Hi there. Thanks for reading my article.

When I say normalize wearing bonnets, much like baseball caps when not at a baseball game and workout clothes when not at the gym, I do not mean to try to “paint black women with the same broad brush.” It appears your use of the word “standard” is not the same as my use of “normalizing.” The way you introduced standard does seem like trying to enforce something across the demographic of black women. Again, not my intention. My use of normalizing (root word normal) is more like acceptance of something. As I stated in the beginning of the article, our hair is versatile and we have boldly shown that over the last decade. With that in mind, everyone doesn’t have to wear braids, an afro, or weave. Its just okay to do so. Same with bonnets. It is okay to wear the bonnet. What I am advocating for is for America to not judge black women for wearing a bonnet. In the end, the decision is left to the black woman of whether she wants to wear a bonnet, a weave, braids, or whatever, but she should not be judged or ridiculed for the decision she makes. That is accomplished by normalizing (make okay) wearing a bonnet. The normalization begins with us — whether we choose to wear a bonnet outside or not.

I think we’re saying much of the same thing and may differ just slightly a bit, but its all good, My Sister!