tryn2growmyhair
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I was at a health food store buying horsetail tea and I told the Indian woman at the counter that I was trying to grow my hair out and that's why I was buying the tea. She goes, oh, but you have "good" hair why do you want to grow your hair any longer (my hair is collarbone length in the front and around the underarms in the back)?
It made me sad to hear her say that. I have been thinking of going natural. After coming to LHCF I have seen that it is not so hard to take care of. I have 4a/b hair and realize that I like the feel of my curls, which I only get to experience when extending relaxers. What if I had rolled up in their with a big ol' fro? What would she have said then?
I think fros are gorgeous, the tighter the curls, the better. But it's interesting how our society really prizes straight hair -- even to the point where Hispanic, Italian and Jewish women will spend hours blowdrying their hair and other minorities have internalized the message that straight is great.
What would you have said to this woman? I don't think she was being mean, she probably thought that she was giving me a compliment. Had she been AA, I might have said something to her but because she was clearly an immigrant, I just bought my horsetail tea and left.
It made me sad to hear her say that. I have been thinking of going natural. After coming to LHCF I have seen that it is not so hard to take care of. I have 4a/b hair and realize that I like the feel of my curls, which I only get to experience when extending relaxers. What if I had rolled up in their with a big ol' fro? What would she have said then?
I think fros are gorgeous, the tighter the curls, the better. But it's interesting how our society really prizes straight hair -- even to the point where Hispanic, Italian and Jewish women will spend hours blowdrying their hair and other minorities have internalized the message that straight is great.
What would you have said to this woman? I don't think she was being mean, she probably thought that she was giving me a compliment. Had she been AA, I might have said something to her but because she was clearly an immigrant, I just bought my horsetail tea and left.