Wednesday, August 4, 2010

*sigh*

I just had to share this conversation between my coworker (a sista) and I this morning:

Coworker: What you done did to your hair now?

(hasn't my hair looked like this for the last three months, minus the two days it was straight?)

Me: *stank eye* I washed it.

Coworker: But it was so pretty and long! You should wear it like that.

Me: Well, I like it curly and straight but the curly is just easier.

Coworker: Once you get it trained, straight will be easier. It's really growing.

Me: Yea it is growing. I like my hair the way it is, I don't want my hair to be trained.

Coworker: If you'd get your hair trained, it might get as long as mine one day.

Me: *death stare with fake smile*

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And THEN, later on that morning we have conversation with me and coworker "Becky":

Becky: You're hair is curly again!

Me: Yep

Becky: Well I just wanted to tell you your hair is so cute either way. It's so versatile.

Me: Thank you!

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I just really have no words about my own people sometimes.

1 comments:

kenda said...

i've had a few people mention "training" my hair to me before, but none of them brought it up again after i explained that i actually want my hair to look natural. i guess after years of living in a society that tells us natural hair is unacceptable, it's hard for some black folks to understand why you're bucking mainstream beauty standards by wearing your hair in its natural state.

it's been my experience that most non-black people are oblivious to the political connotations of black women's hair and are subsequently free from the baggage that comes along with this knowledge.

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