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2. Box braids - Wikipedia

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   Box braids in Ethiopia American singer/actress Brandy Norwood with her signature [1] box braids. Box braids are a type of hair-braiding style that is predominantly popular among African people and the African diaspora. This type of hairstyle is a "protective style" (a style which can be worn for a long period of time to let natural hair grow ...

3. Protective hairstyle - Wikipedia

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   Woman with Bantu knots hairstyle, a type of protective hairstyle. A protective hairstyle is a term predominantly used to describe hairstyles suitable for Afro-textured hair whose purpose is to reduce the risk of hairs breaking off short. These hairstyles are designed to minimize manipulation and exposure of the hair to environmental elements.

4. African-American hair - Wikipedia

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   As with women, African American men have also faced hairstyle-based discrimination in the workplace. In the case of Thornton v. Encore Global , [ 75 ] Jeffery Thornton, a black man sued his former employer Encore Global denying him a job as a technical supervisor after working for the company for four years. [ 75 ]

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   Get lifestyle news, with the latest style articles, fashion news, recipes, home features, videos and much more for your daily life from AOL.

6. Braid (hairstyle) - Wikipedia

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   Braids have been part of black culture going back generations. There are pictures going as far back as the year 1884 showing a Senegalese woman with braided hair in a similar fashion to how they are worn today. [13] Braids are normally done tighter in black culture than in others, such as in cornrows or box braids. While this leads to the style ...

7. Natural hair movement - Wikipedia

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   She referred to them as 'Bo Derek' braids' after Bo Derek, an actress from the 1980s who wore Fulani braids in the 1979 film 10. Kardashian received backlash, especially from the black community, but did not acknowledge the response. The idea of non-black women wearing natural hair styles remains controversial. [citation needed] [66]