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🖤🏆👏🏿🎬🗳 #ArtIsAWeapon #RepresentationMatters #BlackHistoryMonth #PassTheCrownAct CONGRATULATIONS #director @matthewacherry and #producer @karenrtoliver on winning the Best Animated Short Film @theacademy award for @hairlovemovie!!! Watch the sweet, touching @sonyanimation film about a Black daddy-daughter hair journey on @youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNw8V_Fkw28 . _____________________ As Matthew mentioned in his acceptance speech, let's work to end discrimination against certain Black folks' hairstyles in the workplace and schools. Learn more about and support @thecrownact: www.thecrownact.com ______________________ Yes, discriminating against Black people for wearing our hair in #braids, #locs and other protective and natural styles is STILL a thing: in Washington, D.C., @202olu’s 10-year old daughter, @nyirahkhori was expelled from school for wearing loc extensions; in Texas, high school student #DeAndreArnold was threatened with suspension and being banned from graduation if he did not cut his locs. These are just two recent examples. Shout out to @fiyawata for raising awareness about @nyirahkhori, and to @dwyanewade & @gabunion (also producers for "Hair Love") for supporting #DeAndre, who attended tonight's Academy Awards ceremony with the "Hair Love" movie team. #TheOscars #BlackFilmmakers #BlackHair #HairLove #TheAcademyAwards #TraScapades #NaturalHair #BeenNaturalSince2000 #EndHairDiscrimination #ArtIsAWeapon #BlackGirlArtGeeks https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Xwr70AZZc/?igshid=1w41b3pxj2swu