I cannot express how happy it makes me when I see so many of our women at my job rocking their natural hair. It used to be such a rarity; but now I'd confidently guess that approximately 40 percent of the women I see now are natural.
This week, one of my direct colleagues came into work without her wig on - completely natural, no relaxer, just styling product. She walked in so nervously, looking at everyone around her, as if she were surveying their bodily reactions to her new look. Of course I made sure to let her know that she looked BEAUTIFUL.
And I meant that. Her natural hair complimented her skin and features so much more than that blond bob she'd been rocking since she's been there. But of course, once I talked to her she told me all of the "feedback" she'd been getting from other people, which clearly contradicted my own. Comments such as, "What are you going to do with it?"; "You should cut the back of your head.", etc.
As I listened to her, I was disappointed but not surprised. It's no secret that our own women cannot walk out of their houses with their OWN HAIR without being subject to comments which clearly exhibit SELF HATRED from our own people. I was sad because I knew that as she was telling me this, even though I tried reiterating the fact that she looked so beautiful, and that these people hate themselves, and are simply putting their hate onto her because she clearly LOVES herself, I knew that it may have been falling on deaf ears. She sounded so embarrassed. I just knew that blond wig would be perched on her head the next day, all in an effort simply to hush the noise around her which obviously made her uncomfortable and possibly insecure.
However, I was thrown for a loop the next day. I expected to see the reintroduction of the blond wig, but this bitch walked in with her natural tresses still PERCHED and sitting fucking pretty. I wanted to fucking jump and say YES BITCH!!!!!! sdssd Now THAT is a strong, confident black woman who LOVES herself and will not allow outside noise to pollute her space. And she's been rocking her natural ever since. I fucking LIVE!
