A woman’s hair is her crowning glory. It adds to her beauty and sexuality. Yet Black Women are plagued with an ever present insecurity of their crowning glory, their hair. We have been led to believe that we have “bad” hair. We have been led to believe that our hair can not grow and that our hair can only achieve beautiful, great lengths with hair extensions. We have been led to believe this lie from society, our mothers, our ancestors, other cultures, the media, our stylists, and we have even convinced ourselves of this lie.
After seeing the Tyra Show episode about men of different races perceptions of women of different races, I was completely offended. Only one of the men found the black women desirable enough to marry. None of the men found the black women desirable enough to fantasize about. The Asian guy stated that he does not like the hair of the black women, but they have their behinds to offer as a beautiful and desirable feature. I was completely offended and I could only imagine how insecure and hurt the black women in the audience felt. I can only imagine that they left the studio feeling undesirable and unwanted.
I would like to propose a show about Black Women with Very Long Hair. I personally know hundreds of Black Women with long hair around the world. They are busting the myth and helping other women to do it as well. Black and mixed ethnicity women are growing their hair to long lengths at rates never imagined before by the African American community. We have been sabotaged long enough by damaging hair practices passed to us by the hair industry, our hair stylists, and even our unknowledgeable family members.
I believe a Black Hair Care Expert and several long haired black women can come on the show and share tips, techniques, and the steps that have attributed to their growth retention. All of the women will have bra strap length to tail bone length hair. They will present proof that they have normal African American hair and it is long, healthy, and real. It’s about Black Women learning that they are not so different and their hair is normal. It’s about Black Women feeling beautiful, desirable, and sexy while having fun with growing their hair like never before. Black Women do grow their hair. Black Women are sexy. Black Women are desirable. Black Women’s hair is unique, and it is capable of being just as beautiful, thick, strong, healthy, and shiny as any other race or culture. Whether relaxed, “textlaxed," or natural, our hair is beautiful and the most versatile of any race.
I believe Tyra, being a Black Women who I am sure has challenges with her hair, would love to know about black hair care and have some guests come and share their tips, stories and testimonials on the show. Tyra has laid the foundation for presenting Black Women as desirable. I believe it's time to add to the image Tyra has created and present this to the world.
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