Weird Hair Moment: "Can I touch your hair?"

Yep it finally happened.

One of my assignments for a new project I'm working on at work was to talk with a parent's Show Choir group in the small town of Colby, Wisc.

During the interview, with a group of four women working hard behind sewing machines to finish the costumes for the Show Choir, one of the women stopped short in her conversation with me to say, "I'm sorry, but I just have to ask. Can I touch your hair?"

I could tell all the other women were shocked she asked, but I laughed and told her it was no problem. I bent down and let her touch the side of my hair.

"It's so pretty and soft," she said. Turning to the other women, she said, "I know you all wanted to know."

We all laughed as the women all replied that my hair was pretty.

She was very polite and when you're probably the only black person in a 200 mile radius that is going natural, you have to understand you're also an educational piece for people who've never felt or seen natural black hair.