Taraji P. Henson
Can Taraji P. Henson do no wrong? The Empire actress is essentially on top of the world, and rightly so. She’s a relentless advocate for women, and that includes encouraging them not to cave to societal pressure when it comes to straightening hair.
“We have shame when it comes to our hair. What we’ve been told, ‘Your hair is nappy.’ It’s not nappy, it’s curly. That’s a curl, that’s a coil. That’s energy leading up,” she explained during an interview with HuffPost. With this in mind, Henson — who’d been wearing her natural hair under wigs and weaves or straightening it for years — made 2017 a turning point by chopping her hair off and wearing it naturally more often.
She hopes that in doing so, girls will see their natural hair for what it is. “It is a crown that God gave you,” she told HuffPost. “Our hair defies gravity without any products. Do you know how powerful that is? That’s powerful.”
