@EllenInEdmonton@blackvoices@blackmastodon Even to this day, while maybe no longer using relaxer, she uses expensive hair extensions and other types of hair pieces that give her the appearance of a “natural” look that’s financially out of reach for most Black women. Still, I do appreciate her frankly decrying her nightmarish experiences using relaxers. I remember back before she was “Oprah”, she wore a short Afro on local Baltimore TV news where I used to see her in the early 1980’s.