[Gendergap] Black skins

[Amy]

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

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On Sep 19, 2011, at 6:28 PM, Brandon Harris <bharris at 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.
> 
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