Your [relaxed] hair looks more sophisticated!

Erika Thompson

At my former job I wore my hair in braids for a year to give it a break from chemicals in order to allow it to grow. Then I got a relaxer again and an employee who hadn’t seen my hair before my braids gave me a backhanded compliment that my new hair was “more sophisticated.” I let it roll off, but I never forgot it. I still do what I want, but that microaggression was an interesting footnote.


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