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:00-:05
Friday
Las Vegas

:08 - :13
Dynesiah Moore
Customer

:18 - :21
Yolanda Fletcher
Customer

:32 - :35
Danielle Green
Owner of Radically Curly

1:22 - 1:41
Tricia Kean
Reporting

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH MIGHT BE WINDING DOWN -- BUT A LAS VEGAS WOMAN'S WORK TO EMBRACE DIVERSITY CONTINUES
SHE OWNS A SALON THAT SPECIALIZES IN HELPING BLACK WOMEN UNDERSTAND THE BEAUTY OF THEIR NATURAL HAIR
TRICIA KEAN HAS MORE
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Dynesiah Moore/Customer: I was uneducated of how to treat it and how to take care of it, how to maintain it
WE SPOKE WITH VALLEY RESIDENTS WHO SAY THEY TRULY HATED THEIR HAIR GROWING UP
Dynesiah Moore/Customer: So, I always either cover it up with weaves or chemicals to straighten it out and never actually wore the true culture of my hair
Yolanda Fletcher/Customer: My mom did what was typical back then, which was just to immediately put like a relaxer in our hair when we were younger
AT TIMES, THESE LOCALS SAY DEALING WITH THEIR HAIR WAS SIMPLY PAINFUL
Yolanda Fletcher/Customer: Just sitting there with processed chemicals in your hair, hot comb, it was traumatic
Danielle Green/Owner of Radically Curly: It was just what the beauty standard was at that time was to straighten your hair And I would wear weaves and extensions and all of that And I really didn't embrace my natural hair
DANIELLE GREEN SAYS SHE'S WATCHED THOUSANDS SUFFER OVER THE YEARS
Danielle Green/Owner of Radically Curly: Especially after witnessing so many Black women in my mother's salon doing the same thing We relax our hair, and we used other chemicals and then it caused hair loss, so then we had to buy extensions and weaves to fill our hair back in
FOR SO MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS, THEIR PAINFUL HAIR REGIMEN IS PART OF AN EFFORT TO FIT INTO WHAT'S DEEMED SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE
STUDIES SHOW RACIAL DISCRIMINATION BASED ON HAIRSTYLES CAN START AS EARLY AS FIVE-YEARS-OLD
BUT THE CROWN ACT, WHICH STANDS FOR CREATING A RESPECTFUL AND OPEN WORLD FOR NATURAL HAIR IS A LAW IN 20 STATES, INCLUDING NEVADA, THAT PROHIBITS RACE-BASED HAIR DISCRIMINATION
Danielle Green/Owner of Radically Curly: We support the Crown Act 1,000 percent
Tricia Kean standup: As owner of Radically Curly hair salon on Warm Springs and Arroyo Grande In Henderson, Danielle sees herself as a warrior against hair discrimination
Danielle Green/Owner of Radically Curly: We're part of that healing process because there's a lot of trauma With all of the negative language about your hair type, it causes pain It causes trauma It causes you to look at yourself in a negative light That's not healthy
DANIELLE HAS MADE IT HER LIFE'S WORK TO LEARN PROPER HAIR CARE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND TO TAKE TIME TO PASS THAT KNOWLEDGE ON
Danielle Green/Owner of Radically Curly: When they come here, we really, really cater to everyone's individual hair because everyone has different hair
DANIELLE SAYS SHE AND HER STYLISTS MAKE IT THEIR MISSION TO SUPPORT EACH CLIENT IN THEIR JOURNEY TO UNDERSTANDING THEIR NATURAL HAIR
Danielle Green/Owner of Radically Curly: To change lives, to help people to embrace who they are and not be afraid to rock their crown in its natural state
CLIENTS WE SPOKE WITH SAY LEARNING TO WEAR THEIR HAIR NATURALLY HAS BEEN A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE
Yolanda Fletcher/Lives in Area: It's very freeing is the word I would use It helps when you come to a place like this
Dynesiah Moore/Customer: Now I know that me being a Black woman, that I can actually wear my hair and feel comfortable in my skin, makes me feel really good about myself
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THE CROWN ACT PROTECTS AGAINST BIAS BASED ON HAIR TEXTURE
IT ALSO ENSURES PEOPLE CAN WEAR STYLES LIKE LOCS, CORNROWS, TWISTS, BRAIDS, BANTU KNOTS AND AFROS WITHOUT FACING DISCRIMINATION
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NEVADA AFRICAN AMERICANS BARBER SHOP RACE RACISM