Black Hair

"It's not about us," Claudette Gayles said. "It's about the kids and giving back because in our mind, the kids are our future."

After a long battle to include protective hairstyles for women of color in their uniform policy, the Marine Corps Uniform Board 215 decided to make the traditional hairstyles permissible options, as long as the styles are "professional and neat in appearance."

The Bournemouth University graduate got a wake-up call from her potential employer, who contacted her via email and said she could not work for them unless she was willing to change her braided hairstyle.

In I-am-sad-to-even-have-to-write-about-this-today reporting, a Kenyan blogger wrote a post about how natural hair is ugly.

An eighth-grader was reduced to tears and utter embarrassment last week when she was sent to the principal’s office for simply wearing her natural hair.…

Woodlands Elite Cheer removed 11-year-old Makayla Fallaw from their roster for refusing to straighten her hair. Jenny Fallaw said her daughter joined the team in April and was never told until recently to straighten her hair for competitions.

‘The Talk’ host Sheryl Underwood made an insulting comment about black hair back in 2013 and wanted to apologize for all those she has caused pain. Sheryl even showed off her natural hair on LIVE television. SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLtScn1EDMk#action=share

It’s fair to say comedian Sheryl Underwood wasn’t on the the Top 10 list of celebrities you thought would go natural. In 2013, her comments…

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In this week's news of cringe-worthy cultural appropriation: Allure magazine ran the article "You (Yes, You) Can Have An Afro" in its August issue

Ava DuVernay tweeted a frustrating experience with a man who touched her hair without permission.