This article features an interview with Anita Grant, the creator of Hello Hair, a children's book designed to encourage Black girls to embrace and celebrate their natural hair.
, as a way to celebrate and honor Black hair. Grant sat down to share more about her new book, why she felt it was necessary to create, and how she pours into her daughter daily., and it's a children's book. For thereaders that are not familiar with you, could you share a little bit about your background and why you decided to create this book?: Yeah, absolutely. So, I am an entrepreneur, a writer, and also a new mother. In 2020, I had my first daughter.
: Raising a young girl, how have the experiences young Black girls are having shifted from when you were younger?: Immensely. I think when it comes to the lack of acceptance when I grew up, the lack of education, you were seeing no-lye relaxers, it was really Eurocentric beauty standards and that was it. There was really no room to be unapologetically Black and wear your crowns without somebody criticizing or making you feel less of. So today we see so many different hair products.
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