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> [ When I have my Afro and walk down the street, there's no doubt that I'm black. With this \[straightened\] hair, if I talk about being black on air, viewers write and say, "You're black?!" I feel \[straightening your hair\] is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-floyd/when-i-have-my-afro-and-walk-down-the-street-there-s-no-doubt-that-i/)

[Jami Floyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-floyd/)

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> [There came a point when I wanted to do television, and I didn't think the Afro was going to play, so I made a very difficult choice - to straighten my hair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-floyd/there-came-a-point-when-i-wanted-to-do-television-and-i-didn-t-think/)

[Jami Floyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-floyd/)

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## Other authors on Afros

## More by Jami Floyd

> [For black women our sense of ourselves is not always consistent with the way other people see us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-floyd/for-black-women-our-sense-of-ourselves-is-not-always-consistent-with/)

[Jami Floyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-floyd/)

> [My parents pressed upon me that "In this world, you are a black woman," so I was political about my hair and would not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-floyd/my-parents-pressed-upon-me-that-in-this-world-you-are-a-black-woman/)

[Jami Floyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-floyd/)

> [Often hair is the way we are differentiated in this culture. To me the decision to straighten your hair is deeply political.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-floyd/often-hair-is-the-way-we-are-differentiated-in-this-culture-to-me-the/)

[Jami Floyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-floyd/)

> [I've done lots of pieces on self-esteem and hair. There's a desire to conform, but if the encouragement to be yourself is there from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-floyd/i-ve-done-lots-of-pieces-on-self-esteem-and-hair-there-s-a-desire-to/)

[Jami Floyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-floyd/)

> [ When I have my Afro and walk down the street, there's no doubt that I'm black. With this \[straightened\] hair, if I talk about… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-floyd/when-i-have-my-afro-and-walk-down-the-street-there-s-no-doubt-that-i/)

[Jami Floyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-floyd/)

> [There came a point when I wanted to do television, and I didn't think the Afro was going to play, so I made a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-floyd/there-came-a-point-when-i-wanted-to-do-television-and-i-didn-t-think/)

[Jami Floyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-floyd/)

> [I think television is one of the last real bastions of the white beauty standard, but still in many industries the workers can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-floyd/i-think-television-is-one-of-the-last-real-bastions-of-the-white/)

[Jami Floyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-floyd/)

> [My mother's white, and she didn't know how to do my hair, so I had something that I always call white-mama hair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-floyd/my-mother-s-white-and-she-didn-t-know-how-to-do-my-hair-so-i-had/)

[Jami Floyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-floyd/)

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