In an interview with Channel 4 News, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said if Michelle Obama was wearing her natural hair during the Barack Obama presidential campaign, he wouldn’t have won the election.The International writer and feminist, was referring to the stereotype impression society has toward natural negro (afro) hair. Adichie said,
“I’ve often said that if Michelle Obama had natural hair when Barack Obama was running for president, he would not have won because her natural hair would have signified certain things to people, and those things are negative things.
It would signify that she’s some sort of militant, neo Black Panther, frightening, angry-angry in a bad way, because of course talking about gender, women are not allowed to be angry…particularly black women, so anger in a black woman is something that is just a no-no.”
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