Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Can Japanese hair straightening work on Black hair? Pictured: black girl with long, straight hair. The natural hair movement has ...

“I think some women have never even seen their natural hair,” Wright said. “Maybe they were relaxed at a young age, and they didn’t know what it was to take care of their natural curly hair.” It was ...

I was seven years old when I first got my hair straightened. I remember feeling more beautiful. I went to a predominantly white school and was told by a classmate that I looked like an animal and had ...

In order to be hired and promoted within a workplace, many Black women have made the decision to chemically straighten their hair. Hair bias also shows up when it comes time for advancement and ...