9 Things To Not Say About A Black Child’s Hair
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Jazmine Denise
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They have good or bad hair
In 2021, most people are wise enough to have stopped using the term “good hair,” but the ideology behind the phrase is still alive and well. Adults unknowingly teach children that one hair texture is superior to another by praising one hair type while putting down the other. This is not just harmful to the children who have the hair texture being disparaged. It is also harmful to the children with the hair texture being exalted because it reinforces texturism and oftentimes, these children grow into adults who continue to perpetuate this idea and pass it on to their children.
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