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‘Does Anyone Have Scissors?’ Black NC High School Softball Player Told to Cut Her Hair During Her Team’s Senior Night Game
Black women’s hair is political. It is scrutinized, policed, protested over, ostracized, ridiculed, debated, and ultimately shamed. It always has been. On April 19, Nicole Pyles faced a difficult decision that should’ve never been proposed. In the middle of her senior night game against her Hillside High School rivals Jordan High, Pyles could cut the…