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Too Grown to Pretend: That We Take Your Hair Rules Seriously

First published

02/06/2023

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society

relationships

kids

family

parenting

religion

Summary

Chipo and Regina talk about hair... Natural hair. Wait, specifically natural hair for black folk. (How come we don't call white people hair "natural", ever wonder about that, Grown Folk?)Recently, Regina and her little one had a hair emergency. This mama just couldn't get the style right and wasn't prepared for how big of a deal that was. Thank God for Auntie Chipo who stepped in and fixed up Viv's hair in the middle of a party. Grown Folk, our hair is said to be our 'crowning glory.' Ha...

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