"That's how change happens," the star said of her decision to publicly defend herself at the time Style + Beauty Assistant, PEOPLE When Zendaya wore dreadlocks to the 2015 Academy Awards ...

Read more: Celebrities Who Were Unrecognizable 10 Years Ago When Zendaya attended the 2015 Oscars, she stunned in an elegant off-the-shoulder white dress, and her dreadlocks only added to its beauty.

Following the controversy over remarks made about Zendaya's locs at the Oscars this week, writer Loretta De Feo is reminded of the remarks made about her own "exotic" hair growing up, and asks why ...