Listen to this when
I Am Not My Hair
Not my hair, not my skin. Me. 🌺
Who it's for
India.Arie's song pushes back against being judged by appearance, especially the pressures Black women face about hair, and grounds identity in something deeper.
Judged on the surface→Grounded in deeper worth
Feelings it meets
What it is
"I Am Not My Hair" was the lead single from India.Arie's third album, Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship (2006), first released digitally in November 2005; a remix with Akon was later released. The song addresses identity beyond appearance and pushes back on the judgment of Black women's hair against Eurocentric beauty standards.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Age: All ages
Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist.Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series, “Self-Reliance”
