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28 Oct

In pictures: Black women rewrite the trauma of college

What are your memories of college picture day? Was it a day that inspired excitement? A keenly anticipated likelihood to decorate up nice and express your identity? Or was it a day of dread, a source of hysteria? For a lot of Black and mixed-race women, the apprehension was so strong they missed it altogether; almost one-third – 28 per cent – of ladies with afro or textured hair skipped school picture day due to anxiousness around race-based hair discrimination. The information comes from recent research by Dove, who polled over 1,000 Black and mixed-race women within the UK to seek out out their experiences around their hair while at college. The outcomes were overwhelmingly negative: nearly half (42 per cent)...
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26 Aug

Taye Diggs Says It’s Hard To Date White Women

Gary Gershoff/Getty Images Taye Diggs has starred in a few of our favourite movies and TV shows, from The Best Man and Brown Sugar, to Private Practice and Empire. While fans have loved to observe him work his magic on screen, some weren’t too keen on his relationship selections. After becoming a fan favorite amongst Black audiences, some sisters were dissatisfied after they discovered he was married to fellow actress Idina Menzel, a white woman. Though the pair had known one another for years before getting hitched in 2003, some felt Diggs’ interracial marriage was a slap within the face to his mostly Black fan base. Though Menzel and Diggs later divorced, the actor said he’s handled pain and bitterness toward Black women...
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