Are you for real?? Urban blogs, social media and online sites
are talking about Gabby Douglas hair- being NAPPY, like are you serious?!!!!!
16-year-old Gabby won a gold medal for gymnastics all-around
champion and yet people are not dwelling on her accomplishments- as an African American, we find the need to talk about her hair! It’s a shame,
so what if her roots are growing out. She pulled her hair into a ponytail and
focused on what was important-her talent! What does her hair and or texture
have to do with such an amazing story- of a mom who sent her daughter to live
with a white family many miles away to accomplish her dreams. It’s so
disgusting and disgraceful for people to focus on her hair and not realize all
the efforts her parents have done just to get her there. What if they couldn’t
afford to do her hair any better, does it really matter? As black people, we
should remember that we are from an African decent, our hair may get nappy
because of humidity; chemical works for us sometimes. We need to embrace who we
are and stop seeing only the negative. Look at Serena and Venus Williams, as
kids they were talked about negatively because of their hair…and now they are
one of the BEST athletes in America!
Our society is caught up with fakeness and external beauty,
that we are so blinded by what really beauty is! LEAVE GABBY ALONE…greatness is
inside her!!
CONGRATS TO HER MOM FOR BELIEVING IN HER DAUGHTER'S DREAM, kudos
to you for a job well done. We would like to congratulate Gabby for all her
hard work and dedication. She has given every little kid who has a
dream-something to believe.
I'm with you on this one. I totally agree. Who cares about her nappy hair. I am happily nappy"ly" by choice. Kudos to her mother and Kudos to you for such a wonderful article!
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