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Black beauty supply owners struggle in their own industry

by Maiyah Mayhan | OW Intern

According to market research company, Mintel, in 2015, the Black hair care industry earned capital of approximately $2.7 billion dollars, but some Black beauty supply owners have been having issues in the very industry that they fund.
Lia Dias, 32, owner of The Girl Cave LA which has three locations—a beauty bar/ boutique on Melrose, and two beauty supply stores located on Crenshaw and another on Manchester—told Our Weekly about the struggle being a Black woman beauty supply owner.

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Black people should not be ashamed for abandoning Bill Cosby

by Maiyah Mayhan | OW Intern

When the allegations began, I too was skeptical about the situation surrounding the “Black Godfather of all Black Godfathers”—Bill Cosby. How could a man who was proclaimed “America’s Favorite Dad” possibly drug and rape approximately 50 women? After the big storm that came when comedian Hannibal Buress openly called Cosby a “rapist” during a comedy set October 2014, the idea was implausible. But, during what some would call Cosby “smear campaign” that came to diminish the efforts and milestones Cosby accomplished in his 50-year career, came to surface a more sinister issue within the Black community: Rape culture.

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Calling the sidewalk home

by Maiyah Mayhan | OW Intern

Thomas has lived on the streets for the past two years. He’s 67-years-old, and after losing his job, the sidewalks have been the place he’s unfortunately had to called home. He’s looking for safe housing where he can feel at ease, but without the opportunity to find meaningful employment, the inability to secure safe housing is his new reality.

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