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Photography by Courtney Sofiah Yates By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated March 7, 2024
As a young girl, I used to think I was pretty only when I straightened my naturally curly hair. When I grew up, I was devastated to learn that my story is similar to many other Black women who, like me, were socialized to aspire to Eurocentric standards of beauty. As the oft-quoted Marian Wright Edelman said, “You can’t
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