The vid has been all the rage on Youtube. And now, the writer of this "I Love My Hair" "Sesame Street" segment that has resonated with not only black women, but kids and women of all backgrounds, has been explained.
Check out the vid, plus the white male writers' reasoning for developing it, when you read on...
"Sesame Street" writer Joey Mazzarino explained to ABC News that after he and his wife adopted their daughter from Ethopia, they were unaware how to handle her hair "situations" as she got older. So this skit, which has become viral on the net, was born.
The issue of hair is a hot topic and a pretty complex one in the black community. So installing in young black girls at an early age how other black girls (puppets on "Sesame Street") love their hair, maybe black girls will grow up to be black women who love themselves and their features and have learned "self-acceptance". Instead of hating them like some in the community do.
Joey wrote the song mainly with his daughter in mind:
"She's like my little muse," Mazzarino said.
As Mazzarino and his wife watched their daughter grow, he noticed a change when she started playing with Barbies. Segi started saying negative things about herself and her own hair.
"She was going through this phase where she really wanted like the long, blonde hair. ... She would look at Barbies and really want the hair."
"I just want kids to know their hair is beautiful," Mazzarino said. "I just hope little kids, little girls see this and really feel positive and great about themselves."
This video is definitely cute, if you can get past the badly glued on braids and afro puffs. The message comes across clear for a girl at any age to understand. Sweet!
"Don't need a trip to the beauty shop...because I love what I got on top...it's curly and it's brown...and it's right up theerrrre...I love my haiiiiir...."
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