Ability Quote by KiKi Layne

My self respect I leave that In the lost and found where the black girls get their weaves back.

— Tyler The Creator

I think it's important to represent black women and our natural hair. Not wearing a weave is totally beautiful and acceptable.

— Zoe Kravitz

As a black woman, there's so much pride and communication through hair. It's naturally something that you are excited to embellish on and be…

— Kelela

As Black women, there's so much pressure on us to be everything to everyone. We're expected to wear so many different hats, and to…

— A'ja Wilson

I've never been an all-black girl. I like pinks and blues and greens. If you come over to my closet, you'll be able to…

— Carly Rae Jepsen

Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York…

— Queen Latifah

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

Hair in the black community is such a big thing culturally. The barbershop is a place for black men to socialise, catch up and…

— Ncuti Gatwa

I don't think people realize why weaves and the cultural appropriation of black hairstyles are so sensitive. It's deep-rooted. For me, it goes back…

— Kiersey Clemons

I am lucky to be in a field where I can wear my hair the way I want, and the apostrophe in my name…

— A'ja Wilson

I tend to wear all black. I like feeling sexy, feminine, effortless, and real.

— Banks

I am a bit of a fundamentalist when it comes to black women's hair. Hair is hair - yet also about larger questions: self-acceptance…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie