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About The Project
About The Project
My project focuses on the standards placed and stereotypes held against women in the workforce based on their hair textures and skin tones. For the main part of my project, I created a google slide show incorporating prime examples of a lack of curly hair representation in the media, and also statistics proving the poor treatment and discrimination of women strictly because of their hair types.
"Curly hair is seen as unprofessional."
"Curly hair is seen as unprofessional."
Sofia Smith (she/her)
Sofia Smith (she/her)
My name is Sofia, and I am currently a junior at Lane. I have a younger sister named Chloe and an adorable dog named Pippa. I am a proud mixed race woman!
I chose this project because I have struggled personally with acceptance of my curly hair, and more than once felt obligated to straighten my hair to look “more professional” and “more presentable”. Being a black woman in America is hard, and being mixed has not helped with the struggle of finding my identity. I wanted to raise awareness on this issue in our generation, and help people realize how difficult it is to be of a darker skin complexion and have hair that needs more attention, and more specifically how that affects us in life.
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