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1BlessedNatural: 4-Year-Old Little Girl with Locs Tells Boy She Came to Learn, Not to Look Pretty! Hey, my blessed naturals! I talk about the importance of instilling self-love in all kids, especially little girls all the time. 4-year-old CiCi told her mom that a boy at her school said she was ugly. The one thing that tugged at my heart a bit was that she paused before saying "ugly." But, the little girl responded cleverly by saying, "I didn't come here to make a fashion statement; I came here to learn, not look pretty." Round of applause for her parent or parents! The little girl with the Caribbean accent and dreadlocks said she had more words for the little boy. Check out the video below! What do you think of the little girl's response? Related Articles: Viola Davis' Facebook Photo: A Lesson in Self-Love                         ...

Viola Davis and her daughter Genesis (photo courtesy of the Official Viola Davis Facebook page) Yesterday, Viola Davis posted a beautiful picture of herself and her daughter Genesis on Facebook. Mommy Davis was rocking a short TWA while her daughter rocked 2 cute puffs. Davis' picture had the following caption: I took my wig off because I no longer wanted to apologize for who I am. There is not one woman in America who does not care about her hair, but we give it too much value. We deprive ourselves of things, we use it to destroy each other, we’ll look at a child and judge a mother and her sense of motherhood by the way the child’s hair looks. I am not going to traumatize my child about her hair. I want her to love her hair. Similar words of Davis appeared in the October 2013 issue of Essence Magazine . Although, it has been about 2 years since she publicly revealed her natural hair, I think Viola Davis' words are still powerful. They remind me of the Ses...

   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. ...