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I came across this article by Ben Arogundade, a London-based author and creative director who explored the new rules when it comes to ethnic beauty and I loved it and decided to share word for word!
This is an exciting time for black beauty.
Black women all over the world are discussing their hair and beauty choices as a result of the so-
called natural hair revolution that is sweeping across many parts of America.
Over 10 years ago, I wrote a book called Black Beauty, which tried to make sense of the history of different black aesthetic styles and the way they have been received within this culture.
With so much exciting debate going on right now, I decided to draft my own personal manifesto for the 10 new rules of black beauty.
1. Action, not hair, is what makes you black. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. remains our best example of this. The ultimate signifier of his blackness was not his hair, features or skin colour, but his words and deeds.
