Why I Never Let My White Roommates See Me in a Bonnet
You know how you apply lip balm, like, eight times a day and also have spares in your purse, car, desk, backpack, gym bag, and nightstand? Yeah, well, in my South African household, and in many other Black homes, bonnets are our lip balm. We use them for everything: as a post-workout staple to prevent sweating out our hair; as a way to preserve our time-consuming and costly hairstyles; as a nighttime shield to protect our hair from breakage and split ends; as a moisture-retaining tool to keep edges down and curls intact.
