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1. ChadNa+(OP)[view] [source] 2022-05-23 22:38:33
You know, it wouldn't surprise me if people talking about how black curly hair shouldn't be seen as unprofessional contributed to google thinking there's an association between the concepts of "unprofessional hair" and "black curly hair"
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2. roboca+5l[view] [source] 2022-05-24 01:33:37
>>ChadNa+(OP)
You really are not helping that cause.

As a foreigner[], your point confused me anyway, and doing a Google for cultural stuff usually gets variable results. But I did laugh at many of the comments here https://www.reddit.com/r/TooAfraidToAsk/comments/ufy2k4/why_...

[] probably, New Zealand, although foreigner is relative

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3. ChadNa+zw[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-05-24 03:43:06
>>roboca+5l
Haha. I've got some personal experience with that one. I used to live in a house with many other people, and one girl was rastafarian and from jamacia and had dreadlocks, and another girl in the house (who wasn't black) thought that her hairstyle was very offensive. We had to have several conflict resolution meetings about it.

As silly as it seemed, I do think everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I respect the anti-dreadlocks girl for standing up for what she believed in even when most people were against her.

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4. nearbu+5G[view] [source] 2022-05-24 05:27:21
>>ChadNa+(OP)
That's exactly what's happening. Doing the search from the article of "unprofessional hair for work" brings up images with headlines like "It's ridiculous to say that black women's hair is unprofessional". (In addition to now bringing up images from that article itself and other similar articles comparing Google Images searches.)
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5. ceejay+q02[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-05-24 15:33:00
>>nearbu+5G
You’re getting cause and effect backwards. The coverage of this changed the results, as did Google’s ensuing interventions.
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6. nearbu+tl3[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-05-24 23:05:15
>>ceejay+q02
I don't think so. You can set the search options to only find images published before the article, and even find some of the original images.

One image links to the 2015 article, "It's Ridiculous To Say Black Women's Natural Hair Is 'Unprofessional'!". The Guardian article on the Google results is from 2016.

Another image has the headline, "5 Reasons Natural Hair Should NOT be Viewed as Unprofessional - BGLH Marketplace" (2012).

Another: "What to Say When Someone Calls Your Hair Unprofessional".

Also, have you noticed how good and professional the black women in the Guardian's image search look? Most of them look like models with photos taken by professional photographers. Their hair is meticulously groomed and styled. This is not the type of photo an article would use to show "unprofessional hair". But it is the type of photo the above articles opted for.

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7. roboca+oM3[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-05-25 03:22:57
>>ChadNa+zw
> thought that her hairstyle was very offensive

Telling others they don’t like how others look is right near the top on the scale of offensiveness. I had a partner who had had dreads for 25 years. I’m wasn’t a huge fan of her dreads because although I like the look, hers were somewhat annoying for me (scratchy, dread babies, me getting tangled). That said, I would hope I never tell any other person how to look. Hilarious when she was working, and someone would treat her badly due to their assumptions or prejudices, only to discover to their detriment she was very senior staff!

Dreadlocks are usually called dreads in NZ. My previous link mentions that some people call them locks, which seems inapproprate to me: kind of a confusing whitewashing denial of history.

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