politics and natural hair

Sep 21

Congress Demands U.S. Army Grooming Standards to Change

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source by Devri Velazquez On Tuesday, March 27th, 2014 we published an article titled Are the Proposed Army Changes Discriminatory to Women With Natural Hair?. This post outlined the new regulations the U.S. Army's AR 670-1 created on natural hair. Read On!>>> The Congressional Black Caucus recently penned a letter to Secretary Charles Hagel of the U.S. Department of Defense…

Sep 21

Reclaiming the word “Nappy”

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PHOTO CREDIT: MARC BAPTISTE by Sabrina Perkins Nappy was never a word you wanted to hear or be associated with when I was growing up. I’m a part of Generation X, the latch-key kids, Atari players, the generation after the baby boomers. If you were born between 1965 and 1980, you are a part of Generation X. It’s safe to…

Sep 21

Lupita Nyong’o- “There is no shame in Black beauty.”

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Via Necolebitchie and AroundTheWayCurls On Thursday night, the stunning actress was honored at Essence’s 7th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon in Hollywood, where she delivered a powerful speech on her quest to accept the skin she was born in. Like most young children growing up, her perception of beauty came from what she saw celebrated on her television screen,…

Sep 21

Hospital Advises Straightening Children’s Hair?

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by Tracey Wallace The natural hair community is getting stronger by the day here in the U.S., but that isn't the case for the rest of the world. In Brazil, the home of the Brazilian Blow Out treatment that uses formaldehyde to straighten tight curls and coils, the pressure to straighten begins very young. Much like the stories that comes…

politics and natural hair

Congress Demands U.S. Army Grooming Standards to Change

Reclaiming the word “Nappy”

My Curly Hair Was Holding Me Back at Work

Lupita Nyong’o- “There is no shame in Black beauty.”

Hospital Advises Straightening Children’s Hair?

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