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Excellent question.. I lucked out in that I’ve spent the last nine years learning and perfecting my knowledge of African-American female hair.  I have two daughters. we have the products, we have the silk pillow cases, we are on it… when we first adopted...

Until I went natural, I never really had the courage to dig deeper into the history of slavery than what was being taught in schools. Growing up in Suriname in a loving family of five, I had everything a kid could wish for. I can humbly say that we grew...

Employee of the Ponto Frio store made racist comments about Thayná Trindade’s hair Note from BW of Brazil: As has been documented continuously on this blog, Brazilian society has a problem with natural, afro-textured, black hair. In American...

At some point in the murky prehistoric era otherwise known as Bill Clinton’s second term, I found myself in the living room of a modest apartment in Fort Worth, Texas, with a couple of self-described gun nuts named Darrell and Bo. We were sitting around...

Written by Alyce Auman The government overreach is reaching a sickening level.  The braiding of hair is something that moms, sisters, girlfriends have done for each other for years.  Pointing out the obvious, it is an activity that is safe; it does...