Black people, and particularly Black women, have had a centuries-old, complicated relationship to our hair. It has been a source of style, creativity and pride, as well as pain, insult and ...

TikTok creator @scorpiostellyla1meramera posted a now-viral video declaring: "Everyone who is ginger, who has red hair; those are Black people. All gingers are Black people.

White-centric beauty norms, along with a desire for hair that is more manageable, have led many Black women and girls to use chemical relaxers—also called perms—from childhood on.