Black Hair
When women decided to return to their natural roots there was an explosion of naturals trying to figure out their hair type by identifying their…
President Obama speaks out on how our culture has affected black women and the beauty standards they currently face.
No, they're not "boxer braids."
The photo, which has since been taken down, was flooded with negative and racist comments about Lagum's natural pout.
Customer Antonio Robinson said he was shocked when he noticed one employee dipping her hair into a pot of water in the same area where food was being prepared last week.
"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.