“We don’t do ethnic hair here”

Sahra Hassan
Minneapolis, MN

This was said to me by a hair stylist the minute I walked into a salon. Ironically, my hair was cover so she couldn’t tell what my hair type was but she assumed this based on my skin color. Unconscious actions like these can lead to structural racism in our society.


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