black women's hair is illegal, of course.

[delux_vivens]

i had to dig out this article for a, um, discussion on another lj but i figured i would repost it here. this happened about 4 years ago in Savannah.

Comments

[yeloson]

"We have a certain image to project" = "We keep our negros well behaved and in line, yessir"

[implodes]

How long is it gonna take for this shit to stop?

[fierceawakening]

It doesn't surprise me any more, but my mind still boggles at "but you have UNPROFESSIONAL HAIR!" How is hair professional or not? And is there really anyone on the planet stupid enough to not realize what this is really about?

Wait, don't answer that. I'm having too good a day. :-P

[croupier]

You know, every fucking time this happens, I think the white people need to shave their heads in protest.

ok

[her_a_cane]

unprofessional hair.. how about the comb over on the white men? HELLLOOOOO nothing screams unprofessional like that.

Re: ok

[mila_manosevic]

Oh god. Yes. I think their should be something called hair honesty. The white man with the combover is not practicing hair honesty, suspend him.

[witchsistah]

You know if they could somehow make our hair illegal why not the rest of us as well?

[denim_queen]

And as someone who has locs and is trying to start a career, this is the type of discrimination that is constantly on my mind.