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Why Black Women Are So Obsessed With Beyonce's Real Hair
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Jun 7, 2025
Welcome to our exploration of Black women's obsession with Beyoncé's real hair! In this video, we celebrate the beauty and strength of natural hair, delving into the societal pressures and expectations that influence how Black women view themselves and each other. We'll discuss Beyoncé's journey with her hair—how it reflects her identity and the broader conversation around natural beauty in the Black community. Join us as we unpack the nuances of hair politics, self-acceptance, and empowerment, all while keeping it real and sassy! Let's challenge the narrative and uplift each other in our natural beauty journey. #feminism #SelfImprovement #MentalHealth #Mindset #Youtuber #wellbeing #sanitylicious
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hello my beautiful people welcome to S
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delicius today we are diving into a Hot
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Topic that's always seem to get black
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women buzzing and that is Beyonce's real
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hair yes the queen bee herself has been
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known to rock her lucious hair in so
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many different ways but why are we as
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black women so obsessed with her real
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hair I mean now it's time it's truly
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time to unpack this Obsession and get
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real about why we care so much about how
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long short thick or textured Beyonce's
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hair is I mean let's be honest hair in
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the black community has always been a
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loaded topic you know from a young age
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black girls are often socialized to view
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their hair as critical marker for Beauty
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and identity whether it's the it's the
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pride of growing long hair or the
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frustration of bad hair days has always
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been so deeply personal when it comes to
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the black communities and when it comes
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to Beyonce and mega star with so much
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influence that the fascination is
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Amplified it it's Amplified so so much I
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mean Bona's hair represents more than
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just a celebrity's hairstyle it
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symbolizes achievement Beauty and
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success in many ways her hair has has
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seen has been seen as a crown not just
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for her but for black women everywhere
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the moment she let her real hair out out
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of its protective styles we feel it we
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see it and it keeps people talking if
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beyon can have it so can we you know
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that's the thing that um we be saying
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it's almost like a silent affirmation
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that natural black hair can Thrive and
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flourish in spaces dominated by
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eurocentric beauty standards but but can
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we talk about how this obsession with
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length is rooted in something much
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deeper MH mhm hair politics in the black
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community isn't new historically
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enslaved African Wom were were were
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forced to cover their hair you know a
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marker of their identity as a way of
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control post slavery straight hair
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became oh my God it became an upward
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mobility and respectability due to
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eurocentric beauty standards fast
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forward to today and the same Dynamic
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still exists in subtle ways in very much
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such subtle tiny ways for centuries for
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centuries black women have have have
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been pushed to conform to eurocentric
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beauty standards
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with with with with so
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much
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um
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investment that were that were put for
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for for for black women to to to to
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conform to these eurocentric beauty
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standards I mean so much money was in
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invested in in TV ads in radio stations
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so much just for black women to get the
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message that you need to straighten your
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hair you need to straighten your hair
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and while we've seen some push backs
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with movements like team natural # team
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natural and the natural hair Revolution
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the shadow of these ideals continues to
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linger they continue to linger this is
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where beon comes a fascinating figure
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when and she rocks her natural hair it's
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a direct confrontation of those
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standards yet as as empowering as it can
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be we must ask ourselves this
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question why are we still so obsessed
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with these traditional markers of beauty
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would be's real hair be less fascinating
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if it were shorter or kinkier what does
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what does this say about how much we
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internalized the the belief that good
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hair um equates to long and
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silky how how much does this say we've
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internalized to understand this better
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we can look at the in famous chis Rock
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documentary good hair which explored how
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black women have have been conditioned
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to to Chase and
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ideal ideal that doesn't necessarily
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reflect their natural beauty I mean he
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Chris Rock thank you so much for that
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documentary I watched it and I loved it
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so much I loved it so so so so so much
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you know so from from weeks to corro to
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Sleek ponytails she who is beyon she
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makes the point that black women can and
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should Define Beauty on their own term
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let's give credit where it's you guys
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Beyonce is a
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chameleon I said it I like how vital she
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is she can
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rock a a a Weg with so much volume one
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day and a slick natural ponytail the
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next day this Vitality is so powerful
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because it gives black women that
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permission to be bold with their hair
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choices she's a living proof that you
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don't have to be tied to to to one style
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hair can be a form of expression power
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and freedom and it's not just beyon
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we've seen other influential black women
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Embrace their Vitality too like um Viola
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Davis lupan yongo and Tracy Ellis Ross
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all these women I just love how how they
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they are embracing the their hair you
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know they've they've all embraced their
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natural hair in red
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carpets um using these platforms to to
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normalize black hair I mean wow wow
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these women are making power moves they
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are making power moves and for years
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women
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like um Tyson and Angela uh Davis wore
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their natural hair unapologetically
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because it it wasn't seen as trendy or
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Beautiful by by the mainstream standards
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now what someone as globally um as
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globally loved as Beyonce spotting a
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natural hair texture The Narrative is
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Shifting however however there's a thin
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line between admiration and Obsession
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which is something we should reflect on
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we should reflect on
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and um think why why are we
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obsessing over Beyonce's real hair what
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does that say about us and does um
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internalized misogyny has anything to do
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with this you know these are the
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questions we should be asking ourselves
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and hey hey it's never just hair when it
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comes to black women it's political it's
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a form of resistance it's a way we
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communicate our identity in a world that
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tries to to box Us in when beyon fla her
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natural hair it's not just about beauty
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it's about challenging this
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eurocentric Norms that have historically
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oppressed black woman that has oppressed
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black women in so many ways and I'm also
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happy for the the natural hair community
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it has taught women all around the world
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so much about about um black hair
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because so many women are coming out and
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they are they are telling their stories
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what they've learned about their hair
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and I myself as a as a woman with
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natural hair I I learned so much from
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the the the the
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African um African and yes American
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black hair community and I'm so grateful
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man I'm so grateful that our eyes have
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been opened and we are
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so um protective of our hair we we we we
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might wear a wig but underneath that wig
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I I guarantee you this women be taking
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care of their hair that they'll be
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protecting their hair and I love that so
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much I love this so much you know hery
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politics is a form of feminism in its
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own right when when we choose how we
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wear our hair we are exercising um
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autonomy over our bodies so for so many
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years black women were conditioned to
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relax their hair to be seen as
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professional but the rise of natural
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hair movement and high-profile
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celebrities embracing their kinky and
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curls we are witnessing a shift from all
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of that and we are so thankful we are so
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thankful and and Beyonce has been a
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powerful part of this conversation you
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know I
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myself I just recently um
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Beyonce released a video of herself
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washing her hair and I was I was always
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like what I'm always shocked to see how
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beautiful how nice and so so healthy
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Beyond this real hair is you know and
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wow wow wow
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and once again I just want to say to to
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Chris Rock for the documentary good hair
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listen we are grateful if if you haven't
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had enough people to thank you for that
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documentary we are so we are so grateful
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for that thank you so much so my scious
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beautiful people let's take a lesson
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from Quin bee instead of obsessing over
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whether her hair is real hair is long or
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if it's natural enough let's shift The
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Narrative you know celebrate the fact
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that black women have the power to
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redefine Beauty every day whether it's
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through extensions weeks or our natural
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texture and remember no matter what
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under Beyonce's latest
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week um the real crown is in her
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confidence and ours too so instead of
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trying to to break her down or just make
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unnecessary unnecessarily drama let's
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just accept that that's bian's real hair
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she has proved it so many times that
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that's her real hair and she doesn't
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even need to do that she doesn't need to
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to prove to people that her hair is that
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long her hair is that beautiful you know
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so yeah man I'm just hoping that this
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message gets to to other um
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woman who who who just could not
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understand this obsession with Beyonce's
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real ha
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