Why should you change who you are naturally to satisfy those who are ashamed or intimidated by yoi?
I have noticed many women to include myself on the journey back to their natural hair texture. There are some who are embracing the beauty and boldness of many women transitioning. Then there are some who are against it and believe it to be unprofessional to wear our kinky hair in its natural form. We are sadly surrounded in a society that has for many years pushed the African American community to be something outside of who they are. It all began when we came over on the boat as slaves. We were first beat to remove the memory of our natural born names and forced to mold into what America said was acceptable.
It was acceptable to appear more Caucasian by straightening your kinky hair. See people say they love different but honestly it is only loved to a limit.
Dreaded hair and kinky natural hair has many intimidated and it is assumed that the individual is possibly violent.
Yet why should we be forced to wear our hair any other way than the way it grows from your scalp. I do not see them pushing for any other race outside of the black community to change the way they wear their natural born hair.
I believe that if in the work place you are being forced to straighten your hair then that is a form of discrimination. As long as your hair is neat and clean then no actions should be taken against you.
I watched a video of a news lady stating that a young lady should straighten her hair for a school project to look professional and more appealing.
Your hair should not determine your level of intelligence or ability to perform a work.
The natural hair movement is what this is assumed to be yet I say it is no movement. It is a journey back to the original self. There is such an amazing feeling of embracing who you are naturally. It is power and beauty far greater than anything.
No one should change who they are naturally to please anyone else.
So wear your natural roots and embrace you. Stop letting society make you think that long silky weave and permed hair is more professional.
Professionalism is not within your hair...it is within you.
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