Black Professionals Break Barriers With Black Hair

By Laura Onyeneho | Houston Defender | Word In Black This& post& was originally published on& Defender Network Bridgett Holden, publicist and owner of SHE Bridges PR. (Credit: Bridgett Holden) Chelsea Edwards, Fox26 news reporter. (Credit: Greg Shaw Photography) Co-Founder and Director of Smart Media and Organizing with ImagiNoir/BLMHTX Secunda Joseph. (Courtesy: Secunda Joseph) (WIB) – Bridgette Holden always stood firm in her self-expression as a professional through her fashion and natural hair. Growing up as an Army brat, her parents encouraged her to embrace who she is, including her long sandy blonde strands of hair that she would soon realize people in normal civilian life wouldn’t be so accepting. Bridgett Holden, publicist and owner of SHE Bridges PR. Credit: Courtesy photo “I was taught I couldn’t cut my hair because it was a woman’s glory. In the military, I traveled worldwide and interacted with people from different cultures, so my hair wasn’t a big deal,” she said. “I had a culture shock when we moved to Beaumont, Texas, and most of the discrimination I faced was amongst my own people. It fed into some insecurities.” Holden, who is now a successful publicist and owner of SHE Bridges PR, remembered...