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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Imposing our values on others seems culturally insensitive. [/quote]

You joke but lice are a white people thing. [/quote]

Lice cannot see skin color.  They are repelled by some hair products.  We used the fairy tale tree oiled products with hair spray and gel and never had lice when mine were little. [/quote]

Black people rarely get lice. It’s definitely a white people problem. [/quote]

No, it’s not.  You sound racist.  It may be all the hair products. [/quote]

DP. Lice in the US have a more difficult time attaching to coiled hair types, and products can also make a difference. However, lice are evolving to attach on Type IV hair and infest in several African countries, so this is likely to change with time.

And Black children in the US can still get head lice, too.

[quote]African American people can still get head lice. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Trusted Source state that African American people get head lice much less frequently than other people. The reason for this may be that most head lice in the United States have claws that more easily grip onto uncoiled hair.
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Head lice seem to be more common in Caucasian, Hispanic, and Asian American people than in African American people. For example, fewer than 0.5% of African American schoolchildren experience head lice compared with about 10% of schoolchildren of other races.[/quote]

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/can-african-americans-get-lice#why-is-it-less-prevalent
[b]Head lice and coily hair: Signs and treatment[/b]

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