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People view straighter hair, lighter skin, and smaller noses as more beautiful, she says.
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“I would imagine that these cheerleaders know without even asking to straighten their hair.”
“No one has ever said this, it’s just how we feel.
Are they open to curly hair?
Jacie Scott cheering for the Dallas Cowboys
What is the situation right now with their team?”
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(The Dallas Cowboys did not respond to requests for comment.)
In addition, Doe says pro cheerleading choreography requires hair movement.
“A lot of times, [the choreography] requires hair whipping,” Doe says.
“When you have natural Black hair, our hair texture doesn’t whip like that.”
We strive to empower and uplift our cheerleaders, and are very proud of our program.
We wouldn’t allow something like that to take place today.
Even if a team embraces natural hair on a Black woman, it’s usually looser curls.
Robinson believes this is often because the tighter the curls, the more African they appear.
“It all goes back to race,” she says.
“The further you’re able to get away from African ancestry, the better.”
“I think that definitely comes down from ownership over the years.
And I say tradition, but you’ve got the option to always change tradition.”
She wore her hair natural and says teammates and fans liked it.
“I feel like everyone was excited to see a different look,” Ramirez says.
There arezero Black owners in the NFL.
Pate conducted a nonscientific survey of her podcast listeners that suggested about 17 percent of NFL cheerleaders are Black.
“‘I’ve heard various versions of that as well.
They speak up on the kind of look that they want for the team.
On top of ownership, cheerleaders make note of the judging panel during auditions.
If the panel isn’t diverse, Scott says, the squads will most likely reflect that.
“Unless you diversify your panel of judges, your view of beauty will stay the same.
And I think that is very much what has happened.”
(The Buccaneers did not respond to a request for comment.)
Black women should be given the chance to make pro cheerleading teams, Arrington says.
“All we do is replace each other.
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