{"id":16129,"date":"2024-10-06T15:37:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T13:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/06\/the-push-for-emojis-in-black-womens-styles-we-need-to-normalise-that-our-hair-is-acceptable\/"},"modified":"2024-10-06T15:37:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T13:37:16","slug":"the-push-for-emojis-in-black-womens-styles-we-need-to-normalise-that-our-hair-is-acceptable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/06\/the-push-for-emojis-in-black-womens-styles-we-need-to-normalise-that-our-hair-is-acceptable\/","title":{"rendered":"The push for emojis in Black women\u2019s styles: \u2018We need to normalise that our hair is acceptable\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hackney group Rise.365 is trying to tackle poor representation and spark discussions about discrimination with new designs<\/p>\n<p>In her first year of culinary school, Reanna Bryan, 18, was told her braided hairstyle was not suitable for the kitchen. \u201cI was like, \u2018What do you mean, you can\u2019t have braids or dreads?\u2019 because this is what I wear. My hair is in braids the majority of the time,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>When she shared her experience with the young woman\u2019s circle she is a member of at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rise.365\/?hl=en-gb\">Rise.365<\/a>, a community support group based in Hackney, similar stories were echoed back.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/2024\/oct\/06\/the-push-for-emojis-in-black-womens-styles\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5ebd15b04808f7326688c7ff5b5c4cbd94a48543\/804_1107_9938_5963\/master\/9938.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=5fd68b53a4a6b56db9493402b2225366\" title=\"The push for emojis in Black women\u2019s styles: \u2018We need to normalise that our hair is acceptable\u2019\" \/>Hackney group Rise.365 is trying to tackle poor representation and spark discussions about discrimination with new designs<br \/>\nIn her first year of culinary school, Reanna Bryan, 18, was told her braided hairstyle was not suitable for the kitchen. \u201cI was like, \u2018What do you mean, you can\u2019t have braids or dreads?\u2019 because this is what I wear. My hair is in braids the majority of the time,\u201d she says.<br \/>\nWhen she shared her experience with the young woman\u2019s circle she is a member of at Rise.365, a community support group based in Hackney, similar stories were echoed back. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hackney group Rise.365 is trying to tackle poor representation and spark discussions about discrimination with new designs In her first year of culinary school, Reanna Bryan, 18, was told her braided hairstyle was not suitable for the kitchen. \u201cI was like, \u2018What do you mean, you can\u2019t have braids or dreads?\u2019 because this is what &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/06\/the-push-for-emojis-in-black-womens-styles-we-need-to-normalise-that-our-hair-is-acceptable\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The push for emojis in Black women\u2019s styles: \u2018We need to normalise that our hair is acceptable\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16129"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}