They think I am a girl
Roxie Tenequer, Lawton, OK My son begged me for two years to cut his hair. Kids at his school constantly teased him and told him...
Our Outer Appearance Does Not Matter
I grew up in a very divided household when it comes down to the words race and racism. When I 7 my parents divorced, I...
Cute , Can I touch your hair?
Daizjha Hills, Spring Valley, NY As a little kid, people other than my race will always come up to me asking to touch my natural...
Always presumed mixed. Shocked genetically white.
Jeni Bate, Salton City, CA I have frizzy hair. I grew up in an all** white town and the only other people with hair like...
Be Present, Be Here, Be ME
Mechelle E. Salley, Denver, CO It’s important, especially during these times, to be your full authentic self. Whether that is wearing your big natural afro,...
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...
You’re lucky; you have good hair
Aminah Columbia, SC Being a light-skinned African-American has afforded me the ability to kind of live on multiple sides of the race coin in terms...
Bad hair good. Hair, me roar!
Susan Williams Frappier, Canada. It`s just a hair thing. I spent my childhood wanting to have bouncy, floaty, flippable hair. It`s only now at 37…38...
Still want to touch your hair
Brenda Becker, Brooklyn, NY. I grew up in a white Queens neighborhood where neighbors worried that “they” would “get in,” and the cool girls had...
Skin says black, hair says mixed.
Carolyn Hipkins, Largo, MD. All my life I’ve been told that I have “good hair”. Its very soft and with a loose curl pattern. If...
I wish I could do more.
Kit Tompkins, Boardman, OH I was born with albinism. I know a little bit of what it’s like to be left out, teased for the...
Black. Good hair? Indian in your family?
Nicole, New Orleans, LA. Black women are so obsessed with their hair that it can totally consume their life… “I can’t get in the pool...
My African Curls, Scottish White Skin
William (Bill) Roderick Wilson, United Kingdom Where did I get my curls ? Growing up in Scotland in the 1950’s I was one of 5...
Exotic for a black girl
Jasmin Fortune, Temecula, CA. I am a multiracial girl who has bullied for the way I looked from K-12. I have been hated because girls...
“Blonde Moment” actually hurts my feelings.
Maggie Currin, Toano, VA Just because my hair is blonde and I am a white female does not mean I am “stupid” or not as...
Would All My Ancestors Love Me?
Melissa U., Charlotte, NC. My Taino people would love me, from my plump lips to my curly hair. My African people would love me from...
