Bad Hair Revolution
Afro Hate Exists
In Society's eyes, my hair type is considered "Bad" & "Ugly" because it is NOT straight…
It is often bullied and ignored...
because it expresses itself differently…
**in an outward motion; instead of a downward one…
This negative assessment of my crown has led me to ask…
Am I the only one that sees Beauty in textured hair?
**Please---don't receive my question wrong…
Linear tresses are just as beautiful…
But…
Afro-textures deserve their time on the pageant stage...
Because they rarely get the chance to smile & wave...
What has my, afro of wool, ever done to anyone anyway?
It has never assaulted, abused, or demeaned anybody...
*So why is it vilified and thrown in handcuffs every time it shows up at a cultural party?...
<My Answer> : Society needs a new lens prescription…
Now, come closer…
Do you see...what I do?
From my Heavenly viewpoint…
I see…
a sea full of...
soft...fluffy...regal... & beautiful cotton-candyesque afros…
sprinkled across…
Earth's landscape…
Each elegantly...
shining like diamonds in the night sky...
***
Now, Listen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
all of you fro-folk…
struggling with low hair-esteem…
Please ignore the haters...
and take society's opinion with a grain of salt…
For, it has become extremely...
*Shallow…
*True-Beauty-Blind
*Short-Sided…
*& Mean
***Therefore***
Ladies and gentlemen with the kinky manes…
Proudly rock those luscious fros and learn to ignore the lames!
✌🏾
About the Creator
Tiffany Gordon
I am a super-spiritual, fun-loving artist, writer, & peer-counselor residing in the Pacific Northwest. I am also an Institute of Children's Literature alumna who enjoys writing about the triumph of the human spirit.
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