HELLO, welcome to this month's BRAND NEW Box from the lovely @treasuretress 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 Those of you who don't know, September is BLACK HISTORY MONTH! TT have sent regular emails educating us about black history, current events going on, and it's been just wonderful to learn more. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 So what has Black History got to do with Hair? Well I'll do my best to explain. As you may well know People of Colour (POC) have been discriminated against for over 400 years world wide, by people who look a bit like me (White folks), from slavery to institutional racism this isn't new to a POC, it's their every day life. Yeah it's horrible, and I can never begin to fully understand what that must feel like. POC have faced discrimination for wearing their natural hair, or protective styles in the work place, in public, at school and in the media. It sounds absolutely ludicrous to me. I've only had a teeny tiny smidge of experience with my natural curls with bullying, and some shitty abuse from toxic partners. Its literally ingrained into us that Straight hair is best, light skin is much more accepted than dark skin. Even poc who are lighter skinned are favoured more than their darker skinned peers. Imagine your beautiful big gorgeous curls kinks or coils being "Wrong' according to beauty magazines. How can something natural be such a "bad thing"? - Racism peeps. Its becoming better in terms of hair in the work place, which has been a long time coming. Its still quite common however to be taken more seriously with sleek straight hairstyles than curly, afro, kinky, coily hairstyles. I've heard tons of stories from women from all ethnicities who have been asked to wear their hair tied back or straight in order to be accepted for a job. Now unless you're a surgeon or its absolutely necessary in health and safety terms, what difference does hair really make? I feel I never know enough, so I apologise if I have details wrong, I'm always trying to learn and educate. This month is a SHEA MOISTURE SPECIAL. I'm off to have a love affair in my bathroom. 🤫 https://www.instagram.com/p/CFcBk74FnS5/?igshid=1edjwrt4zemf3