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Originally Posted by Educatingblue
It's pretty sad that these women are basically being asked to assimilate to mainstream culture. Everyone does not want to wear their hair straight and flowing.  I proudly wear my hair curly everyday in a head band or pulled up. People need to educate themselves on different hair types. As the article mentioned, people of African diaspora have been wearing braids forever and this is nothing new! |
Yes, people of the African diaspora have been wearing their hair in brands forever.
Not to be confused with braids, twists, and dreds being the only unstraightened hair options.
My only issue is with this hair regulation not being documented so these women could know beforehand. I've seen establishments ban cornrows and not get any complaint from the blacks who worked there because these blacks thought cornrows created a certain image, anyway. I've also seen predominantly white establishments ban whites from wearing braided, dred locked, spiked, and dyed hairstyles. If the policy applies to all, it applies to all and that's fine with me.