"Cut off your hair to symbolize the desire for a better life."
Whew. Most racist shit ever.
Black people have always been told there is something wrong with wearing our hair the way it naturally grows out of our heads.
Whew. Most racist shit ever.
Black people have always been told there is something wrong with wearing our hair the way it naturally grows out of our heads.
I've talked about this in the past. I'm still wrapping my head around the role that assimilation plays in white supremacy. White people do it without thinking about it. Forcing people to debase themselves in order to assimilate.
https://twitter.com/polotek/status/1076224973641965568?s=19
In America, being eligible for "a better life" has always been intertwined with being more palatable to Whiteness.
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