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‘My Beautiful Black Hair’: How a sister’s struggle led to a debut book
Filmmaker and activist St. Clair Detrick-Jules is recognized for her award-winning 2017 documentary “DACAmented,” that includes younger recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program sharing their stories. But her most current generation uplifts a marginalized team in a unique way. In the book “My Beautiful Black Hair: 101 Normal Hair Stories From the Sisterhood,” she explores through photographs and interviews the plan that Black women’s hair is inherently political – and multifaceted. Why We Wrote This What alternatives are there for supporting Black girls who deal with hair discrimination? 1 author’s alternative: Strengthen the beauty of natural hair. The undertaking began as a way to aid her younger sister, she claims in…