Texturism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Prejudice based on the texture of a person's hair, typically when it is Afro-textured. uncountable

    "Unintentionally, I had supported texturism as a girl, choosing to never wear my hair curly until my last year of high school, […]"

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"Unintentionally, I had supported texturism as a girl, choosing to never wear my hair curly until my last year of high school, […]"

Etymology

From texture + -ism.

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