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Jami Floyd quotes: My parents pressed upon me that "In this world, you are a black woman," so I was political about my hair and would not straighten it.

My parents pressed upon me that "In this world, you are a black woman," so I was political about my hair and would not straighten it.

Jami Floyd quotes: My mother's white, and she didn't know how to do my hair, so I had something that I always call white-mama hair.

My mother's white, and she didn't know how to do my hair, so I had something that I always call white-mama hair.

Jami Floyd quotes: For black women our sense of ourselves is not always consistent with the way other people see us.

For black women our sense of ourselves is not always consistent with the way other people see us.

Jami Floyd quotes: Often hair is the way we are differentiated in this culture. To me the decision to straighten your hair is deeply political.

Often hair is the way we are differentiated in this culture. To me the decision to straighten your hair is deeply political.