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    Chicagoan proposes Afro hair emoji: 'Natural hair is something that should be celebrated'

    by Christen A. Johnson, Chicago Tribune Apr 03, 2019 2 minutes

    CHICAGO - Growing up in Rogers Park during the 1990s and navigating black and white cultural spaces, Rhianna Jones often received messages that "straight hair is good hair." For 12 years, Jones straightened her tightly coiled tresses so that she "could mirror what society deemed beautiful."

    It wasn't until her 21st birthday that

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