Hair Story Quotes

“America was built on the myth of the melting pot, but despite efforts of the powers that be, the ingredients never fully blended. At best there is a patchwork quilt of various ethnic groups struggling to live peacefully with one another while something called, "mainstream culture" - it looks like a Norman Rockwell painting, sounds like a George Gershwin musical, and tastes like Chef Boyardee - is offered up as the national exmple.”
― Ayana Byrd, Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America

“Integration leaders were not interested in presenting White America with an “Africanized” people,”
― Ayana Byrd, Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America