For Hollywood hairstylists, Black hair is still either being fought ... Then it becomes a thing when the Kardashians or a white music star wears them, and it’s [called] boxer braids.

For Black professionals in the industry, this situation is just as hard to watch. "I've definitely seen white stylists on set not be able to work with natural hair, and it is painful for everyone ...

“My hair is not just for fashion, it’s part of my heritage,” Kyle said in the scene, standing in a boardroom with his three male colleagues—two white, one Black. “It is a statement of pride.

the rap duo Black Star would sample the dialogue at the beginning of their song “Brown Skin Lady,” which is framed as a rebuke of this pervasive bias against dark skin and kinkier hair ...

“Black hair is both stigmatized and celebrated ... perhaps it shouldn’t be considered so revolutionary that these two young stars admire the hair they’ve always known.

First lady Michelle Obama considered wearing her hair in braids while living in the White House. But then she thought of the American people. They were “just getting adjusted” to having a ...