My cousins teased me because I had good hair......?

When I was a little girl until about 10, I had really long hair past my shoulders, but not pass my elbows and this is my natural hair. My cousins, specially my older ones (female) use to tease me all the time and they always thought that my hair was a weave and fake. Their natural hair never passed their shoulders. I was one of the only girls that had natural long hair and my cousins teased me about it. I hated when they did that. My hair broke off really bad when I was 10 beacuse my mom putted a perm in my hair (I was in Georgia for a vacation and it's humid in the summer!) and I didn't need that yet and I was too young. My dad was REALLY upset about that and now my real hair is by my neck and it breaks off easily. When I came back in town an started 5th grade, all the kids laughed at me because my good hair was gone! I have to put braids in my hair. Why are people so ignorant? They don't think black women can have real long hair!