Dee Dwyer for NPR
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Left to Right Aliah Cotman, Ashley White, Shakiyla McPherson and Lucia Boursiquot attend The Black Hair Experience at the National Harbor, Oxon Hill, Md. on Saturday July 17, 2021. Dee Dwyer for NPR
This is a story about the joy of Black hair!
I want to emphasize that right at the start, because like nearly every other part of the Black experience, Black hair has been weighed down by white supremacy.
The discrimination is insidious. But, Black hair means so much more than that. It s personal and beautiful and, yes, it s joyful!