Why do Black Women still Relax their Hair?
According to the Los Angeles Times newspaper article written by Alene Dawson titled Hair in the black community: Roots of a debate nine out of every ten African American women have or has once had a hair relaxer in their lifetime. Many people believe that black women relax their hair for the sole purpose of making it straight, however that is only an answer that scrapes the surface in which it does not critically analyze the true purpose behind chemically altering black h