock. First off, what made this cashier feel inclined to ask such a personal question, let alone be privy to the answer (along with everybody else in the line) and second, why are multiracial people (supposed and otherwise) expected to just take comments like this with a grain of salt and politely answer?
