Simi, a popular musician, has spoken out against the statements of a female preacher who stated that in order to obtain husbands, ladies must package themselves and ditch their natural hair for wigs.
Following the pastor’s viral video, the singer turned to her own Twitter account, saying that the preacher promotes self-hatred among women. She blamed sef hatred for many young women’s inability to be comfortable in their own skin and their desire to lighten their tones through bleaching.
Simi also mentioned that when remarks regarding their natural hair are made, women struggle to love themselves. According to her, the preacher fostered damaging stereotypes by claiming that women needed to get rid of their natural hair in order to be appealing. She then chastised her for
Her tweet read, “Even when you hide self-hate inside “good advice”, it’s still self-hate. This is why 90% of skin care products in countries full of beautiful dark skin girls/women are “whitening creams”. And girls are told that the hair that grows out of their hair is not special enough. It’s not that you’re not good enough, it’s that they said you’re not good enough. She’s on the pulpit too. A role model. Lol. Wetin God no send una, na hin una like to dey do.
Following some backlash she received from people who called her a hypocrite because she had a wig on in her display image, she stood her ground. The singer then charged people to stop telling women to change for other people.
“I’ve seen actual morons now imply that my point is moot because I have a blonde wig on in my avi. I’m hesitant to believe you can be this slow. But if it looks like red, it is probably red. Wear whatever tf you want. Just stop telling women that they’re not good enough as they are. And f**k you,” she tweeted.
