trotting around the office, attending meetings and interviewing with their NATURAL HAIR. It almost felt like we all unconsciously came to the consensus that we were going to be our vibrant artistic selves in and out the office….and we don’t care what anyone has to say about it.
This epiphany was another huge win for Black Excellence; another stepping-stone towards loving ourselves for who we naturally are through and through.
I decided to interview two of my friends about this topic. One is a black man working at one of the biggest tech companies in the world and the other is a black woman who left corporate America to work in the wellness field as a yoga instructor. Both offered great perspectives on their choice to go natural.
Interview 1
-How old are you?
28 (Male)
-What field do you work in?
Advertising and Technology
-I’ve always known you to have short wave length hair. What lead you to start growing your locks?
A lot of it is geography. People you’re around and your support system. Funny enough, my friend and business partner – who happens to be Taiwanese – for my startup creative agency came up with the idea. He’s also growing his hair out as well.
Every time I see him he says