I'm a Black woman who's been natural for five years, but I have a job interview at a conservative firm next week and I keep looking at my straightening iron wondering if my integrity is worth potentially not getting hired.
More people experience this than they realize.
She's weighing authentic self-expression against economic survival in a system that penalizes Black women for refusing to conform to white beauty standards.
“Where Are You with Body as identity — physical self-concept?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.