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Cornrow Hairstyles
In Africa, cornrow hairstyles can be used to express one's ethnicity, age, status, kinship, and/or religion. They also make a popular fashion statement throughout the Western world. Cornrows have been around for thousands of years... [more]
In Africa, cornrow hairstyles can be used to express one's ethnicity, age, status, kinship, and/or religion. They also make a popular fashion statement throughout the Western world.
Cornrows have been around for thousands of years: many pieces of ancient African art feature representations of cornrows.
PHILADELPHIA — A white Philadelphia police officer who came to work with his hair in cornrows was ordered by a superior to get a haircut, even though black colleagues wear the same type of braids. The Philadelphia Daily News reported Monday that Officer Thomas Strain was put on desk duty earlier this month because of the hairstyle.
A police spokesman, Lt. Frank Vanore, said Strain's boss didn't feel the braids were "professional...
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