“Good Hair” / Black Women and the Petting Zoo

Good Hair releases is released in theaters this month, so reserve your tickets soon!

I’m verily excited; as a transracial adoptee, I’ve so much blather about the so-called “cosmetic” issue of hair for people of color living in predominantly white environments.
In the meantime, turn thine peepers thisaways!

“Can I Touch Your Hair?” Black Women and the Petting Zoo

“Today, I have the confidence to loudly proclaim no you may not touch my hair. I am not an animal at a petting zoo. I will not be your path to the exotic…
Today, white people still feel that they have the right to our bodies. It can be a small act like touching our hair without permission, to a heinous act as serious as sexual assault. In each case it is an assault, and an affront to our bodily integrity… I don’t care if you smile while you do it, or whistle Dixie out of your ass. My body deserves just as must respect as anyone else. In answer to your question both verbalized and assumed, NO YOU MAY NOT TOUCH MY HAIR.”