Our society's framework for black women reads as such: strong, indignant and fiercely independent with endless resilience; a myriad of expectations entirely at odds with the vulnerable reality of having natural hair. — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
The black woman as a concept has an identity largely based on archaic tropes. This same woman as reality, however, exists at the unfortunate intersection of archetype and living soul. — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
I grew up in the theater, went to school for directing and playwriting. — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
Performing is something that I've done since I was a very small child, genuinely since preschool. It was probably some blend of I found… — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
For those unaware, transitioning from a relaxed to a natural texture means also transitioning from conventional to fringe society. Abandoning straight hair labels one… — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
I took some time... to kind of check in with myself, sit in silence, and do all the things that we're supposed to do… — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
I know myself is an asset to every single room I walk into. I am an asset to every company, every show. — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
I believe that our entertainment shapes us and we shape our entertainment, and that ongoing dialogue is a fact of nature. — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
Our society's framework for black women reads as such: strong, indignant and fiercely independent with endless resilience; a myriad of expectations entirely at odds… — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
For any adult person who has gone through a rough breakup, when you have a situation where you know the breakup needs to happen,… — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
My time on 'Grey's Anatomy'... it's been so many things, and it has opened up so many other things to me, that, at the… — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
I like learning languages, I have a huge garden and love gardening, I like life. I like it when life has many components. — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
I usually carry plum blossom incense because I work in different trailers and they have different odors. I like my little morning ritual of… — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
