Don't touch our hair

Whether worn for reasons of faith or not, dreadlocks are assigned negative connotations by those for whom are hair isn’t just an issue but our skin too

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Alannah Francis

NO MATTER how natural it is to us, black hair is often seen as a peculiarity to those outside our community. No matter how free our curls and kinks, they are never too far from an organisation or individual seeking to “tame” them as if they are a wild beast, out of control, or at least out of that individual or organisation’s control. And while I’d love for it to be that that is always the case, that those who seek to control our curls and kinks never get to, we’re all aware that that’s not true.

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