

Kinks in the System: Black Hair Salon Struggles
Offline Thoughts by Nessa Kwizera
S2 · E53
Apr 14, 2025
01:02:35
Episode notes
Every black woman will have horror stories of their experiences in black hair salons and at the hands of black hair stylists. From lateness, to rudeness, to low hygiene, to hair damage - we've experienced it all. This episode focuses on why this negative experience is universal.
Key words: regulating black salons, lack of access to capital, beauty schools, internalised anti-blackness and racism.
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Keywords
black women
anti-blackness
internalised self-hatred
black community
Black hair
Afro hair
Black hair salons
Black hair industry
texturism
UK black salon
4C hair
internalised racism
braids
weave
corn rows
regulating black hair industry
politics of black hair
bad customer service
natural hair care
internalised anti-blackness
anti blackness