HAIR TEXTURE
[Image: A monochromatic and close-up portrait of a darker-skinned woman dressed in black. She has coily black hair worn in an Afro style. Palm leaves frame her face, as she stares directly into the camera. Centered text at the top of the image reads “HAIR TEXTURE.” Photograph by Sam Qeja.]
Hair Harassment Isn’t About Hair: The Psychology Behind Deeming A Good G-d’s Creation “Ugly,” “Unattractive” and “Unworthy”
My hair texture has been a “problem” since childhood. Whether my hair was in a stretched or unstretched state—and whether I was in America or my homeland—I’ve had to deal with brown-skinned family members who hated my hair, plus numerous beige-skinned persons who made it clear that my “nappy” or hyper-frizzy hair was inferior to their straighter strands.