Chessie King has been a massive supporter in trying to end hair discrimination and she reached out to me to do a post to educate people on the differences in school and work.
There are certain unconscious biases that are prevalent within our society and hair is used as another form of oppression to prevent us from succeeding.
Unfortunately, this wasn’t an isolated incident as I mentioned before when I was in school I was told by my maths teacher that my braids were disgusting and not school policy. That was enough to emotionally scar me not to get braids for at least another 12 years. My mum had to complain to the school but that wasn’t enough, the psychological damage was done and it had left me feeling ashamed of a style that is known to protect my natural Afro. As a result, I continued to chemically straighten my hair.
Please read and share the post below - keep talking about it - representation matters!