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Boston Black news anchors’ natural hair a show of cultural pride
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Boston Black news anchors’ natural hair a show of cultural pride
As a child, Latoyia Edwards had her hair relaxed. Her mother was a cosmetology student and often practiced different hair treatments, techniques and styles on her daughter. It wasn’t until years later when Edwards’ own daughter was bullied at school for wearing her natural hair that Edwards considered wearing box braids on live television.
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