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Why does this natural hair blog have a pic of this White boy?? Well…You may have seen the cutest Sesame Street video “I Love My Hair” which debuted on October 8th. Its all over the natural hair community! (Click Read More for the Video).
Lyrics include…
I love my hair, so I must declare:
I really, really, really love my hair.
Wear a clippy or in a bow,
Or let it sit in an afro,
My hair looks good in a cornrow,
It does so many things you know,
that’s why I let it grow.
Who wrote this beautiful jingle? Joey Mazzarino, the head writer of Sesame Street and this song. He and his wife adopted their 5-year-old daughter, Segi, from Ethiopia when she was a year old. (1) He wrote the song after he noticed his daughter did not embrace her own kinky hair.
This Wednesday, smile a little harder simply because you let your natural hair be!
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“Cincinnati Divorce Lawyer” thanks for your comments! You made a good point. Its one obstacle to embrace our texture, then another one to embrace length diversity!
Its funny that it takes people outside our race to embrace our differences. Because if this I am not surprised at all that a ‘white boy’ wrote the song. I am glad that he was in such a position that he helped not only his daughter but other young black girls.
My only concern though, why the line “that’s why I let it grow.” Does all hair have to be long to be beautiful? I wear my hair natural but I keep it 1-2 inches long. I love my hair, and I dont wear it short because of hate. I like how it frames my face.