One day, I overheard a conversation between a little girl and her aunt (or caregiver). The little girl told her aunt that someone she knew was African American and had "good hair."Her aunt (or caregiver) quickly shot her down saying all black people had bad hair (but used different words). She said they had "slave hair". I sat there thinking about the damage the lady had done to this little girl's (already jaded) thinking. Not only did the woman's statement add to the little girl's hair complex, but it also revealed the woman's self hate of natural Black or African hair and her own hair. Every time I hear someone use the phrase "good hair," I'm taken back by it. I have to remind myself that even though there are many Black people that have grown to love our hair, there are many people that still have not gotten there yet. Many of these same people have passed this onto their children, just as the woman did to her niece. ...