Great point. Although there is a fairly robust page on Hair Relaxer. Not sure if the two processes are the same but they certainly could mention each other: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_relaxer
founder/ceo, 1X57 www.1X57.com t: @sengseng m: 202.423.6609
On Sep 19, 2011, at 6:28 PM, Brandon Harris bharris@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 9/19/11 4:26 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote:
Here is an example of Caucasian bias: the en:WP article on [[hair straightening]].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_straightening
Despite the fact that this is a topic of great practical interest to black women, many of whom either have straightened their hair or have thought about doing it, the article makes no mention of afro hair, and the only two images are of Caucasian women.
Topical to this, there is a documentary:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Hair
That points out that hair straightening (Relaxer) is a billion dollar industry. This is a clear bias; I'm actually flabbergasted by this.
Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap