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Rocking braids or cornrows can be taboo for Black women. Stylists are fighting stigmas one style at a time
A majority of Black women reported still facing pressure to straighten their hair. Stylists fight …
Dana Givens
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Florence Pugh apologizes for wearing 'cornrows' when she was 17: 'Stupid doesn't even cut it'
"I honestly did not think that I was doing anything wrong. Growing up as white and privileged allow…
Libby Torres
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Mark Sanchez Has Cornrows
Today, on the one year anniversary of the Butt Fumble, Mark Sanchez showed up to work with cornrows…
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A Black inmate is suing a Kentucky prison after he says guards forced him to cut his dreadlocks so he'd have 'searchable hair'
Carlos Thurman filed a lawsuit against Northpoint Training Center, a prison in Boyle County, Kentuc…
Pocharapon Neammanee
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I grew up without seeing myself represented in the books I read. That has changed for my Black daughter, and it's helping me heal.
The author shares how reading books to her daughter that celebrate Black children is helping her he…
Whitney Roberts
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How Morehouse College is redefining professionalism
Douglas Cooper, the career-services director, said the HBCU is an "artificial" environment — one th…
Drake Baer
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13 celebrities who have been accused of Blackfishing
Blackfishing is a term used when a white person tries to make themselves appear racially ambiguous …
Claudia Willen
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People are just realizing that both of Rita Ora's parents are white, and now she's being accused of 'blackfishing'
The 29-year-old British singer is Albanian but has repeatedly worn Black hairstyles like cornrows a…
Callie Ahlgrim
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Justin Bieber has shaved his hair after being accused of cultural appropriation for a style resembling locs
Justin Bieber shared an Instagram photo of his new, shorter hair. The singer recently faced critici…
Mikhaila Friel
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'Our Kind of People' star Yaya DaCosta is thrilled to bring her 'secret weapon' hair stylist out into the light
The "ANTM" alum's leading role is all about hair, but Yaya DaCosta is making sure her stylist of ma…
Yasmin Garaad
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Justin Bieber is being accused of cultural appropriation (again) after he debuted a new hairstyle resembling dreadlocks
The "Peaches" singer faced the same accusations when he wore dreadlocks, a hairstyle with cultural …
Callie Ahlgrim
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People are condemning Rita Ora for reportedly paying a restaurant nearly $7,000 to ignore lockdown rules for a party
According to a report from the BBC, the singer's team even requested that CCTV footage in the resta…
Libby Torres
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What is Crown Day? Here's what to know about the holiday celebrating Black hair
July 3 marks Crown Day, a holiday honoring the fight to end of centuries of hair discrimination and…
Ashley Davis
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Louis Vuitton unveiled a $1,366 'Jamaican Stripe Jumper' inspired by the island's flag, but the pullover features the wrong colors
Louis Vuitton faced backlash on social media after selling $1,300 sweater inspired by Jamaica's nat…
Lauren Edmonds
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Kylie Jenner shuts down claims that she referred to herself as a 'brown-skinned girl' on Instagram
The 23-year-old makeup mogul said that someone photoshopped the caption on her post to make it look…
Claudia Willen
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While white influencers 'blackfish' to build buzz, Black creatives say co-opting their culture is costly
Critics say social media marketing is fueling colorism against dark-skinned, Black women all while …
Dana Givens
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Fortune 500 consultants explain why the Olympic ban on Afro swim caps is racist - and what leaders can learn from the backlash
The first Black woman to make the US Olympic swim team weighs in on the decision. Fortune 500 consu…
Marguerite Ward
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The Knicks are a hiring a mysterious NBA power broker who was once described as 'the most powerful man in sports'
The Knicks hired "World Wide Wes" as a senior basketball executive because of his relationships wit…
Scott Davis
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Colin Kaepernick posts definition of 'Stockholm Syndrome' after Michael Vick tells him to get a haircut
"First thing we've got to get Colin to do is cut his hair," Vick said. "Listen, I'm not up here to …
Cork Gaines
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10 books by Black authors that everyone should read — and aren't sold out everywhere
Avid reader and "The Stacks" book podcast host Traci Thomas recommends these under-the-radar fictio…