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  2. African-American hair - Wikipedia

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    As with women, African American men have also faced hairstyle-based discrimination in the workplace. In the case of Thornton v. Encore Global, [75] Jeffery Thornton, a black man sued his former employer Encore Global denying him a job as a technical supervisor after working for the company for four years. [75]

  3. Braid (hairstyle) - Wikipedia

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    Braids have been part of black culture going back generations. There are pictures going as far back as the year 1884 showing a Senegalese woman with braided hair in a similar fashion to how they are worn today. [15] Braids are normally done tighter in black culture than in others, such as in cornrows or box braids. While this leads to the style ...

  4. Box braids - Wikipedia

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    Older women would gather with their girls and teach them how to braid. [5] Box braids are also commonly worn by the Khoisan people of South Africa [6] and the Afar people in the horn of Africa. [7] [8] In Africa, braid styles and patterns have been used to distinguish tribal membership, marital status, age, wealth, religion and social ranking.

  5. Why this Black engineer makes a point of wearing braids in ...

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    On Dec. 5, she shared a photo of herself rocking feed-in braids while working in a lab. "As a Black woman on a national science show, I intentionally wear braids and my curly Afro to normalize ...

  6. Cynthia Erivo Just Opened Up About Why It Was So ... - AOL

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    Cynthia Erivo has opened up some more about why she pushed for Elphaba to have micro braids in the movie adaptation of "Wicked." As I’m sure you are aware, the hotly-anticipated film was ...

  7. Cornrows - Wikipedia

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    [53] [56] The unique type of discrimination that arises from prejudice towards Black women's hair is called natural hair discrimination. [57] [58] [59] Despite these challenges, cornrows have gained popularity among Black people as a way to express their Blackness, creativity and individuality. [52] [53] [60]