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I posed this question on the NHR Facebook page: What has your natural hair journey taught you about yourself?
See pictures from my natural hair journey.
The response was great and varied from certain key life principle/values to the very basic such as how to take care of my hair. But overall many that commented responded with their lessons simply put of patience, self-love, self-acceptance and newly found respect for their individual beauty.
Some women who have transitioned to natural hair and even more people who have not; ask “what’s the big deal, it’s just hair.” But is it really? This physically transformation can very easily turn into a mental and spiritual epiphany? I’ll let you weigh in.
It is not just hair, it is a statement. When I woman decides to wear her hair in its natural state, she is saying (whether consciously or subconsciously) that she is no longer going to hide and suppress herself. She id deciding to embrace what has been given to her genetically. She has decided to call it good, like her Creator. It seems to me that some black people in this country seem to forget the struggle he have and continue to through. Namely, that we were created with darker skin and kinkier hair. The Lord said it is/was good, and we don’t have to lighten our skin or straighten our hair to fit in. We are called good, and now we are enbracing that truth with a decision to wear our hair natural.
It’s just hair for some of us. But for others it more than that. I think it just depends on perception and your overall interest in it. I think that all hair is beautiful as long as it is healthy but I have met people that say differently. I wish it was just hair. These are just things that we have to deal with. It’s very sad