When I was little my mom used to put a Pro-Line Kiddie Perm in my hair. I hated it because my hair never looked like the girl on the box...(the box had a picture of a girl w/long silky hair). I always longed for that look....until I got into college. That's when I began to "find" myself and cut all my hair off very short (to the new growth!!!!). I then began to let my hair grow out natural....I decided that I would never relax my hair again!!!!
But, my mom had other plans!!! She was bought up to believe that permed hair was right and that natural hair was something that we could leave behind...like the house slaves had "good" hair and the field slaves had Nappy hair. So, she felt that by me having natural hair I was reverting back to slavery and that people would think that I was Stupid or less intelligent due to my hair texture!!!!! I never did listen to her and my hair has been natural for about 13yrs. I work around all types of people and they all love my hair!!!!! And by the way I'm back in college and I'm on the dean's list every semester !!!! So much for thinking that natural hair makes you dumb