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Shutterstock / PeopleImages.com – Yuri A By India Espy-Jones ·Updated November 17, 2023
In my opinion, internal, negative connotations of Black hair textures are derived– in part– from the pain of doing our hair– especially detangling. During my childhood, hair care did not feel like care at all. My mother, for example, would heavy-handedly comb my hair dry, or quickly dampen it with a few spray bottle spritz.
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