Talk:Discrimination based on hair texture

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Afros and dreadlocks are the most discriminated
In some parts of Europe there are still some places like clubs or pubs, where a person who has an afro or dreads might find difficulties to be let in, and that's only because of the hairstyle which is associated with Black people. Racists call those hairstyles "dirty-looking". In some countries, especially in Europe, North Africa and some parts of Asia, a person with an afro, or having long dreads (no matter the race) can be discriminated by some potential employers, and won't get a job only because of the "natural" or African-looking hair. However, not only the "Black" hairstyles are discriminated. In some cases, people with iroquois hairstyle, or shaved bald, also might be viewed as worse candidates when applying for a job. Even in some American companies based in Europe, people are judged by their hair, despite they are dressed in a suit and tie. The article should mention that briefly. 78.8.63.170 (talk) 20:23, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

This is a subject that should be focused on the minority community with supporting facts to be credible.
There are many non-mixed full Caucasians who indeed have curly hair even very curly hair from Scandinavia (from very tight see Norwegian woolly) to France, German, England and Italy all who have curly hair from blond to black.

This article may well be focused on alleged prejudices against mixed-race individuals and those of black Africa but it appears a distinction should be made. And for such individuals where does skin colour and facial features play a contributing role? There should be more information and clarification provided to make this piece encyclopedic — Preceding unsigned comment added by 33L71488 (talk • contribs) 11:39, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Check out every female CEO Fortune 500 you can find. NONE of them, regardless of color, have curls. It's not just a "black thing", its "curly female" thing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.212.29.94 (talk) 09:03, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

"Hair that is worn naturally is more likely to affect a qualified candidate's chances of being hired than their straight haired counterparts."
I added a "citation needed" on this sentence, because it is spoken very definitively, but doesn't seem to have any particular source. Googling the exact phrase in full gets several hits, but considering that this was written by "Luisgabriel128" in 2013, and the hits are from 2016, it seems like Luis made this up and now people are saying it like it's true. The most notable link is https://globalvoices.org/2016/08/15/a-black-mans-at-work-reprimand-has-trinidad-tobago-wondering-natural-hair-not-accepted-here/ which directs the quote's origin to another August 2016 article on TeenLink http://teenlinktt.com/colfire-insurance-letter-goes-viral/ Itsnotmyfault1 (talk) 18:45, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

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Article Evalustions
I recently evaluated this article as part of a class assignment. I found that it could be improved in the following ways: adding updated information and expanding on the “Hairstyles in other places” section. ~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Awinfrey98 (talk • contribs) 22:23, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

Article Improvements
Hello, I recently made the following changes to this article to improve it. I started off with adding more information to hair in the workplace, Hair in Media and Hair in other places. I felt as if some new or more information needed to be added to these to further explain the points. I also made two new sections which include Natural Hair in School and Natural Hair community. I added the section about the school because that is also a place where discrimination is happening. And it also shows that it happens to people of all ages. I decided to add the natural hair community section because it shows how there are different organizations and groups that want to broadcast and celebrate natural hair.

These were originally drafted in my sandbox User:Awinfrey98/sandbox/articledraft 15:46, 5 April 2018 (UTC)Awinfrey98 (talk)

Organization?
A reported incidence of discrimination was incorrectly put under the Australia section when it actually occurred in Jamaica according to the source article. I made a section for Jamaica and put it there instead. The organization of sections/headers seems a bit all over the place. I'm not a regular editor on Wikipedia and am not sure how exactly would be a good way to go about it, but if someone has some more experience on organizing a flow of information like this, I think it could really help make this page a better resource. MishMeesh (talk) 22:56, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Changing article title to texturism
Hi, I'm new to wikipedia so I don't 100% get how everything works but would it not be more appropriate to refer to hair based discrimination as 'texturism' --THATS ENOUGH SLICES (talk) 19:00, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

citations needed
There are a lot of statements without any sources given. 164.47.179.32 (talk) 21:01, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

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