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“The first time I heard that song, one of my friends had introduced it to me. The questions were asked in the same order for Doris as well. I will leave a link to her page with this article. A little facts about Doris before I get into her responses, she has an awesome blog page where she talks about everything. I met her the same way I met Courtney Chinn. With that being said I lead you into the next young women I interviewed another personal friend of mine named Doris Amouzou. I began to love it for what it was and not for what it should be because someone else told me”Ĭourtney’s answers were a lot similar to the same struggles others feel with natural hair. “My mother and aunt never gave in and I’m glad they didn’t.
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One straight path for one was a jump and hurdle for another. I always questioned why the women on television were put to represent me when I didn’t go through the same things.
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I wanted my edges to be laid too, not curly” I wanted to run a comb in my hair like the women in the Treseme commercials without breaking the comb or snagging my hair. “I’ve always been natural but I do remember being younger and begging my aunt and mom to relax my hair because I thought it always looked better than my natural hair. She later goes on to express why she was and still stays a natural hair queen. Now they were someone else’s experiment or trend. These hairstyles are things black culture and people of color have done since the end of time. Now one thing Courtney points out that is a major big deal is originality. All too often media or fashion reports praise women wearing cornrows or boxer braids, which isn’t even the right term, as trendy or summer’s hottest styles or whatever and make it seem like it is a original or new concept when it isn’t” They can never have it because this hair is mine. “Her song (Solange), in my opinion also showed that even if they touched it, they will never understand that it’s the feelings we bear. Sometimes I think they do not intentionally mean it, but like many other things that shit gets old… real quick. Many people I had come across had always given remarks of my hair being so big and exotic looking. It’s as if textured hair or kinky hair is an oddity or at least something that’s exotic” Nearly every man/woman with natural hair has either experienced or heard of experiences where people with non-ethnic or textured hair have touched their hair, even without permission. “This song to me is more than just what it says on the surface. It expressed many feelings she had felt towards natural hair. Courtney from how long I have known her has rocked a natural fro for years. We have been friends since our sophomore year of high school. The first girl I interviewed was a personal friend of mine named Courtney Chinn. They deserve their own section because of how deeply appreciated their answers were. Before IĬarry on I am going to discuss each girl’s answer to put a spotlight on each of their own personal answers. I had the pleasure of interviewing three young women about this topic. As I listened even further she had addressed her hair as her crown. This woman was speaking the thoughts many of us had felt. I stopped what I was doing to direct my attention to the words I was listening to from my phone. Don't touch my hair when it's the feelings I wear.Ī feeling and statement myself and many other natural hair enthusiasts have made at some point in our lives. It was the opening beat drop and her first few words that struck me. I remember I was browsing the internet and listening to music when her song came on.
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Other songs I heard were amazing but I hadn’t given much thought until this happened. I had never exactly listened to all of Solange’s music until this very album. The song was released by Saint Records and Columbia Records on September 30 With over 18,575,468 views on YouTube, reaching 91 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and number 14 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/HipHop Songs all in 2016, Don’t Touch My Hair is one of the golden songs from Solange’s senior album A Seat at the Table.