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The hidden cost of black hair
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October 23, 2021
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October 23, 2021
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13:28Now PlayingHair is an important part of black women’s identity, but throughout history it has also been a target of oppression. What is the true cost of having black hair?
Read Tamara Gilkes Borr’s 1843 piece on the secret economics of hair
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