Pressure to ban hair discrimination grows after new study links straighteners to cancer

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A new study​ linking uterine cancer in women to using hair-straightening chemicals has sparked a deeper conversation about the pressure some Black women face to straighten their hair.

linking uterine cancer in women to using hair-straightening chemicals has sparked a deeper conversation about the pressure some Black women face to straighten their hair.

"They told me had I had my hair like that when I first interviewed with them, they would have not hired me no matter how qualified I was," Huntley said."By no means did I think my hair was lovely and wonderful, you know? It was always a challenge to fit in," Shatea McBride said about her personal experiences with her hair."I'm not doing this for me, I'm doing this for my circle...

Latarah Edmond with Good Day Hair Salon in Duncanville says she's seen people in her salon worried about their hair choices.

 

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