“Sure, white people can wear locs,” she said in an email. “For some, they have religious or spiritual meaning. For others, it’s just a hairstyle. My research informed me that Indian monks ...

A white woman with dreadlocks says in a viral video that “Black women with weaves” have criticized her hair. In response, the woman evokes Black stereotypes while defending her hairstyle.

Hair in the Black community is as much about community as it is about style. After all, it comes with a rich history only the people within it can fully understand, from cornrows signifying social ...

This kind of everyday racism places a tax on Black people. “It’s time-consuming and expensive to straighten your hair to make it look more like white hair,” Bracey says, pointing out that ...