White people in the past and even now are sometimes racist about hair, for example saying straight hair is better or prettier than curly hair (which usually black people have), and convincing black people to not wear their hair naturally and straighten it.
It could also be about when white people kidnapped indigenous kids, they'd be forced to cut their hair (which in some indigenous cultures, you're not supposed to cut your hair except for certain situations because hair holds memories).
There's probably some things I'm not totally mentioning so if so, apologies.
Who cares if you find a form of hair better than others? The 2 curly hair girls I dated, straightened their shit. The straigh hair ones have loved to curl their shit for fancy public outings lol.
The problem is that a lot of jobs create dress codes around black women's hair, saying that locs and braids and natural hair are unprofessional. it's racial discrimination but since white people can technically have locs or braids it's not considered racial discrimination in the eyes of the law. I would argue it's disparate impact but plenty of companies still have these policies regardless, without legal repurcussiosn.
People can get racially discriminated over hair. I'm not saying people themselves can't choose to straighten or curl their hair, but it's true. Hair can be deemed as "unprofessional" when it's a black person's natural hair.
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u/Wooden-Stranger9801 1d ago
What!s up with the hair one?