About Quote by Tracie Thoms

I've read some things where people are like, 'Beyonce wants to be white' because she has blonde highlights in her hair, but it's ridiculous.…

— Tina Knowles

I think many people, especially from other cultures, just don't understand the role hair plays in Black women's lives.

— Solange Knowles

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

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

It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.

— Menander

I don't think that a white woman is in denial when she dyes her hair blonde. And I actually think we are the most…

— Melissa Harris-Perry

Black women have kinky hair, and we think we have limitations on what we can do. It's interesting that people think, 'Oh this is…

— Zoe Kravitz

The thing about black women and black hair is that you just have to experiment.

— Yvonne Orji

A lot of African American women wanted to emulate white women. But I said in my mind, rationally thinking, there is no way you…

— Claudette Colvin

Before the advent of the white man, black people were doing all kinds of things with their hair. The rejection of kinks and curls…

— Lupita Nyong'o

My hair journey involved a lot of trying to figure out how to deal with my hair as a bi-racial girl in a white…

— Soledad O'Brien

I adore my black skin and my kinky hair. The Negro hair is more educated than the white man's hair. Because with Negro hair,…

— Carolina Maria de Jesus