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Introduction "It's just hair." It's a phrase that Black women have heard multiple times throughout their lives. Apparently, to other people it seems like Black women obsess about their hair too much. People see Black women as overly vain and pretentious. Even though we only make up about 8% of the U.S. population, Black women account for nearly 90% of consumers in the hair and beauty department. According to the National Institutes of Health, Black women purchase 9x more hair

I wake up in the morning to my alarm clock It goes BEEP BEEP BEEP Wakes me right out of my sleep. Somewhere across the world a woman just like me Same complexion, same height, even same size feet She wakes up in the morning to the sound of gunfire To the sound of bullets blazing and babies crying She fights for her life before she even gets her morning coffee, Oh, my morning coffee, Us Americans can't even think before getting our morning coffee. Then I brush my teeth Leaving

Superman and Supergirl are slightly similar but drastically different in several ways. Though they are often compared to each other, this article explains who they each are individually.