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Black women should embrace their hair

March 7, 2015 by Archived posts 834 Comments

By Essence Dennis |Staff Writer| Black women should be proud of their natural hair and should not feel compelled, forced, or shamed into altering their hair to fit what they believe is “the norm.” Two-strand twists, box braids, bantu knots -- these are some of the things that African-American women can do with their natural hair but society has numerous negative notions that black hair is unkempt, dirty, and unprofessional. “Black women get crap for their hair about everything. If they wear it in braids, weaves, or cut it off, there is always someone that has to say something. Just let her live,” said fourth-year Celeste Youngblood. In my opinion, learning to love natural hair … [Read more...] about Black women should embrace their hair

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