Why Does Airport Security Keep Checking My Afro Hair?
What do they expect to find in it?
It happened again, I was flying from Amsterdam to London, and I was yet again pulled aside by airport security so that they could search my hair. As a Black woman, I am used to this. With the exception of the times that I’ve shaved my head completely, I always get my hair searched whenever I travel.
This time, however,…
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