Here's what you can do for these creatives now and long after the movement.
. Fennell says that there's always been an underlining and unspoken rule that as long as there's one Black person on staff, then the brand or company often times considers itself diverse. She adds that the way to break this way of thinking is by forcing people to look inward, and historically it's just been easier to not go down that road. Instead, the answer has has been to simply not hire Black people for the job.
Lafond is challenging non-Black hair stylists to make curl care and natural texture education mandatory in all salons so that services are available to anyone who walks in. Oakland, California-based hair colorist,, agrees: "The amount of non-black hairstylist who refuse to learn how to do black hair even when they live in areas with Black people is disgusting and disheartening," says Kiyomi.
Thomas would like to see this level of representation brought to the forefront as well and not just behind-the-scenes. "I want to see all hair textures, especially tighter textures, on the ads for these companies. I want to see all skin tones, especially darker skin in ads. I want to see us included because we spend billions of dollars on beauty and we are constantly getting ignored or pigeonholed into the box, and not being allowed a larger platform" says Thomas.
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