Maybe you’ve experienced this, maybe you haven’t. Maybe it happened when you weren’t even aware—but make no error, the switch-up is real. What switch-up, you ask? I’m speaking on the different ways people may treat you based on your current hairstyle. You switch up the style, they switch their behavior.

This can happen to any person, young or old, as we are all judged on our outward appearance. Although, there is no set standard of how we should present ourselves, there is a stigma that lies within each style choice.

This week, we take a look at a social experiment by Youtuber, Maria Mwene. Maria’s experiment sets out to prove the hypothesis that the more Eurocentric your hair, the more white counterparts you attract. She goes on to explain how her hair, as a black woman, plays a major role in determining job opportunities, the types of men she is likely to attract, as well as the socioeconomic status of those men. Click the link below to check out the experiment and view the results!