Why Hair is Important to Black Culture: An Essay

Gerard Ortiz

Illustration by Candice Malveaux On a synchronized Monday around 2020, with hurt and exasperation as our catalyst, we decided to be ourselves. Cornrows, Braids, Bantu knots, double-stranded twists, teeny-weeny Afros, Caesar cuts, bald heads, sisterlocks and locs reported to work all across the country. Authentically natural Black hairstyles also reported […]