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Between a Rock and A Hard Hand: Chris Rock’s Hairy History with Black People

Branden Janese
Apr 01, 2022
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Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images

In 2022, there are countless TikTok and Youtube videos of Black women teaching other Black women how to properly install a weave using a variety of methods. I grew up in a hair salon in the early 2000s when the purchasing, installing and wearing of weaves fell under classified information, more secretive than seal…

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