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Man, it’s a long story, but the short of it is I started my career as far as radio goes about 2 and a half years ago.And it was one of those classic “who you know” situations. For over 10 years now, I’ve been playing basketball with a gentleman by the name of Marcus King, another gentleman by the name of Niles Kirchner, and another gentleman by the name of [Greg Shelton]. Now Greg Shelton along with Marcus King were executive producers of a television show called “Black Men Revealed.” Our relationship was purely competitive with respect to Saturday morning basketball. {Laughs} We’ve played ball for maybe 5 years and we didn’t really get into each other’s personal lives or what we did outside of the camaraderie we shared on the basketball court.
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Dr. Nelson, Thank you for taking the time to speak with Naptural Roots today. We were very excited to hear about your Africana Education Program at Eastern Washington University and are eager to share your story with our readers.
What prompted you to go natural and stay natural?
As a child and youth my mother did not allow me to straighten my hair. I was envious of my older sisters who spent Sunday evenings pulling the sizzling hot comb through each others’ hair. My hair stayed in a ponytail until I graduated from high school and was allowed to wear and Afro. (My father disliked Afros.)Later I made my first trip to a beauty parlor for a relaxer. For the first time my father complimented my hair. The touch-up was left on to long leaving me with oozing sores on my head. My hair was cut for the first time. Partying on dance floors during the disco era began 10 years of short hair as the smoke and sweat needed to be washed out of my hair each night. I would periodically grow it out but always ended up cutting it again. I love short hair on women of African Descent. A colleague shaves her head and I think she looks so regal.
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