Hairstylist of ‘Dear White People’ Talks Hair on Set, Explains What White's Should Know About Our Hair Say what you want about Dear White People, but the film clearly explores racial identity ...

Haley, who is adopted, beamed as she colored a picture of a turkey. But Hollifield, who's white, focused on Haley's hair. She felt her child’s hair looked unkempt, despite daily care.

Tracey Owens Patton, Hey Girl, Am I More than My Hair?: African American Women and Their Struggles with Beauty, Body Image, and Hair, NWSA Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Summer, 2006), pp. 24-51 ...