I agree.
It sounds funny now, but when I first started working corporate 20 years ago, it never occurred to me that I could wear my hair natural. I just assumed it had to be relaxed or in a protective style (for me personally braids only, no weave/wig), as I'd been wearing since the age of 7 years old when I'd first been taken to straighten my hair.
It was only on seeing a friend who also worked in corporate who had a huge Afro, that inspired me to BC. I remember asking her what they said at work about it, and she said "nothing, it's my hair".
This helped me reframe my thinking about Afro hair, which had obviously been conditioned into me thinking that Afro hair was not professional.
I've now had my hair in a short Afro for about 15 years, haven't relaxed my hair during that time, and can say with confidence I won't ever do so again. I doubt I'd wear braided extensions again, although I do occasionally put on an Afro puff.
Now I have DC, I'm teaching my girls to love their hair by only ever styling their hair with their Afro, and teaching my boys that their short Afro's and their sister's larger Afro's are wonderful, and we celebrate them. While my DC won't escape the external messages, I'm aiming to give them that love of self from within the family first.
It baffles me when I still see people relaxing either their own or their small DC hair, given the health risks, or when I see 3 year olds with hair extensions down their back, as the more we normalise Afro hair in all environments, the more it becomes commonplace.