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  • Hair Love. A Black man in a tuxedo with locs, a teen boy with locs in a tuxedo with blue lapels and a Black woman with locs and a silver and blue sequin gown.

    WATCH: Oscar Winners School World On Beauty and Brilliance of Black Hair

    “Hair Love” producer Karen Rupert Toliver: “We have a firm belief that representation matters deeply.”
    Ayana Byrd Feb 10, 2020 11:21AM EST
    Mj Rodriguez. Latinx woman wearing yellow embellished dress with straight dark dark chin-length hair.

    Mj Rodriguez is Newest Face of Olay

    “A lot of girls like myself—trans women—we don’t get the opportunity to have open dialogue, let alone be in partnership with organizations like this.”

    N. Jamiyla Chisholm Nov 12, 2019 11:55AM EST
    Black hair. Office scene showing three people of color. Two Black women with natural hair and a Latinx man with short dark hair and facial hair.

    Campaign Seeks Federal Discrimination Protection for Black Hair

    A new Color of Change petition says: “Across America, Black people are policed, humiliated and even sent home because employers and peers want to control our expression. We won bills that end hair discrimination in two states, and now we are fighting to end it across the nation.”

    N. Jamiyla Chisholm Aug 15, 2019 1:41PM EDT
    Tan France. Pakistani man with styled white and black hair wearing black shirt and pants in front a yellow book with his name and image on it.

    Tan France Talks Racism and Loving the Skin You're In

    The fashion guru discusses his memoir, race and why he loves being brown.

    N. Jamiyla Chisholm Aug 5, 2019 5:27PM EDT
    Nailed It. A row of colorful pointed nails with gems.

    New Doc Peeks Inside Nail Salons' Booming Business

    “Nailed It” explores the industry’s history and connection to the Vietnamese-American community.

    N. Jamiyla Chisholm May 6, 2019 1:33PM EDT
    three book covers side by side the first is as the fire grows by Dina Gilio-Whitacker, second Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings and third Superior by Angela Saini

    #ColorlinesReads: Get Some Perspective With These 5 Books

    These engaging titles unravel myths surrounding resistance movements, settler colonialism and racist pseudoscience.

    catherine lizette gonzalez May 3, 2019 11:09AM EDT
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