Very well written, Shanta L. Evans-Crowley! Your hair is beautiful whether you go au naturel or not!
With regard to hair touching, however, I feel this happens to all females, no matter what ethnic group one belongs to.
I cannot stand it when women come up to me and touch my hair, and yes, this happens to me a lot!
I have extremely fine hair and lots of it. It takes too much time to tame my free-flying, mind-of-its-own locks and a lot of money to maintain it every six weeks.
So do not touch!