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Plenty_Performer_421 t1_iwr95hb wrote

Reply to comment by QuestionableAI in Michelle Obama says Americans ‘weren’t ready’ for her natural hair by LordWolfgangCabbage

Do you not understand the insanely detailed and complex history surrounding black hair as a symbol of systemic racism in America?

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QuestionableAI t1_iwr9gie wrote

I do ... but to declare that no one was ready is patently stupid. Some of us actually read out here.

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Plenty_Performer_421 t1_iwulson wrote

>Some of us actually read out here.

Ah, of course, then surely you must have read:

Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America by Lori Tharps and Ayana Byrd

Twisted: The tangled History of Black Hair Culture by Emma Dabiri

That Hair by Djaimilia Pereira de Alemeida

You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Pheobe Robertson

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