‘You’re on TV — You’re Representing Black People’: Tracee Ellis Ross Recalls an Instance of Backlash She Received for Wearing Her Natural Hair on ‘Girlfriends’
Actress Tracee Ellis Ross launched her hair care line Pattern in September 2019. The idea came about while she was working on the hit sitcom “Girlfriends” after the hairstylist on set struggled to style natural hair for a predominately Black cast. Ellis wanted to create a line for people with 3B to 4C hair that…