In a study by Duke University School of Business in which participants were given different photos of potential job candidates with identical qualifications, Black women with natural hair were given lower scores for professionalism and were recommended less often for interviews than Black women with straightened hair or white women with straight or curly hair. These biases put pressure on Black women to alter their hair to fit Eurocentric standards of beauty by using relaxers and hair straighteners. Unfortunately, some chemical relaxers have been shown to increase the risk of both fibroids and
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