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Join Dr. Sylviane Greensword as she explores the history and impact of black women's hair. The history of black women's hair in the Americas can serve as illustration of oppression and dominance, but also of resistance to alienation. More recently, there has been a resurgence of natural hairstyles, which has been abundantly documented. However, this trend has been countered by restrictive policies that insist on standardizing whiteness as the norm of hair textures. Drawing on studies of race and hair across multiple periods of Pan-American history, this lecture will demonstrate that in more ways than one, black hair is, and has always been, political.

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