Black Hair

SKIN DEEP

Black Hair, Still Tangled in Politics

By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS

Published: August 27, 2009

Getting “good hair” often means transforming one’s tightly coiled roots; but it is also more freighted, for many African-American women and some men, than simply a choice about grooming.

This is my friend Boris and he finds this whole issue a real tangle. He is sick of processing but feels it is a part of his identity. Photo by Pat Hughs