Nov 172016
Stereotypes are inevitable and constant. Deciding to wear your hair natural comes with a list of stereotypes, and as I read every article, and watched every YouTube video and blog on natural hair, I have realized that my ignorance for this movement ran thick. I was unknowingly making assumptions about women based on how they wear their hair. I decided to look into these stereotypes, along with other stereotypes that are circulating around the natural hair communities.
Stereotypes:
- Non naturalists are victims of self hate.
- Having Natural Hair means you are smart
- Non Naturalists are more concerned with their looks.
- Naturals are political or fighting the power.
- Naturals are “urban”
- Naturals are “Free Spirits”
- Naturals fit the “Angry black girl narrative”
In Progress…..