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Overreaction or Normal Response? Teyonah Parris Tweets Angrily About Stranger Touching Her Natural Hair

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When it comes to Natural Hair, there a few golden rules that the community of Naturalistas hold dear. One of those rules is “Thou Shalt Not Touch my Mane” 🙂

Recently, Hollywood actress & poster child for Natural hair – Teyonah Parris tweeted about an incident in which an old man (insinuated to be Caucasian) “Objectified, fetishized, attempted to demean” her hair while she was having tea with her friends.

The actress clearly felt insulted by the man’s actions even after his daughter came and interjected, explaining he was trying to give her a compliment;

Read her tweets below;

Her reaction has started some debate on if she was overreacting to the man’s “Inappropriate” act.

Some have argued that it is simply a violation of privacy. You should at least ask for permission; while others have said Naturalistas should let people touch their hair – they don’t see the big deal. If they want it to be accepted as ‘normal’ then they should let people get accustomed to it – and that includes letting people touch it.

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