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African American Hairstyles 2009

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African American hairstyling has always been steeped in powerful cultural contradictions, yet this hair can be more fun to work with than any other. It took the rap and hip-hop sounds, with their hardcore assertions of complete independence, to create an atmosphere for African American hair to be whatever it wants to be. From this movement came a set of hairstyles that are radically free, amazingly varied, and always utterly unique. In the year 2009 , modern styling techniques have made the inherited tight curl of afro hair simply a choice like any other. An African American woman can have a bushy Fro, or she can have an equally beautiful straight wavy look with fringes and tresses. African American Hairstyles 2009 There is a question of maintenance involved, because if the African American woman has natural kinks, she will have to have them straightened on a frequent basis, which can really add up in the bank account. Even so, the quantity and quality of styles and looks availa...

Black long hairstyle from Solange Knowles 2009

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Black long hairstyle from Solange Knowles 2009 Solange Piaget Knowles wasborn June 24, 1986, professionally known as Solange , is an American actress, model, and singer-songwriter. She is the younger sister of R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles. Black long hairstyle from Solange Knowles 2009 Solange Knowles at NBC Studios in New York City. She is wearing her black hair in a long hairstyle. African American hairstyle - Solange Knowles in a black long hairstyle. Celebrity hairstyle - long hairstyle from Solange Knowles Solange Knowles hairstyle - straight long hairstyle.

L'Oreal sued for racism in French high court

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L’Oréal, the French cosmetics giant, whose advertising campaigns proclaim “because you’re worth it,” was found guilty of racial discrimination for considering black, Arab and Asian women unworthy of selling its shampoo. France’s highest court was told that the group had sought an all-white team of sales staff to promote Fructis Style, a haircare product made by Garnier, L’Oréal’s beauty division. The word went out that Garnier’s hostesses should be BBR — “bleu, blanc, rouge” — the colours of the French flag. The expression is widely recognised in the French recruitment world as a code for white French people born to white French parents, a court was told, in effect excluding the four million or so members of ethnic minorities in France. La Cour de Cassation, the equivalent of the US Supreme Court, said that the policy was illegal under French employment law, upholding a ruling given by the Paris Appeal Court in 2007. The judgment was a significant blow to the image of the world’s bigge...