![]() In the lecture hall, they insisted they couldn’t see the board with my “rat’s nest” in the way. I continued trying to hide my hair throughout college and graduate school as my classmates continued to insult me. So, to hide my volume and texture, I pulled my hair back into a tight bun, tried to make it “lay down” with heavy, crunchy products, and got it “thinned” at the hairdresser. They claimed I had pubic hair growing out of my head, making dating seem impossible. They’d yank my hair and stick pencils and bits of paper in it. They taunted me, saying I must have lice. ![]() Growing up in Texas in the 1990s, white kids insulted my hair throughout middle and high school.
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