I hope you didn't think that #DuragHistoryWeek was a fluke, or a one-time commemoration that black Twitter wouldn't remember to celebrate again.
Du-rags have played too critical a role in the upkeep of black hairstyles for us to let its week fall by the wayside. Last year's commemoration was hilarious, and this year is proving to be one for the history books, too. So without further ado, here is a compilation of the best tweets honoring du-rags:
https://twitter.com/fivefifths/status/648502785290407936https://twitter.com/SaySwearToGodz/status/648502047315259392https://twitter.com/Rickonia/status/600399734516391937https://twitter.com/GreenFreezePop/status/648502392951058433https://twitter.com/yungpharoah32/status/648840098776268800https://twitter.com/OfficialKLS/status/648549147742748672https://twitter.com/Quinton_Harris/status/648547385245741057https://twitter.com/ThatDudeMCFLY/status/648532226947317760https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/status/648523513205100544https://twitter.com/Lizzs_Lockeroom/status/648504547053281280https://twitter.com/curlyheadRED/status/648503394294988800
All jokes aside, it's interesting to see how the garb has evolved over the years, and the impact it has had on nonblack American cultures.
Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele is a staff writer at The Root and the founder and executive producer of Lectures to Beats, a Web series that features video interviews with scarily insightful people. Follow Lectures to Beats on Facebook and Twitter.
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