Unstoppable Beauty

Photo provided by: The Keen Spot

 

 

Ok… so you see a woman of color rocking full and thick hair, bouncing

& behaving, and on top of that it falls past her shoulders. "Now she

know that's a weave."  "That ain't all hers." Or... If it is hers, "She's not all black, she must got some indian in her" is usually the first response, and what's worse is that it usually comes from

fellow "sistas" of color.

    

Why is that though? I never fully understood why we do it, and yes I said we… we're all guilty of it.

And if it's not the verbal reaction then we go out of our way, break

our necks and squint to see if any tracks or demarcation line is

visible.

Although I never understood the reasons why, I just chock it all up to
hate. But most times its not necessarily hate for the other woman,
more often it's due to self-hate. Of course we love ourselves like no
other can, but we as "colored" women, especially African-American
women, tend to believe that nothing of any real significant beauty can
come from us. And our hair can't possibly grow any longer than neck
length unless you're mixed… or without the instant help of a weave.

It angers me to know that my black queenly "sistahs" could ever
think so negatively of our assets and features.

Hair, yes even black hair, can grow as long as you want it to… with proper care, the right tools, knowledge and products. But the most important key involved is patience.
With all those things combined, there is no stopping your hair from
growing as healthy and as long, as you want it to. We need
to wake up from that field nigger way of thinking.

Let's rise and shine, and let our hair grow to our behind!

Photo provided by:The Keen Spot