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Glamazini #22: RRR: Natural Hair In The Workplace
About Roshini Cope
Roshini is a blogger, video blogger (vlogger), online personality, writer, fashionista and soon-to-be mother. She has documented her natural hair, life, beauty, travel and self-discovery journey online since 2002. Visit her often at Glamazini.com | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube| Google+ and Pinterest.
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Peace lady!
I had to comment on this video post.
I have been natural off and on since 1998, and decided to stay natural in 2005 and will celebrate complete natural(ness) for four straight years on April 23! Yeah me! But anyhooo….
My experiences with negativity are few and far between, most of them come from my family (read: mother), and only a few from outsiders.
The only comment that I ever heard that actually bothered me was from a co-worker in January. I have no idea why this woman felt the need to tell me this other than to be cruel, but she informed me that she refers to me as “that little nappy headed girl” to people when she describes me to them.
My first reaction was, “girl? I’m 31!”, and then I realized, ‘she’s trying to hurt me by insulting my hair!’
It was an odd experience, because I’m so accustomed to the exact opporsite, but what cha gonna do? I pouted about it for a weekend and called all of my natural friends for validation, and then the moment was over.
Being natural has made me more vulnerable to attacks, but I think it has also give me a resolve, and a level of strength that I did not realize when my appearance went unchallenged. There is something to be said for being mistreated because of your clothing choices, but quite another for something that is completely intrinsic over which you have absolutely no control, like skin color – or the way your hair grows from your head. And while I totally agree with you that women who wear natural hair are basically giving society and the Eurocentric beauty standard the brush off, we are also saying (very loudly) “I love myself, and there is nothing that you can do about it!” Gotta love it!
Thanks for the post!
Enjoying your site,
Yana
Hi. I loved your video. I been natural since 2004 and when I did my big chop I was working for a Fortune 500 company and everyone loved my twa, however I had one black woman ask me if I had “damaged hair due to relaxing” She couldnt understand how someone could actually cut over 10 inches of hair just to “go natural”.
I am now in my 1st year of residency in Pennsylvania and throughout medical school, most the very few black female students said that they were afraid to go natural for various reasons. It is 2009 and yes people are still afraid to wear their hair in its natural state for fear of what others may think or for fear that it will be deemed unprofessional.
I am 31 years old and I LOVE my hair and could care less what others think. It’s such a shame that so many folks can’t love what naturally grows from their heads.
Keep on educating folks!
Jahaan
I am a teacher at an all black school. I wear twists, afros, puffs and I get all types of comments negative and positive. But my hair will stay as it is because I love it. When I hear negative comments from people I brush it off because their ignorance it not my problem.
I previously worked in the IT deparment of a fortune 500 company and I wore a large fro. Man I got so many looks and stares. One of my black lady co-workers kept complimenting me. The white people were like that’s cool and how do you get your hair to do that.
But all in all, I remember that this is the natural me, and I was made in the image of perfection.
I’ve always found that the most ridiculous comments or statements have come from Blacks. I worked in a company where I was 1 of 6 black in a company of 300+ people. Most of the time I would wear my hair in a braid out and it became my signature. I would have people come ask if they could touch it and asked a lot of questions about the state of my hair and the amount of time that went into its care. Not once was anyone offensive or irritating. If I wanted to tame my braid out on any giving day I would pull it back with a headband:).
@Yana | OH NO SHE DID NOT SAY THAT TO YOU!!!!!! *##*(&!(%&%(%(@ …. woooooo saaaaaaaa!!!!!! O_O I mighta skinned that heffa and thought about Jesus later (i repent
) …. grrrrrrr…… I love your point about saying “I love me” too 
… thanks for sharing!
@Jahaan | I “cyber-know” several natural doctors, locs, loose hair, the whole thing so those people don’t know what they’re talking about ultimately. thanks for sharing!
@Eve | did you get any negativity @ the IT gig? Was it predominantly white? How sad that @ a AA school you get so much flack…but I suppose there in lies a HUGE opportunity to educate through words and example..confidence speaks a great deal louder @ times. Thanks for sharing
@Bajan | yeah I’ve gotten requests to touch my hair before, and I prefer that to those who just dive right in w/o asking O_O … fool do you want to get SHANKED!!!!??? lololol!!! Anyhoo, thanks for sharing
Whooo…. What to bother. You’ll get damages in putting chemicals and worst hair loss. It is me!
Usually I try to delete spam comments (like the one above) but sometimes they are just so ridiculous I have to leave them…what da hayle?!! LOL!