By Isake Tom

Our lovely contributor Rachael-Lea Rickards recently posted this video on Sway’s facebook page and we loved it so much we had to share it with our readers. Posted October 12th on Sesame’s Street’s official Youtube page, “I Love My Hair” has already received 30, 390 hits. Once again Sesame Street-which has been on the air 41 years this November, uses the power of music to create an adorable song for young black girls encouraging them to love their hair.

The producers of Sesame Street should be applauded for their efforts.  Songs such as this one are exactly what’s needed to help boost the self esteem of young black girls everywhere . Will it completely change the minds of an entire generation? Probably not. But it’s great to see such an iconic children’s program stepping up to address systemic issues in the black community. Kudo’s to Sesame Street!