History Of Relaxers Research Paper

In 1887 the relaxer was invented by a woman named Garret A. Morgan, who was a child of former slaves (Ramsey, “The History of Relaxers). African Americans back then thought that by putting relaxers in their hair it would make their hair straight and more manageable. As time went by white people had already been brainwashed that black people’s hair being different textures of curly hair is ugly. Different women were trying so hard to make sure that their hair is as straight as possible. This trend also was trending among black males too. The relaxing of hair became widely popular from the 1800’s to the mid 2000’s (Ramsey, “The History of Relaxers). In the late 2000’s the amount of African Americas who stopped using relaxers decreased dramatically,