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Does Hair Make the Person?

NPR | By Bianca Butler
Published August 15, 2006 at 4:00 AM MDT

The relationship between hair and identity is a charged topic for some young black women. What does your hair say about you? What image do you want to project?

Copyright 2006 NPR
Bianca Butler

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