It had taken a while for the community to accept that this petite Thai woman with a heavy Asian accent was actually Jamal. Quite honestly, Jamal barely believed it either; the whole experience of body swapping had been traumatizing, and the fact that he maintained this woman’s accept made no sense to him.
Yet inside, he was the same man he’d always been. He was still the best damned barber in Harlem and he set about putting his new hair back into its trademark dreadlocks.
And while the community accepted Jamal and his new body, it was still a big shock for newcomers. Her style and attitude seemed more like cultural appropriation than authenticity, yet Jamal still understood how to style Black hair better than just about anyone.
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