Often hair is the way we are differentiated in this culture. To me the decision to straighten your hair is deeply political.
My parents pressed upon me that "In this world, you are a black woman," so I was political about my hair and would not straighten it. - Jami Floyd
My parents pressed upon me that "In this world, you are a black woman," so I was political about my hair and would not straighten it.
- Jami Floyd
There came a point when I wanted to do television, and I didn't think the Afro was going to play, so I made a very difficult choice - to straighten m… - Jami Floyd
There came a point when I wanted to do television, and I didn't think the Afro was going to play, so I made a very difficult choice - to straighten m…
My mother's white, and she didn't know how to do my hair, so I had something that I always call white-mama hair. - Jami Floyd
My mother's white, and she didn't know how to do my hair, so I had something that I always call white-mama hair.
I think television is one of the last real bastions of the white beauty standard, but still in many industries the workers can be replaced by someone… - Jami Floyd
I think television is one of the last real bastions of the white beauty standard, but still in many industries the workers can be replaced by someone…
Often hair is the way we are differentiated in this culture. To me the decision to straighten your hair is deeply political. - Jami Floyd
I've done lots of pieces on self-esteem and hair. There's a desire to conform, but if the encouragement to be yourself is there from loved ones, you'… - Jami Floyd
I've done lots of pieces on self-esteem and hair. There's a desire to conform, but if the encouragement to be yourself is there from loved ones, you'…
When I have my Afro and walk down the street, there's no doubt that I'm black. With this [straightened] hair, if I talk about being black on air, vie… - Jami Floyd
When I have my Afro and walk down the street, there's no doubt that I'm black. With this [straightened] hair, if I talk about being black on air, vie…
For black women our sense of ourselves is not always consistent with the way other people see us. - Jami Floyd
For black women our sense of ourselves is not always consistent with the way other people see us.
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