'Just like judging someone for the colour of their skin, treating someone differently or making assumptions about them because of how their hair grows out of their head is brazen bigotry.' | ✍🏿 Natalie Morris writes for MetroOpinion
Just like judging someone for the colour of their skin, treating someone differently or making assumptions about them because of how their hair grows out of their head is brazen bigotry.But hair discrimination is trickier because it is more easily disguised as ‘banter’, a simple ‘preference’, or explained away with vague claims about workplace policies.
He apologised after backlash, saying it was ‘an attempt at being humorous.’ But likening a Black woman’s hair to animal fur is not a joke – it’s dehumanising, demeaning, and causes real harm. There were also more mainstream conversations about microaggressions, unconscious bias, and Eurocentric beauty standards. This new language gave me what I needed to reassess my own relationship with my hair.
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