Black Hair Discrimination Research Paper

Discrimination and Clothes

Throughout generations clothes have been styled differently representing different meanings. Years ago, girls would be covered from head to toe because of the fear that all men were a threat. Today girls will be wearing half a shirt and a short skirt to school while men will have their pants down representing that nothing matters to them. As life has gone by, humans have had different ideas as to what is appropriate and inappropriate. Womens clothing have become more provocative, short and tight, making it harder for them to choose clothing where they won’t get the negative attention. They complain about the fact that they can not wear what gives them confidence or be able to express themselves. On the other hand, some women are wearing the clothing they chose for the attention, yet when they get the attention they complain. In the article, “These are not girls who are battling for the right to come to school in their bikinis-it’s a principle” by Liz Zhou (The Atlantic), talks about the fact that girls are the cause for “distracting” their peers at school. They feel as if they are being treated as sex objects, those who

The United States Army had rules for how students at West Point and those serving in the R.O.T.C should appear. Black hair was against the rules. Having curly frizzy, black hair was a distraction, and putting cornrows, braids, twists or dreadlocks was not considered appropriate. “Enslaved and free blacks who had less kinky, more European-textured hair and lighter skin--often a result of plantation rape--received better treatment than those with more typically African features”( The Atlantic). Most black people had the idea that their natural hair was not accepted, so they would burn their hair or wear wigs. Women are being judged for the fact that they have to look professional, yet no matter what they do they are still are going to be