Solange Knowles has released her new album “A Seat at the Table” and I must say the song is black girl magic all the way. When little black girls grow up, they often don’t hear compliments about their hair in its natural state. Instead, it is drilled in their mind that they are enough unless it’s straight from root to end. If it’s too thick or kinky, just forget it. They find themselves getting a chemical relaxer to make them into who they never can truly be. I got my first relaxer in the third grade. I didn’t want it but all the other little girls had straight hair and moreover the girls with the beautiful locks weren’t black like me. It was just the start of many years of battling whether to be naturally me or conform to a world where I was not enough. If I could go back to that little girl in the third grade, I would say: ” Don’t touch my crown…this hair is mine.” You can buy Solange Knowles’ digital album ‘A Seat at the Table’ now at http://smarturl.it/ASeatAtTheTable Here are so products I love that help me better manage my kinky, beautiful hair…my crown:
You can have a listen to the album here: