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"Good hair" is a phrase used in some Black communities to describe the perceived prestige of straight or loosely curled hair, (especially when genetically influenced by non-African ancestry) in contrast to afro-textured hair. [68] "Good hair" is also used to refer to hair that is strong, thick and soft to the touch.
Black hair is the most common in Asia and Africa. [2] Though this characteristic can also be seen throughout Europe as well, it is considerably less common. [3] It can be found in Celtic populations such as in Ireland, Scotland and Wales. [4] Black hair can come in a variety of textures, just as any hair color.
The physical appearance of each type is briefly described, including colour adjectives referring to skin and hair colour: rufus "red" and pilis nigris "black hair" for Americans, albus "white" and pilis flavescentibus "yellowish hair" for Europeans, luridus "yellowish, sallow", pilis nigricantibus "swarthy hair" for Asians, and niger "black ...
The author. "I’ve had people tell me it 'disgusts' them to see interracial couples," she writes. "They’ve told me they don’t understand why Black neighborhoods look so 'ghetto.'"
Some usages identified as American English are common in British English; e.g., disk for disc. A few listed words are more different words than different spellings: "aeroplane/airplane", "mum/mom". See also: American and British English differences, Wikipedia:List of common misspellings and Wikipedia:Manual of Style#National varieties of English
Two people have been charged with murder and fraud after the death of a 71-year-old woman. Chelsea Grant, 27, and Xyaire Howard, 22, were arrested after Susan Hawkey’s body was found by ...
Those sequel comics, by the way, were largely overseen, and often written, by Joss Whedon, who first created Buffy when he wrote the 1992 feature film of the same title, starring Kristy Swanson.
The Scottish surname Bain (from bàn) referred to a fair-haired person, while Dunn (from donn) implies brown/dark hair, and Duff (from dubh) implies black hair. The English surname Brown , an extremely common surname in the English-speaking world, was originally applied to anyone with a slightly darker complexion, in the same manner that the ...