INVESTIGATION Hair discrimination is a perfect example of seemingly innocuous discriminatory policy that targets black women in socio-economic spheres. Alethea Farline investigates how this policy impacts education, mental health, and societal perceptions of race. RUBY Williams was sent home from school because of the way she was wearing her Afro […]
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Hair-brained: the ‘indelible’ damage to mental health from discrimination
INVESTIGATION Hair discrimination is a perfect example of seemingly innocuous discriminatory policy that targets black women in socio-economic spheres. Alethea Farline investigates how this policy impacts education, mental health, and societal perceptions of race. EXPERTS have claimed that discrimination can have a devastating long-term impact on mental health and […]
Hair-do yourself a favour, Prime Minister – lock down your style!
EVERY time Boris Johnson is seen on our TV screens he looks as though he’s taken a trip through a wind tunnel, and we can’t be the only ones who’ve been tempted to send a hairbrush to 10 Downing Street (first class, of course). So, while he’s in track and […]
Sunderland hair salon cut and colour above the rest as it makes final of prestigious hairdressing competition
A Sunderland hair salon has shown it’s a cut and colour above the rest after making it through to the grand final of a prestigious hairdressing competition. City centre hair salon, Frances Marshall, beat a host of other North East competitors in Leeds to win the L’Oreal Colour Trophy Star award […]