The lyrics read, 'Don't touch my hair, when it's the feelings I wear. In 'Don't Touch My Hair,' Solange expresses the symbolic nature of her hair and its inevitably intimate implications. One of the videos, shown above, is a personal-turned-political ode to black women and hair. Watch the official music video below.Following the release of her impressive 21-track album, A Seat at the Table, Solange Knowles debuted two powerful and visually stunning music videos. Our bodies are our own and we must use our gifts to empower each other.Д«lack beauty is ALWAYS beautiful on Black bodies. We must remind ourselves what Solange sings, вЂњBut this hair is mineвЂќ. This is our response to all of the ignorant questions and comments we hear each day вЂњCan I touch your hair?вЂќ, вЂњIs that your real hair?вЂќ вЂњYouвЂ™re not allowed to wear your hair that way.вЂќ The video ends with a powerful image a large group black men and women dressed in all white whileВ dancing on white house steps as the lyricsВ repeat, вЂњWhat you say to me?вЂќ. Schools in Kentucky, Ohio and even Africa have attempted to ban hairstyles like afro puffs, braids, cornrows and other traditionallyВ black hairstyles. In addition to this, our hair is being censored in not only the workplace but also in primary education, young girls worldwide are being forced to comply to whitewashed dress codes. We can no longer allow ourselves to be whitewashed in the name of вЂprofessionalismвЂ™. African-Americans with locs across the country flooded social media supporting and encouraging each other. An Instagram hashtag, #professionallocs,В developed with pictures of black professionals from surgeons and producers to teachers and lawyers. After hearing this ruling I styled my hair into locs as a form of protest in support for my brothers and sisters who wear locs in the workplace. The AppealвЂ™s court decisionВ is a direct attack on the black population. So Marc JacobsвЂ™ all white runway cast can wear locs but we canвЂ™t? Locs are a style traditionally worn on afro textured hair. Until recently, District 11вЂ™s Court of Appeals ruled that employees do not have the right to wear dead locs. Throughout the song Solange relates her hair to her soul, her pride, her crown, her vision all of which show the significance of afro textured hair on black bodies, the one thing weвЂ™ve always been able to own and control, that cannot be taken away. The all black cast is refreshing for me, especially as a black person who rarely has the opportunity to see examples of black beauty in American media. Every personВ in the video is of African decent, a rare occurrence to see in American media, while all white casts are the norm with the occasional person of color. The images in the video are filled with smooth movements and melodic dancingВ in simple settings, indoor and outdoor. For example, over my lifetime IвЂ™ve had hundreds of styles, like many black men and women, from cornrows, to individuals, to twists our hairstyles are more than вЂtrendsвЂ™ they are a practice of cultural significance and a significant form of self-expression.

Hair is a powerful trait in the black community, our ability to shape and mold our hair into styles is a gift that we are able to useВ as a form of expression. The smooth melody of the song almost make the lyrics sound like a soft cry as she sings, вЂњItвЂ™s the feelings I wearвЂќ. The beginning of the video opens with Solange wearing braids decorated with wooden beads, as she swings her head from side to side she sings, вЂњDonвЂ™t touch my hairвЂќ. The music video is directed by KnowlesвЂ™ husband Alan Ferguson. In this song Solange pairs her beautiful voice with an all black cast to illustrate black beauty in the video to her song DonвЂ™t Touch My Hair. I get excited when I see African-American celebrities using their platforms to make a positive impact on the black community. How often have you said that in your lifetime? Or at least wish you had after having your hair pried through and pulled on by curious peers, our hair is more than an attention grabber it is an extension of ourselves as it operates as a form of cultural expression.

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