[Rachel]

I have been wondering where the cornrow hairstyles originated from. I was watching the news about an upscale hotel and one of its employees; she was black and wore her hair in braids. The hotel told her her hairstyle was inappropriate for the ‘image’ of the hotel and wasn’t neat and clean. She countered that her style was ‘traditional’ and was an original hairstyle in Africa. Now, I can’t say I’ve ever been to Africa, but I watch the Discovery channel, TLC and PBS all the time, and can’t say that I’ve ever seen braided hairstyles worn in Africa, only in the Carribean and among African-Americans, and of course, young teeny bopper pop stars. For the record, the hotel employee’s hair was perfectly neat – she wore it up.

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Name : Rachel, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Asian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 27, City : Boston, State : MA, Country : United States, Occupation : Attorney, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,