As the parents of three little girls we really like this video. Let us know what you think in the comment section.
About Lamar Tyler
Lamar Tyler is co-creator BlackandMarriedWithKids.com. He also is the co-producer of the films Happily Ever After: A Positive Image of Black Marriage, You Saved Me, Men Ain't Boys and Still Standing.
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This is awesome. Black girls everywhere should be able to see images of themselves in a positive manner and worthy of celebration. Cudo’s to the folks at Sesame Street.
This will help encourage young girls to love their hair as well as themselves.
I love this video! I have natural hair and it made me feel so warm inside!
I saw this the other day and thought it was very cute. Sesame Street has always been very forward thinking.
I love it! A celebration of black hair in all its many forms and iterations!
My babies and I watched this this morning. It was GREAT!!!
ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE! I’m not a mother yet, but it would be important to me for my girls to “love there hair.” I’m 27 and went natural almost 3 years ago and I am currently loc’ing my hair and I LOVE IT! But for the longest I was scared of what “my hair” would look like if it wasn’t processed. I LOVE THIS!!
Very cute! As a guy with an eight month old daughter, I worry about positive images being available for her to emulate. This is definitely a step in the right direction.
I loved this. Sesame street has always been ahead of the curve.
Thank you so much Sesame Street, many African Americans have been brainwashed to think black hair was bad hair which is our natural beautiful heritage and compared it with straight hair that was glorified. God is still in control.
Ridiculous!! Why doesn’t Sesame Street have to teach other groups how to love their hair??????
I knew there would be one ‘ridiculous’ comment – and here it is!
Love it! Thanks Sesame Street!
Thank you for sharing. Way to go Sesame Street!
Because it is common knowledge that some African American girls/women, have issues with their hair, tell me what other race of women go to the extremes that we do?
Outstanding, I plan to watch this with my daughter! I recently decided to go natural so I could show her that we do have beautiful hair and can do many styles. Kudos to the people at Sesame Street. Their creative dept is on point.
Awesome!
I think it is cool . I have a 9 yr old girl and in her younger yrs she also had issues with her hair being different .
As a biracial woman (African/Indian) I’ve had to deal with commentary by the Indian side of my family about the texture of my 8yr old daughter’s hair. So I’m thrilled to see something like this. We need more of it, frankly.
I love this and hope that everyone that I post to that has a daughter will look at this.
Here, here! You know, it reminds me of all the celebrating we did as a result of Disney “affirming” that an African-American can be a Princess! While I do believe Princess Tiana has a rightful place just as this Sesame Street muppet, it saddens me that we appear to still be waiting for others to affirm who we are. I just wonder when we will stop beiing so reactive as opposed to proactive!
No real jumping up and down on my end! While their intentions are good (I’m sure), it’s time out for us waiting for someone to affirm who we are! Woman, know thyself…and don’t forget to teach your daughter while your at it!
How can I send this to corporate America?
May I ask why the need to send it there way?
It is about time for something like this to be aired. I say this because having raised 3 daughters in a caucasian oriented community it was difficult to make them feel good about their hair. I abstained from straightening their hair as long as I could (that is until they demanded it.) I never used words like nappy hair , good hair or bad hair yet they all felt the need to perm their hair to fit in. I can remember one of my daughters being teased because of 1/2 inch of new growth. So I see this as a good thing for a black child to see this muppet expressing love of her hair. I’ve always said that black is beautiful and I truly believe it with all my heart.
Love it
Are you serious? What’s wrong with a little positive reinforcement? Remember…they didn’t HAVE to do this video!
2010!!! It took this long for this to happen, and from what I can see majority of folks are still asleep. It should not take sesame street for ya’ll to give kudos for having natural hair. I can read the energy in a lot of these text with the exasperation of “Finally!” your ancestors would be shamed. Nan one of us would even need SS if we ourselves did what is supposed to come NATURALLY, and teach our little one’s about NATURE in it’s NATURAL sense.
Oh’ yea it’s on TV now so that makes it acceptable, and the fact that the creator personally made the selection means…….what?
You can say whatever you want about your reasons for not going natural, but it’s immensely disheartening to hear a sister give me 7-15 against, and not have 1 single reason for.
Question: Say that the U.S. population was 70% Black-12% European and so forth, how odd would it be to see people from Sweden, Norway, Austria taking great measures to remove the NATURAL straightness of their hair due to finding ours superior in it’s NATURAL state?
Under the percentages of that same scenario, if we were the national majority, would we structure our society so that the considered minority would find little to no value in NATURAL self? Would you give them fewer opportunities of employment due to their hair?! If God gave you yours, then God gave them theirs, right?
I hope this offends somebody, because then I’ll know that it had some impact.
-Critical thought has been known to sting-
Sesame street is known for making sing-along tunes to peak little children’s interests and keep them engaged. It’s what they do.
Hair is a sensitive topic for some people, not all. Personally, I don’t care for the tune. Not because of my hair texture, the song itself is terrible. Play the video with no sound and youll think its cute. The hairstyles on the little character were creative. Living in the northeast corridor, Ive seen those hairstyles on every group. Ive witnessed people from all demographics admire my daughters styles from afro puffs and braids to blow dried styles.
Based on the diversity of the Sesame Street viewers, Id be interested in hearing how other races perceive the video. It may be offensive since their ethnicity wasnt represented.
Ask the question: whats the intent? Is it to educate or entertain? Im not sure. Perhaps the scene could have included “diverse†muppets with various hair textures, accessories and styles.
I loved the 70’s version of Sesame Street. However, my 9 year old daughter wouldn’t watch Sesame Street if it were running a 24 hour marathon on every tv station. Therefore, the influential power of this 2 minute clip may be a stretch.
On another note, Will & Jada Smith’s daughter, Willow, has a song out about her hairstyle. I haven’t heard the lyrics, but I would imagine that girls who can make decisions about their hair may now want a mohawk. Trends come and go. It’s a matter of preference.
First Chris Rock now Sesame Street.
I think you’ve got it backwards, I think this video is as much for others as for little Black girls. It sings the praises of what we as Black women have been blessed with, hair that do all sorts of things and look great doing it. Sadly, our own proactivity with affirming our own beauty is almost not there. What do we have, BET? I laugh at that joke of a network.