Offbeat: It's More Than Just Hair

28/10/2022 20 min
Offbeat: It's More Than Just Hair

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Episode Synopsis

College is for exploration, learning, maturing…. and finding out what you want to do for the rest of your life. Career fairs and job interviews are stressful for everyone, however, for some students resumes and cover letters are not the only things that they think about.

Hair discrimination happens across the United States in not only jobs, but schools as well, disproportionately impacting African Americans. This episode the Diamondback brings you along to hear the stories of other students who discussed how their hair impacted their decisions and identity. Offbeats’s Grace Kpetemey tries to unpack some of the confusion, stigma, and misunderstandings of black hair in today’s episode.

Welcome to Offbeat, The Diamondback's podcast where we go beyond our typical coverage to find the most entertaining stories from the University of Maryland’s campus and College Park.

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The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Sadness by Phat Sounds
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/9980-sadness
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhatSounds74