Acceptable Quote by Zoe Kravitz

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 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

I think it's so important to represent beautiful, natural, healthy Black hair on television and in media, so the young women who feel pressured…

— Joy Taylor

Black women's hair is a complicated and skillful thing that you need to know in order to tackle it and make it look great.

— Paterson Joseph

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

— Solange Knowles

From childhood forward, our hair is one of the most critical, defining aspects of our embodied selves as black women: how we get it…

— Melissa Harris-Perry

It's not lost on me to have the ability to be wearing custom Dior or Gucci, with my box braids or my bantu knots.…

— KiKi Layne

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

Anyone who knows Black women and their hair knows it is a big commitment.

— Annamie Paul

Women of African descent, since the beginning of time, have altered their hair, decorated it and used it to designate status.

— A'Lelia Bundles

When a Black man or woman shows up for a job interview or to work, they should never be judged based on their hairstyle.…

— Ned Lamont