• Natural Hair in the Workplace Is Often Looked Down Upon, but That Needs to Change - Now

    2 years ago - By Pop Sugar

    "Hair should be out of the face. Neat. Polished. Put together."
    These are the characteristics I read under the 'hair' section of the dress code at my first fashion luxury retail job. This was in 2011. I saw it again in 2013 when I entered the fashion corporate world, as well as when I entered the magazine industry in 2015, and again when I got my big break at a newspaper in 2018. Nowhere does it mention your hair needs to be straight, and yet it is often implied. I'm not alone, either: Black actors like Gabrielle Union have lost roles because their hair was not part of "the costume...
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