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Hair color articles[edit]

Why is the black hair color article so much more sparse than the blonde and brown hair color articles although there are many more people in the world with black hair?

Also when looking at articles of melanin pigmentation why are individuals with light skin tones consistently depicted before individuals with dark skin tones when illustrating black hair?

Also why are so few people of dark skin tones and afro-textured hair represented in hair articles outside of afro-textured specific articles?

I'm trying to find scientific information on hair and hair color and information on one group of people seems to be purposefully excluded or ignored. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.108.129.126 (talk) 06:06, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please read Wikipedia:Systemic bias. You are very welcome to improve Wikipedia.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 07:36, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If not for us folks with rarer hair colors, there would be no "black hair" article, it would be merely "hair". —Tamfang (talk) 02:08, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]