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Am I Oppressed Because I Have “Black Hair”?? - Unapologetic LIVE 06/21/22

2022/6/21
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Amala Ekpunobi

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MSNBC recently hosted a roundtable where several black female hosts and celebrities discussed the culture surrounding black women and the discrimination they face in the workplace. Their complaints involved a lack of makeup supplies, unskilled hair stylists, and hair discrimination. They go on to discuss The Crown Act, a bill passed to end discrimination against black hair. Is this really a problem? Is this evidence of systemic racism? Is there work we need to do regarding this? I’ll explore all of these questions in today's episode.