Years ago I worked in an office in the summer for LA Parks & Rec before the swimming pools opened where I was a managing lifeguard. One day, I came into the office with cornrows. The secretary told me that she was embarrassed by my hairstyle and that, that wasn't ladylike. So, she sent me home. When I went home, I told my mother. Mom told me to go right back to that job with my natural hair and tell her to call her if she has a problem with her daughter's hair. That woman never spoke to me again. Hah! Unfortunately, this woman was vocal, many people silently discriminate in the work place against hair outside of the mainstream and especially if its a coily mane like mine. Employment, hair & politics. For a person with coils who once had locks and now rocks cornrows and headwraps, hair in the office space can get really ugly. Ark Republic's resident cartoonist, Matthew Gamble's six-strip comic "The Gambling Man" explores what I call meeting at the Coif Roads. https://lnkd.in/ePJCvkR …see more