I recently watched a TikTok of a Black mother in a hospital bathroom doing her hair before meeting with her doctors.
She had just given birth, her blood pressure was sky high, and she was doing her hair in hopes that it would help her concerns be taken seriously by her unmelanated medical team.
To be clear, she gave no damns how she looked. However, often…
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