Untangling Media and Society's Policing of Black and Brown Hair

Hair has become a political statement in a society that designates what's professional, appropriate, and beautiful. Decades show patterns of hair discrimination in workplaces and schools, especially when it comes to Black and Brown individuals. As policy advocates shed light on hair as a civil rights issue through legislation, media professionals take on the industry to expand the definition of "good hair." THE SIDEBAR BY NYABJ producer KATHRYN JONES speaks to the CROWN Coalition co-creator DR. ADJOA B. ASAMOAH, KSLA chief investigative reporter and anchor ASHLEY GRAHAM, marketing and content strategist SAMANTHA RODRIGUEZ-LAMPKINS, and beauty editor and branded content expert JAZMINE A. ORTIZ. --------- The opinions heard in this episode belong to the individuals who made them and not to NYABJ. Music by HoliznaRAPS. For more information on the New York Association of Black Journalists, please visit our website at www.nyabj.org.