Our Kind of People
Tuesdays 9:00 PM on FOXSomebody asked what my first memory of hair was. I was sitting between my momma's legs,...
Somebody asked what my first memory of hair was. I was sitting between my momma's legs, getting my summer braids, looking cute, screaming bloody murder because I was so tender-headed, and one day she put the comb down. She told me a story that back in Africa hair patterns were as good as fingerprints.Braids could tell you a person's tribe, marital status, and social positions. Our crowns were our identity. When the slave ships came, one of the first things they did was shave our hair so we couldn't tell kin from kin, so when we landed here a new hair culture needed to be born. We grew our hair back, we took back what was stolen. We used our hair to communicate. We found power in hair. That's what my momma taught me, that no one could take your identity or make you forget who you really are.
Angela
- Episode:
- Our Kind of People Season 1 Episode 2: "My Mother, Myself"
- Show:
- Our Kind of People
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- Our Kind of People Season 1 Episode 2 Quotes, Our Kind of People Quotes
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