jorian on ubb & abercrombie natural hair madness

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Thoroughly enjoyed meeting Jorian on Urban Bush Babes, one of my daily blog fixes.  Absolutely needed to share.  A feast for the eyes, style oozes off this woman.

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What caused my brow to twitch was what she had to say about Abercrombie & Fitch and the way they dealt with her as an employee with natural hair:

"What do you do? Is there a resistance or compatibility with your hair in your field of work?

Well, I recently worked at American Apparel and Abercrombie and Fitch.  American Apparel is very open and was completely fine with my hair and I never had any complaints, just compliments. Abercrombie is a different story.  They have a very strict “look policy” which includes no braids, no dreads, no nail polish, eye make up etc. I was almost sent home during a shift when the district manager came in to check on things.  Instead of coming to me, He went to my floor manager and told her that my hair was not “look policy”.  She pulled me to back and asked me if i had a hair band or a brush so I could comb my hair. My hair was in a twist- out done on dry hair and I pinned up the sides into a fro-hawk.  It had a lot of volume, so it was quite big.  My manager explained to me that she was sorry and she loved my hair, and it was the district manager who wanted me to change it.  When I told her I had no brush and I wasn’t going to change my hair for a 4 hour shift, she told me she would talk to district….and I just continued on with my evening.  As of September 6th, I will have no more Abercrombie worries because I will be going back to school to start my 4 year program for a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Photography.  My goal is to become a fashion/editorial photographer." (UrbanBushBabes)

"Look policy?"  Hmmmm.

Way to keep your mind right Jorian, and your eyes on your goals despite the crazy.  One day enough people will understand, accept and respect that not all hair is supposed to be straight, or lie just so.  Until then, the struggle the natural beauty continues.  Not that I was running to shop at Abercrombie anytime soon anyway.  It's just good to know it's a place I definitely don't want to contribute one red cent to.

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Gorgeous!
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