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To Straighten or Not: Hair Politics Snags Black Women

Many feel pressure to go straight

By Sarah Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 27, 2009 9:39 AM CDT

(Newser) – For black women, it's near impossible to choose a hairstyle without society weighing in. Chemical relaxers help straighten hair, but "you’re pegged as selling out," a black studies professor tells the New York Times. But go natural and "you’re seen...   Read full story »

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