Attorney: The Hatred of Black Hair Goes Beyond Ignorance

Like many young black girls who were subjected to the subliminal messaging that taught us we should envy our white peers' silky straight locks, I grew up having a love-hate relationship with my natural hair.

By the age of five, I was already well accustomed to being sat down in a chair next to the stove and having my thick locks raked and “pressed” with a straightening comb.