Boycotting the Natural Hair Show
September 1st, 2007Family & Friends, As you know, I am putting on a natural hair show today.
What you don’t know is that I have received negative press in the black community over this flyer:
Just yesterday, someone called me to say, “I run a Nautral Hair group and we are boycotting your event because you have a white girl all hugged up on that brotha in your flier.”
When I told her that it was ME on the flyer and I am multi-ethnic, she said, “Well, why are you trying to show off that you look white? Why not show off your hair?”
When I told her that was MY HAIR in the background of the flyer, she said. “It doesn’t matter. Why are you all hugged up on him? Who is he to you because we don’t need white women all over our men!”
I then told her again that I am multi-ethnic, he is a personal friend of ours, its MY event and my husband took the picture.
She replied, “From a marketing perspective, you are hurting the black women of CO!”
This is straight ugliness and its similar to a few other negative calls we’ve received about this show.
Please pray for us, and the positive impact this event is going to have on our community!