lucia’s Reviews > The Good Immigrant > Status Update

« It’s not uncommon for black women not to have learned how to care for their natural hair until well into adulthood. Instead, we learn that Afro hair is difficult and that it doesn’t grow. We learn that it looks unprofessional and that it will prevent us from getting jobs. So what can we black women do? Well, we straighten it and cut it and cover it and we pretend that it is not our problem. »