I think Black women are fabulous by nature, and hair tops off the fabulousness. The dermatologist diagnosed alopecia areata, an autoimmune condition in which white blood cells attack hair follicles and the hair falls out. When I was growing up, Black people intimated I was lucky because I was Creole and blessed with "good hair”— curly, but not kinky. Good hair indeed. Meanwhile, I struggle daily with the deficit thinking endemic to Black people and intensified by my unreliable hair.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 04, 2022 11:08 UTC