President Obama speaks out on how our culture has affected black women and the beauty standards they currently face.
Yet, 81 percent of Black women don't seek medical attention and treatment for their alopecia.
No, they're not "boxer braids."
The photo, which has since been taken down, was flooded with negative and racist comments about Lagum's natural pout.
Customer Antonio Robinson said he was shocked when he noticed one employee dipping her hair into a pot of water in the same area where food was being prepared last week.
"It's not about us," Claudette Gayles said. "It's about the kids and giving back because in our mind, the kids are our future."
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