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So, to every kinky-haired girl looking in the mirror frustrated with what they see, cringing as the comb gets stuck in their coily strands, tempted by the allure of the “ creamy crack :” remember that history proves the actual reason your hair is considered unruly is that it’s so beautiful, it has the potential to upend white supremacy. We’re slowly, but surely, changing society’s definition of beauty. According to research firm Mintel, 71% of Black adults wore their hair natural at least once in 2016 and “Black spending on relaxers dropped 30.8% between 20.” More and more Black women, like myself, are becoming comfortable with our hair standing out and standing up. From the world bearing witness to women like Lupita Nyong’o and Viola Davis of Black Panther as they grace screens and stages worldwide, to our former First Lady rocking her natural hair. Here we are, taking off our metaphoric tignons and embracing our kinks and curls publicly.

So much so, that I, like many Black women, am forced to bob and weave as I politely sing Solange’s black girl anthem, “Don’t Touch My Hair,” when curious hands come my way.įor More Stories Like This, Sign Up for Our Newsletter It’s 2018, and natural hair still catches many people off guard. Still today, the act of not manipulating my hair is perceived as radical to a certain extent.

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My hair is no longer criminal (despite the fact that my skin appears to be, considering the fates of Trayvon Martin, Freddie Gray, Alton Sterling, and many others), but it still causes some people discomfort. But have things changed for Black women’s hair? In a sense, yes. So where are we now? In the centuries since, we’ve seen the abolition of slavery, the Civil Rights Movement, and the first Black president of the United States. As Ze Winters notes in The Mulatta Concubine: Terror, Intimacy, Freedom, and Desire in the Black Transatlantic, “Charles III of Spain demanded that the colonial governor of Louisiana ‘establish public order and proper standards of morality,’ with specific reference to a ‘large class of ‘mulattos’ and particularly “mulatto’ women.” And with that came an increase in interracial relationships, to the dismay of colonial authorities.

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This was because some people of African descent were newly able to make money, buy their freedom, and subsequently increase the free Black population. In the late 18th century, new economic opportunities and growth led to an increase in the free African and African-American populations of New Orleans. Yes, their hair was so damn beautiful that it was illegal. Some of those women were even seen as being so beautiful that laws were put in place in an effort to diminish their beauty. I wish I had known then that women who looked like me proudly wore their hair natural and kinky in America centuries before. Because it seemed to confirm that my hair should be disguised and tamed that if I didn’t chemically change it, it should be tucked away. The measure was rejected along party lines as House Republicans make good on their vow to end remote participation and proxy voting measures enacted by the Democrat-controlled chamber during the COVID-19 pandemic.Which is incredibly unfortunate. 'No one should be prevented from performing their duties on behalf of their constituents due to unavoidable and uncontrollable health conditions, whether it's being immunocompromised or having COVID-19 or being injured in some way that prevents him or her from coming to work,' Raskin said. 6 Select Committee tasked with investigating the U.S. Raskin on Wednesday offered an amendment to allow members of the influential House Oversight Committee to participate remotely for certain situations, including medical circumstances. Raskin rose to national prominence as he led two impeachments against former President Donald Trump, and was a leading member of the House Jan. He's said he expects to continue working as he battles the disease, but was advised by his medical team to 'to reduce unnecessary exposure' to COVID-19 or other viruses.

Raskin rose to national prominence as he led two impeachments against former President Donald Trump, and was a leading member of the House Jan.

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