Michaela Coel

In 2017, when Nigerian long Jumper, Blessing Okagbare, jumped so high on a track that her wig flew from her head and landed behind her body as she hit the ground, it was termed embarrassing. While the moment didn’t seem to bother the star athlete too much, Twitter had a field day with laughs and memes about the moment.

I May Destroy You creator and star, Michaela Coel chimed in with a hilarious video of her snatching her own wig in a show of solidarity with Blessing. Coel also captioned the short video with much-needed commentary on the history of Black women’s hair and overall beauty being policed.

“The real crime here is not that she was wearing a wig – as many of you do, as many of your girlfriends of

ALL races do. The crime is that women are so judged and looked upon that she felt she couldn’t do her job without the illusion of long hair,” she wrote.

She continued, “Black women

ESPECIALLY 4C type hair women are told that they can wear weave, but not wigs, that they can wear braids but not weave, that they can wear curly wigs but not straight ones. That they must create an illusion successful enough for men to be duped and continue living in their delusion.”