Yesterday, a young lady (perhaps late teens) at work asks me… “How do you get your hair like that?”
Me: ”Like what?”
Her: “You know…nappy?”
Me: Thinking… ‘You’re kidding?’ I shake my head slowly and say “I…wash…it.” Now I’m looking at her relaxed hair and I’m incredulous because this child has to be getting a touch up every six to eight weeks so she couldn’t possibly think that her hair grows out straight. Plus, all the boys and young men are runnin’ around sporting braids and afros so how in the heck could she NOT know that nappy hair grows out of your head? And surely, she’s seen children with nappy hair. Not knowing EXACTLY how to further respond, I just say to her… “Uh…you were born with nappy hair…”
Her: She looks at me with a blank stare. Likewise, I’m equally speechless. I don’t know what else to say so I leave missy with her bewilderment to sort things out on her own.
