The internet is abuzz with a frizzy new debate. What started it? Allure magazine decided to print an instructional titled "You, Yes You, Can Have an Afro* *even if you have straight hair". They outline an eight step method used to achieve the fluffy, curly look that African Americans have been sporting for decades. Where's Kara this episode? She was busy … [Read more...]
“Black Hairstyle” Acceptance In The Workplace
Photographer Endia Beal has taken the “Acceptable Black Hairstyles in the Workplace” controversy to a whole other level. In her photographic series “Can I Touch It” Ms. Beal explores gender, race and generational gaps by taking a group of middle aged white women to a Black salon and giving them all so called “Black” hairstyles. Afterwards, she took head shots of them in those … [Read more...]