cuz it's MY hair. that's why. And to me, it's a little freedom.
Plus, even if you assume the hairstyle for superficial reasons, other people may read it as a threat to them...like at work and stuff...may not hire you, promote you, etc... so i mean, there are consequences for doing it.
"Men lied about that --- Some of them cried about that --- Some of them died about that --- But everything fightin' about a spoonful That spoon, that spoon, that --- It could be a spoonful of water Saved me from the desert sand But one spoon of them forty-five Saved you from another man" -Howling Wolf
"You might as well pay attention/ you can't afford free speech" -George Clinton
"People need to stop saying that there is one way to be--and then the issue will disappear." Ntozake Shange-interview in _Mother_ _Jones_