From Oscar winners to stars on the rise, many African American actresses have similar stories about a lack of Hollywood stylists who 'get' black hair. - @NBCBLK nbcnews.to/2QfOG4F (1/6)
@NBCBLK “It’s mind-blowing to me that we still have to... fight to have Black hairdressers on set for us," Tia Mowry-Hardrict says, reflecting on a time she cried on set after seeing what was done to her hair. (2/6)
@NBCBLK “That’s why I had short hair,” Academy award winning actress Halle Berry says. “(Maintaining) it was easy. I think as people of color, especially in the business, we haven’t always had people that know how to manage our hair." (3/6) 
Tiffany Haddish says when she shot the movie “Keanu,” there was no one on set who could braid the cornrows she sported in the film and she had to seek outside help.
“I cried about it because it was a lot of extra time, and I could have been resting or learning my lines." (4/6)
“I cried about it because it was a lot of extra time, and I could have been resting or learning my lines." (4/6)
Local 706, the union representing hairstylists working in entertainment in Los Angeles, doesn’t keep records on the race and ethnicity of its stylists, but is aware of the frustrations of Black actors and is trying to find solutions. (5/6)
Randy Sayer, the business representative for Local 706, says he hopes shifts in the industry facilitate that change: “I agree with every woman of color or every actor who says ‘we need more.’ I want to be the person who’s helping us achieve that.” (6/6) #NBCNewsThreads
