Superintendent Greg Poole defended the school district’s position to repeatedly suspend Darryl George for how he wore his locs. The post Texas Superintendent Takes Out Full-Page Ad Supporting Suspension Of Black Student For Locs appeared first on NewsOne.

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Keeping up with the Queen of Cultural Appropriation is getting tiring.

https://twitter.com/bizzyboneee/status/844139477702524928 Another day, another airline is accused of being racially biased. A JetBlue flight attendant is suing the airline after claiming that she was grounded and denied pay over her hairstyle. The New York Daily News reports that Charleen Momperousse, who is African-American and Haitian, said she was about to board a flight in December 2015 […]

Once again, Black hairstyles are under surveillance, this time at a Louisiana high school. Jaylon Sewell, a student with a good reputation as the football team manager at Neville High School, was inspired to get a new hairstyle thanks to Odell Beckham Jr. Sewell dyed and styled his hair similar to the mohawk of the New […]

The braided style is indigenous to Eritrean and Ethiopian Tigrayans groups of East Africa.

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Delicia Taylor claims she was left bald after using L’Oreal’s SoftSheen-Carson Optimum Alma Legend No-Mix, No-Lye Relaxer, TMZ writes.

President Obama speaks out on how our culture has affected black women and the beauty standards they currently face.

"It's not about us," Claudette Gayles said. "It's about the kids and giving back because in our mind, the kids are our future."