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Strands of Strength
Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” My hair, in my opinion, is a slight determining factor of how people perceive me because it is short. But I am happy with the nappy roots God has blessed me with. —Anita Dargan Have…
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Hair Peace: A 5-Part Manifesto
Will the black hair wars ever end? Will the morning hair-combing hostilities between black mothers and daughters ever cease? Will the permed vs. natural debate be resolved in our lifetime? As a veteran of the Great Hair Skirmishes of the 1960s, I witnessed a brief, shining moment when large numbers of black women conquered the…
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Will Black Salons Survive the Recession?
For many black women, a trip to the salon is more than just pampering. A missed appointment can add hours to a black woman’s week—pulling through tangles and wrestling with blow-dryers and flatirons. More than the tiresome manual labor, missing a regular spot means missing the black salon experience: the enclave of warmth, comfort and…
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An Economic Twist on Hair
WEDNESDAY, 12 P.M. — Have a pressing hair question? It’s time to get things straight. Share your hairstory with The Root and join the washingtonpost.com Live Online discussion: AN ECONOMIC TWIST ON HAIR with Yodith Dammlash and Delece Smith-Barrow. ***** The bank might be calling about the mortgage. The lights might get cut. The car may break down on…
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What's Your Twist on Hair?
You’ve read our take on tangles and locks. Now it’s time for you to weigh in. How has the recession affected your ‘do? What’s your best or worst hair memory? We know you have plenty to say, so write in to TheRootTwist@gmail.com and share your twist on hair with The Root. Be sure to include…
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Get Out of My Kitchen
Last year, I cut my hair. I cut off my twists and went back to my legacy ‘do, my beloved short crop. There was no big political decision involved, no personal crisis, no spiritual journey. I just decided I wanted to spend more time in the pool for the rest of the summer, and I…
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Hair Today! Hair Forever!
Recently, one of my longtime Detroit clients stopped by my shop on her way out to a job fair taking place out of state. With a note of shame, she shared the humiliation that she and her husband were facing. Both worked for the auto industry, both were in their mid 40s and both had…
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Sheen, Mean and Clean
Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” Abolitionist, editor and diplomat Frederick Douglass was nicknamed “The Lion of Anacostia.” Douglass surely embodied the moniker’s courage, but his snowy outgrowth gave him the bearing of an Old Testament prophet. A photo essay by…
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The Real Deal on The New Deal
Join the washingtonpost.com Live Online discussion on THE REAL DEAL ON THE NEW DEAL with The Root’s Michael Dawson. ***** It is often forgotten that, for all of its benefits, the New Deal reinforced structural black economic disadvantage in many ways. It is certainly true that the Work Projects Administration (WPA) put many blacks to work,…
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A Bridge This Far
SELMA—Forty four years later, the 44th president of the United States is black. Things do change. From behind the gates of the Alabama governor’s mansion in 1965, Peggy Wallace watched as marchers made their way to the state capitol in a stand for voting rights. Her father, then Gov. George C. Wallace, led his state…