Sheryl Underwood: Black Hair is "Nasty" is No Laughing Matter

I couldn't let this Sheryl Underwood thing go on longer without adding my two cents. And oh, if you don't know what is going on or even who Sheryl Underwood is, watch the brief clip below and listen to her statements about black hair. Its a short clip, without it, nothing in this post will make an iota of sense.



Now, if Sheryl's comments about black "afro" hair as being "nasty" and not as good as the "silky" (ie white hair) doesn't appall you or at least cause your eyebrow to raise (right or left brow...doesn't matter) just move on to the next blog because this post isn't for you.

There is so much I can say about this but I will be brief and get right to it.

When will we learn to love ourselves?

Sheryl's comments, is every bit of a reflection of her inner demons. A woman who wears weaves and wigs, who by extension of her comments is to ashamed to reveal the hair that grows naturally out of her own head.
Black women have struggled for so long over our hair. From being told it was nappy, ugly and not as good as white hair, not just from whites but from well-meaning yet, ignorant elders or even our school teachers...for some, maybe even our parents.  It is the worse form of self hate. When we can't accept our blackness and those things that should be heralded as beautiful.  Sheryl's comments is an indication that some black women still don't love themselves. And that is a shame.

Sheryl has been taking a beating on Twitter, she has been called all types of rude, mean and evil names. That is unproductive and will not help. I can only imagine that she is retreating inside herself as I am sure she's been called these names before, as a matter of fact her comedy tells us such.  The joke isn't on her, its on a society that says black is bad and anything that is unique to black people is ugly.

We need to kill this lie and kill it dead.

So before you go off on Twitter on Sheryl, pray for her, mediate and send her good vibes. Because to stop hating others, she has to stop hating herself.