Black Hair in the 21st Century Poetry, forces you to think; it causes you to make an assessment of where you are in the context of how you view your hair.
Jay Mitchell, Los Angeles California

This book of poetry shows how hair was used as a weapon of mass destruction on the psyche of the ancestors of African American people.
Ray A. Malik, Spiritual Advisor/Historian
Seattle Washington

Black Hair in the 21st Century Poetry shows how hair was used as a vehicle to disrupt the views of cultural pride and self love within African American people.
Stacia Williams, Detroit Michigan

This hair poetry is an insightful and in your face look at the thinking that goes on behind the subject of black hair. This book also dredged up my Deep South, Mississippi, memories as to why I and thousands of black girls did not learn how to swim. After we received a press-n-curl, if any water were to get onto our hair, it really would go all the way back to Africa.
Pamela Diana, Poet/Dramatist
Atlanta Georgia

R .J. I never thought I would enjoy reading about my nappy hair with such delight. As a youngster I was raised thinking that my hair was bad.These feelings are with me still as a grown woman. The facts that you gave about black hair in your poetry made me feel proud to have nappy hair. Thank you, R.J., for putting black hair into prospective.
Connie V., Atlanta Georgia

R.J. Rahman, wow, you identified the reason for the hair phobia, using history of the past to explain present-day problems, with such insightful poetic imagery moving through every verse.
K.A. Madison, Seattle Washington

Ms. Rahman you hit the bulls-eye, taking the reader through a history lesson by identifying the real reason why black people have this enormous hair phobia that seems in some cases to override rational thinking.
Dwight T., Chicago, Illinois