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  • The Natural-Hair Movement Should Extend to Men’s Hairlines

    Black women’s overall progress is reflected in their heightened investment in natural hair. The current natural-hair movement is more a consequence of black women’s empowerment than it is a cause. Nevertheless, by claiming natural hair as the standard of beauty, black men can also encourage grooming practices that increase personal, political and economic self-awareness—and in…

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    Andre Perry

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  • How My Fiancee’s Natural Ruined My Life

    It started with a black satin pillowcase. I don’t know when it arrived, but I know that once it got there, I was banned from touching it. Even though it is a pillowcase, I couldn’t actually lay my head on it because apparently I have a greasy mechanic’s rag for hair. Such is the life…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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