
My hair defines me, woman Black!
Meteorologist Rhonda Lee, Shreveport, LA. I was let go from my job as a meteorologist at KTBS in Shreveport, LA for a Facebook post where...
The Race Card Project
By Michele Norris
Meteorologist Rhonda Lee, Shreveport, LA. I was let go from my job as a meteorologist at KTBS in Shreveport, LA for a Facebook post where...
Joi Brumfield, Harvey, LA Your hair tells a story about you, and you should not be afraid to wear it the way you want. Dillard...
Daizjha Hills, Spring Valley, NY As a little kid, people other than my race will always come up to me asking to touch my natural...
Jessica Elaine Burks, San Diego, CA. I am Black, Irish, and Native American. My paternal grandmother had straight long hair. My maternal grandmother had 4c...
Michelle Mabson, Ann Arbor, MI. Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan I wear my hair the way it grows out of my head…no chemical enhancements....
Zuleka Grant, Summerville, SC If you ever look on google for work-appropriate or professional hair it is full of straight hair and Caucasian styles, but...
Hadsim, Chicago, IL. Grew up in Detroit. 1970s. Did time in the Nation of Islam for 2 years. Father was discriminated against at work (thus...
Kristen Ellerbe, Richmond, VA. Calling me an Oreo or not really black, or basically a white girl means that you define some part of my...
Linda, Wichita, KS In middle school I got bullied by these 2 Mexican boys about my natural big curly hair and got my hair pulled...
Valerie Elverton Dixon, East St Louis, IL. As an African-American woman living in a society where the standard of beauty is light skin and straight...
Cooper Shell, Jackson, TN. She’s White in a Black Body….. That is what has ALWAYS been said to describe me—since I was at least 12...
Sandi, Brooklyn, NY. When I was growing up in DC, a lot of times I used to hear that black hair was untamed, unmanageable and...
Sherhonda Florence, AL As a child, every time a white girl touched my hair, she had something derogatory to say about how my hair felt...
Taylor, OH. I come from two very light parents & my dad is the one who has red hair, its natural but I constantly find...
Deborah King Bolingbrook, IL I was 7 years old the first time I had my hair straightened with a hot comb. For the next 25...