Deion Holts, 34, of Jackson, Ms., started growing his hair out with a group of friends in middle school as a result of a music group “Bone Thugs N’ Harmony.” After about 5 years the rest of his friends cut their hair, but he kept growing his out. Holts has been discriminated in the job field a lot. “It’s not the most popular look in Corporate America,” he states “When I do my hair, I blow dry and flat iron it so that it’s easier for the people who are braiding it.” Holts says there were a couple of jobs where he had worn his afro out where his supervisor would ask, “When are you going to get your hair done again?” He has two semesters left of grad school and a few of his mentors have asked him “Have you considered cutting your hair? You know how the world is and you’d be more marketable if you were to cut your hair,” they said. Holts felt as though he is not is hair so why should the way his hair looks matter whether or not he gets the job. He feels as though jobs should be looking a his track record, history, education, to deliver the job. “I’ve had plenty of warnings. By now, I probably could’ve had a job but I’m stubborn because it is going to make me resent my employer if I cut my hair then boom I get a job,” Holts said. He’d feel as though an employer was shallow to look at him and say that the reason he didn’t get the job was because the employer didn’t like his hair.