1BlessedNatural: Being Mary Jane Highlights the Struggles of Young Black Natural Haired Women in the Workplace (photo cred: BET) This week's episode of BET's Being Mary Jane showed how Black women are often judged based on their age, skin color, and natural hair ( appearances in general) in the workplace. On the show, Mary Jane (Gabrielle Union) met with her team to discuss ideas for her return to her TalkBack show. When a young Black woman with natural hair by the name of Nina (Makeda D e clet) walked through the door, the reason for her presence was immediately questioned by her new co l league s.This represents the real-life struggle of many wom e n, especiall y Black women in America. Nina received questions and comments from her new colleagues including one of the producers who was an Asian man named Young Jin. He questioned the 21-ye ar-old's ag e and expressed that she represented a demographic that he already represented in their group. Next, a B...