The Natural Hair Movement
Here's a good post about the natural hair movement in black culture.
I love Afro-ethnic hair. Woolly hair. Squiggly hair. Nappy hair. Hair in amazing braids. Hair in dreadlocks. Hair in a short little cap. Hair sculpted into phantasmagoric shapes. All hair can be wonderful hair.
Thinking about this, I realize that I customarily write my black characters with natural hair. I can't recall ever having written one with artificially straightened hair, although I suppose I might have. I don't think I'd do that unless it had a point in the story. *ponder* Partly because of my own diverse tastes, but also because I tend to pick characters who like themselves.
I love Afro-ethnic hair. Woolly hair. Squiggly hair. Nappy hair. Hair in amazing braids. Hair in dreadlocks. Hair in a short little cap. Hair sculpted into phantasmagoric shapes. All hair can be wonderful hair.
Thinking about this, I realize that I customarily write my black characters with natural hair. I can't recall ever having written one with artificially straightened hair, although I suppose I might have. I don't think I'd do that unless it had a point in the story. *ponder* Partly because of my own diverse tastes, but also because I tend to pick characters who like themselves.