"This brother here ...Myself" "All of us, were born with our hair like this" "And we just wear it like this" "Because it's natural" "Because uh..." "The reason for it you might say" "It's like a new awareness among black people" "That there own natural appearance" "It's physical appearance is beautiful and is pleasing tot them" "Women want to please men and if men accept it as beautiful then women will do it" "Well I decided to go natural, about a week ago" "And" "I felt it was a purpose." "It was a special purpose" "More so a meaning for me to be natural because I'm involved right now with the black panthers" "And I think appearances means a lot" "Ooh I've been wearing 'it' for about three years..three or four years but during that time" "Like I went back to the straightening comb" "But like wearing my natural" "It's like shows within me It gives me more pride within myself" "For so many many years we were told, that only white people were beautiful" "Only straight hair, light eyes, light skin was beautiful" "And so black women would try everything they could" "Straightening their hair, lightening there skin to look as much like white women" "And the black men would... uh would let it be known" "That they thought white women were beautiful" "And they'd say they didn't want any ugly black woman with short hair, this whole thing" "But this has changed" "Because black people" "Are aware.." "..Now" "That their own appearance is beautiful" "They're proud of it..." "And ...white people are aware of it too" "Because white people now want natural wigs" "They want wigs like this...dig it?" "Isn't it beautiful?" "Alright"