270 | Coarse and Curly

Hair: A weird thing humans have weaponized, leverages, and used many culturally unique and important ways. There's actually a million things to say about this, but we took on the race angle in this conversation. This is a very brief history about afro-textured hair; when the racism and discrimination started, how far it has came, and how much more education and understanding we need. <br /><br />Recommendations: <br />Abraham: Turning Red (movie: <a href="https://movies.disney.com/turning-red)" rel="noopener">https://movies.disney.com/turning-red)</a><br />Shane: Stranger Things Season 4 (<a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80057281)" rel="noopener">https://www.netflix.com/title/80057281)</a> <br /><br />References and Links: <br />Links: <br /><br />1. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-textured_hair" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-textured_hair</a><br />2. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Ta0XKlisg" rel="noopener">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Ta0XKlisg</a><br />3. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvise_Cadamosto" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvise_Cadamosto</a><br />4. Jahangir, Rumeana. "How does black hair reflect black history?". BBC. <br />5. Nasheed, Jameelah (April 10, 2018). "When Black Women Were Required By Law to Cover Their Hair". <br />6. "538 F. 2d 164 - Jenkins v. Blue Cross Mutual Hospital Insurance Inc". OpenJurist. <br />7. Banks, Ingrid (2000). Hair matters : beauty, power, and Black women's consciousness. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 9780814713372. OCLC 51232344.<br />8. Mercer, Kobena (1987). "Black hair/style politics" (PDF). New Formations. 3: 33–54.<br />9. Edmondson, Vickie Cox; Carroll, Archie B. (1999). "Giving Back: An Examination of the Philanthropic Motivations, Orientations and Activities of Large Black-Owned Businesses". Journal of Business Ethics. 19 (2): 171–179. doi:10.1023/A:1005993925597. JSTOR 25074086. S2CID 15255094.<br />10. Rooks, Noliwe M. (1996). Hair raising : beauty, culture, and Afric