5 Reasons why you should wear your Natural hair out more often

1. A True Representation of Us
While I was living in China. I had a lot of people asking me if my hair was fake or real. Although many Chinese have seen Black people on TV and even on the streets, most believe that the straight weaves that they see on Black women is our real hair. So, when they see me walking on the street with my afro puff, twist out, twists and what not, they automatically assume I was wearing a fake. Major Black celebrities such as Oprah, Beyonce, and Michelle Obama with straight hair are not really showing the "outside" world  what our hair really looks like.

2. Minimal discrimination between us and the "other" race

People will only criticise what they don't know and aren't used to. But if more of us go to job interviews, dates and other functions with our hair out in it's kinky coily state, I feel there will be a reduced tension between us and the "other" race. 

3. Eradication of Slave Mentality in regards to our hair

Those of us who follow Black hair in the media must have heard of Sheryl Underwood's statement about kinky hair. Perhaps you've also heard about the little girl at an Oklahoma school who was sent home by Black school authorities because they believed afros and locs are too distracting? It is this slave mentality that 's still causing many women to be ashamed of their hair to the point that they have nothing positive to say about their God given feature. 
The majority of us aren't even aware of this slave (or colonial) mentality because it is something that has been passed down many generation that it has now become a part of our thinking and lifestyle. But if you have any knowledge on the Black history or Black hair during slavery, then you'll know that the attitude Black women have towards their hair was developed during those times and was automatically passed down to future generations.

4. Knowledge, Empowerment and Self Love

Teyonah Parris

Knowledge is power and it is the empowerment that we gain from this knowledge that will truly set us free from the slave mentality which many of us still have. And if we could get rid of this mentality, we'll be able to love our hair in it's natural texture without the need to change it's structure or always on a hunt for a product that will help us "manage" our hair. 

5. No need to wear other people's hair
If you've seen the documentary "Good Hair" by Chris Rock, I'm sure you're aware that the "human hair" which you paid hundreds of dollars for were sacrificed to some questionable gods. Also, did you know that some of those hair were secretly cut off from other women's hair while they were sleeping or watching a movie at the cinema?
Personally, I stopped wearing "human hair" weaves after watching this documentary because I refused to take part in the craziness. I was also enlightened by the film because it really made me think and ask myself why a Black woman like myself has to pay top $$ for packs of stolen/sacrificed INDIAN hair, when I'm not Indian. I also knew that wearing hair that was sacrificed to some unknown gods cannot be spiritually right and so I refused to be involved in such sin.

What other points would you add to these 5 points? Please leave them in the comment box

The Mane Captain