Op-Ed: Coco Gauff’s Hair Isn’t ‘Unkept’—You’re Just Anti-Black

Essence Magazine:

By India Espy-Jones ·Updated April 10, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

In the Black community, being “presentable” often means having your hair “done.” And, by “done,” that means having your natural hair texture politely hidden. To the point, even tennis star Coco Gauff’s textured bun in a Miu Miu ad was subject to that same anti-Black rhetoric this week.

After taking a month-long social media detox, Gauff said she returned

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