After official complaints from two black women who said they were racially profiled by their “sisterlocks” hair styles, the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) on Thursday agreed to stop singling out women for screening based on the style, and says it will conduct anti-discrimination training sessions for its agents, reports Reuters. SEE ALSO: How Michelle Obama’s ‘Jeopardy’ […]
When some social media users went crazy over Michelle Obama’s hair during her recent appearance on Jeopardy, India Arie’s 2007 Grammy Award-nominated single “I Am Not My Hair” immediately sprung to mind. In the song, Arie defies dystopian views of Black women’s hair with the refrain: “I am not my hair; I am not this […]
