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Ayana Byrd is a writer and editor living in Brooklyn, New York. A Phi Beta kappa graduate of Columbia University's Barnard college, she is an entertainment journalist whose work has appeared in Vibe, Rolling Stone, Honey, TV Guide and Paper magazines.

Aside from writing, Byrd has appeared on numerous panels, including Harvard University's Black Arts Festival and Barnard College's Scholar and the Feminist, to discuss the representation of women in popular culture and the intersection of gender, race and class in the arts. Philadelphia native Byrd is an avid traveler who has visited Europe, Africa and the Caribbean. ...more

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	Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America by Ayana Byrd, Lori Tharps 4.24 avg rating — 1,012 ratings — published 2001 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance by Akiba Solomon, Kenrya Rankin (Goodreads Author), Ta-Nehisi Coates (Contributor) 4.22 avg rating — 584 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Naked: Black Women Bare All About Their Skin, Hair, Hips, Lips, and Other Parts by Ayana Byrd (Editor), Sonia Sanchez (Foreword by) 4.29 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[Hair Story (Revised Edition)] [Author: Ayana Byrd] [March, 2014] it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Integration leaders were not interested in presenting White America with an “Africanized” people,”
― Ayana Byrd, Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America

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“America was built on the myth of the melting pot, but despite efforts of the powers that be, the ingredients never fully blended. At best there is a patchwork quilt of various ethnic groups struggling to live peacefully with one another while something called, "mainstream culture" - it looks like a Norman Rockwell painting, sounds like a George Gershwin musical, and tastes like Chef Boyardee - is offered up as the national exmple.”
― Ayana Byrd, Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America

tags: ethnic-groups, hair, mainstream-culture, melting-pot, patchwork-quilt

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