Lee revealed that a manager once told her he loved everything about her and was thinking of hiring her, but her hair would be a problem. The manager, who worked for a Sacramento news station, told her that her hair was “too aggressive” for his viewers (Starr 2014). Statements like the one Lee received that her hair was too aggressive are the main reason some Black women feel the need to straighten and alter their hair. Tiana Parker's counterstory was not told by Parker, but by her supporters. In accordance with school policy, dreadlocks and afros are bizarre and must not be worn by students. The book, however, states that girls are allowed to wear weaves. Commentators in support of Tiana have pointed out that weaves are an expensive and sometimes painful method of altering black hair (Klein 2013). Weaves worn by Black women are commonly straight, wavy, and have loose curl patterns, giving a Eurocentric look (Robinson
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