“Hairitage”
What is the relevance of Black Women and their hair?
“I am not my hair, I am not this skin, I am not your expectations, no I am not my hair, I am not this skin ,I am a soul that lives within.”
All women can relate, when it comes to hair, it doesn’t matter your race or ethnicity; every woman has a battle with her hair. These battles can range from deciding on a color or cringing at the thought of just getting a trim. Visually, Black women’s hair is thicker, curlier, and frizzier than Caucasian hair. Black women’s hair is also more sensitive to a lot of manipulation, and more styling techniques are required. Although Black women have similar hair experiences, all Black women‘s hair is different. For a long time the image of Black …show more content…
Black women still take pride in their hair, no matter what their age is. They believe their hair is a part of their heritage or rather “hairitage”, although it will never define who they are as individuals, it defines them as a culture, as Black women. It lets people know where they come from and people are able to see the struggle they went through. Black women take pride in the versatile ways of their hair, they love to have the freedom to style it anyway they want to. Whether it be relaxing hair, wearing a weave, cutting it all off, locking our hair, braiding hair, or just wearing it in its natural …show more content…
Presently, Black women have found this new thing with loving themselves. Of course they have always loved themselves, but history made it very toilsome to do that. Now that Black women are starting to become more secure in themselves, and loving who they are and where they come from, needing someone else, a man specifically is no longer needed. Although having a man to love you, and care for you will always be nice and forever appreciated. Women today are saying, they don’t need to find acceptance within men anymore to find their beauty. Black women look for validation within themselves first, and everyone else comes
What is the relevance of Black Women and their hair?
“I am not my hair, I am not this skin, I am not your expectations, no I am not my hair, I am not this skin ,I am a soul that lives within.”
All women can relate, when it comes to hair, it doesn’t matter your race or ethnicity; every woman has a battle with her hair. These battles can range from deciding on a color or cringing at the thought of just getting a trim. Visually, Black women’s hair is thicker, curlier, and frizzier than Caucasian hair. Black women’s hair is also more sensitive to a lot of manipulation, and more styling techniques are required. Although Black women have similar hair experiences, all Black women‘s hair is different. For a long time the image of Black …show more content…
Black women still take pride in their hair, no matter what their age is. They believe their hair is a part of their heritage or rather “hairitage”, although it will never define who they are as individuals, it defines them as a culture, as Black women. It lets people know where they come from and people are able to see the struggle they went through. Black women take pride in the versatile ways of their hair, they love to have the freedom to style it anyway they want to. Whether it be relaxing hair, wearing a weave, cutting it all off, locking our hair, braiding hair, or just wearing it in its natural …show more content…
Presently, Black women have found this new thing with loving themselves. Of course they have always loved themselves, but history made it very toilsome to do that. Now that Black women are starting to become more secure in themselves, and loving who they are and where they come from, needing someone else, a man specifically is no longer needed. Although having a man to love you, and care for you will always be nice and forever appreciated. Women today are saying, they don’t need to find acceptance within men anymore to find their beauty. Black women look for validation within themselves first, and everyone else comes