Author: Deepali Gill

A staff writer on Golden Gate University School of Law's Race, Gender, Sexuality and Social Justice Journal that is dedicated to writing pieces that are focused on amplifying the voices of those that go unheard.
Don’t Touch My Hair: How Hair Discrimination Contributes to the Policing of Black and Brown Identities While Upholding White Supremacy

Don’t Touch My Hair: How Hair Discrimination Contributes to the Policing of Black and Brown Identities While Upholding White Supremacy

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The History of Hair Discrimination Against Black Americans Image by Leighann Blackwood on Unsplash. In order to engage in a meaningful conversation of the significance a person’s hair holds, we must begin by understanding the root of hair discrimination. In the fifteenth century, the transatlantic slave trade took place that robbed individuals of their freedom, rich cultures, traditions,…