Episode 21: It’s My Hair, It's My Story, And I Love It!

Host: Lisa. E.

Catch the YouTube Version here: https://youtu.be/4kQpklcqO_g

EPISODE SUMMARY

This podcast is dedicated to celebrating the journey of black women to embrace their natural hair, with our host, Lisa. E, aka Natural Born Sistah, who inspires black women to groom and confidently flaunt their natural hair. 

In this episode with Jerrica Millbrooks, we talk about how much she loves her hair and the things she loves to do with it.  This 10  year old beauty breaks it down on how important her hair is for her and how important it is for no one to touch it.

Jerrica’s incident with bullying in school shows how she feels about invading her personal space and demonstrates how to handle situations like these in school.   Her predator knew what time it was after the first incident, as Jerrica handled so well.  

 Key points from this episode include;

• [0:528] Jerrica talks about what she likes to do for fun.
• [05:55] Jerrica talks about something that no one else knows about her.
• [07:05] The rocks in the road Jerrica faces regarding  her hair in school.
• [0:7:33] The first incident with her bully, pulling her hair.
• [08:24] Jerrica is talking to the Math teacher about the incident.
• [08:40] The teacher offers Jerrica the opportunity to speak to London (her bully) about how she felt about the incident.
• [09:17] London the Bully, gives Jerrica a new name.
• [12:16] Jerrica talks about what she loves about her natural hair.
• [14:00] Jerrica talks about how the other girls wear their hair in school.
• [14:43] The style that Jerrica likes to wear.
• [16:00] The products that Jerrica’s Mom uses in her hair.
• [18:00] Jerrica talks about the DIY products used on her hair.
• [19:30] Jerrica talks about her horrific experience about using avocado.
• [21:53] Jerrica talks about the heat damage she attained and what that looked like.
• [23:36] Jerrica talks about her edges and the amount of edges she has, she does not like.
• [26:16] Jerrica expresses her thoughts on how she feels when she sees another child not wearing her natural hair.
• [27:31] Jerrica about a young lady she met in school, who came for her about wearing her natural hair.

QUOTES

• "I have a lot of textures in my hair " 
• “I don’t really care about what people say about my hair, you can have your opinion it’s my hair and I like my hair like this”
• “I’m excited to see how many men and women would wear their hair out”

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