Nora Karltun has had problems with eczema and bleeding wounds from the scalp after the strong chemicals that a shaving permanent contains, she says in SVT Edits "My afro and I".
But she is afraid of the reactions of those around her to her natural hair.
- Will people think I'm blacker now?
Will it be a bigger problem for me than it is now?
I'm a little scared of that.
Political scientist: Gets diminished because of his hair
Salem Yohannes, is a political scientist and has toured with the lecture "Don't touch my hair" which is based on her C-thesis which is about hair, afrophobia and racism.
- Many of the women I interviewed in my study testified that they chose to shave their hair permanently because they could not get comments and be reduced because of their hair.
It became a survival strategy, she says and continues:
- Some still chose to have their natural hair and prepared to receive comments.
At the same time, many felt that they then had to compensate by dressing up a little extra.
Wants it to be more accepted
In "My Afro and I", in addition to Nora, among others the artist Mapei, the basketball player Amanda Zahui and the children's host Leila Trulsen tell about the symbolic charge they feel that their afro hair has.
- People get shaving permanent or not shaving permanent, it is their choice.
What I want to change is more the global view of black hair.
That it should be more accepted to see black hair in its natural form, says Leila Trulsen.