Wednesday, July 9, 2008

My Hair-itage

PS I'm black if this hasn't been evident, I'm actually not sure if it has so I just wanted clear the air now. After surfing through the usual sites I hit up I came across this amazing movie.

After doing some more research I found out that it's actually a documentary called My Nappy Roots: A Journey Through Black Hair-itage and that I'm 3 years late for the premiere but I got here when I could. I love being black and I've never been ashamed of it in any way but it's refreshing to know that something like this is out there that doesn't just explain but also educates other races (and black people as well) about our hair. Growing up in a white community and being asked questions like "Can I touch it?" or "Why is your hair like that?" really pissed the hell out of my 8 year old ass and my usual answer was "I don't know that's just way it is. Why don't you go ask your mom or something?". Obviously I know now that being educated about black hair isn't something that most white people would have at the top of their list just like I'm too busy to learn about Ramadan (is that right?) but now there's no excuses. So I'm gonna cop a copy of this fo sho while eating some KFC and drinking Colt 45!!!!!

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