![]() ![]() Now, she helps her clients feel the same, and acts as a role model to her daughter. Later on in life, Payton said she hit the library and read up natural hair and started to love her hair. "People called us 'the puff family' because my hair was natural and it would get pretty puffy and frizzy, and they made fun of us," Payton said. While most of the guests on Basic Black said they spent many years getting harsh perms and using relaxers growing up, Sharita Payton, owner of The LOFT Hair Studio, said she has been natural all her life. ![]() This controversy has sparked a rise in the natural hair movement, first originated during the 1960s in the United States, and now more people of color are finding each other online and sharing their natural hair journeys through awareness about natural hair care products, natural treatments, hair loss and scalp conditions, and finding local salons and natural hair stylists. Still, many states do not have laws protecting against hair discrimination, resulting in stories of Black men, women and children being punished for their hair and in some incidents of having their hair cut off. Versions of the CROWN Act have already been enacted in Massachusetts and 18 other states. The CROWN Act, which stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair, is intended to protect against hair discrimination and bias based on hair texture that’s historically associated with someone's race. ![]() That's what the CROWN Act means to many Black women, including those who spoke about the importance of natural hair on Basic Black. ![]()
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