#texturediscrimination

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Stop all this texture discrimination!!! @crownedwithcurlz . . . #2frochicks #afrohair #texturediscrimination #melanin #naturalhair #instadaily #afrocaribbean #afrolatinx #afroafrican #afroindigenous #braids #photooftheday #blackgirlmagic #blackqueen #frolicious #curlyhairbeauties #naturalhairdaily #froliciousbeauty #instagood #fashionblog #ootd #rizo #cachos #blackbeauty

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Future First | a black girls artistic response to cultural appropriation. watch the short film below: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13h4TBdL1DE

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Dispose of the term 'nappy' when talking about Natural Hair

Dispose of the term ‘nappy’ when talking about Natural Hair

I remember the first time I went for an interview feeling relaxed about my natural hair. I remember being nervous and wondering how I would be received. Would the interviewer spend more time looking at my hair than listening to my answers? I had my hair tied in two afro buns. As I sat waiting for my interviewer to join me I felt both of the bands snap! Now I think of this as divine intention…

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Watch : New documentary #KinksAndCurls uncover texture discrimination within the Natural Hair Community https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UnMZhQDk2gw

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Light skinned women with loose curls are hijacking the natural hair movement.Huge hair care brands seem to endorse this biased image, that excludes the dark skinned woman with 4C hair. So just how revolutionary is the natural hair movement, if it only celebrates one type of natural? New documentary, Kinks and Curls delves into the politics of black hair as girls and women celebrate the different…

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What is Good Hair?

What is Good Hair?

The topic of ‘good hair’ is often debated within the brown community. Those who typically qualify for this category tend to have 3C to 4C hair. New documentary Kinks and Curls looks at texture discrimination within the natural hair community.

In my opinion, good hair is healthy hair. But in the eyes of society, good hair is straight, sleek, and easy to tame – apparently everything that afro hair…

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Watch : New documentary #KinksAndCurls uncover texture discrimination within the Natural Hair Community https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UnMZhQDk2gw

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I think this video was so positive, and made tonnes of valid points. In the natural hair community, there is this new discrimination (which I can not remember being such a big deal 3 years ago when I started) for a looser curl. 

This desire for the "perfect" curl by many natural's is played on by big companies who make "curl activator" , "curling milk", "curling custard" etc all this one promise that it will make your curls "pop".

There is nothing wrong with the desire to wanting to "define your curls" , however when you become too consumed with curl definition, and wanting to define your curls. I think that there is something much more serious.