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Courtesy of Kandace Layne(NEW YORK) -- Although tattooing has been around for centuries, the practice was mainly underground before becoming recognized as

"As a whole, we have been left far behind in an industry that has actually derived from our tribal heritage," New York tattoo artist Richard Parker said.

(NEW YORK) -- Although tattooing has been around for centuries, the practice was mainly underground before becoming recognized as legitimate art in modern histo

Courtesy of Kandace Layne(NEW YORK) -- Although tattooing has been around for centuries, the practice was mainly underground before becoming recognized as

Courtesy of Kandace Layne(NEW YORK) -- Although tattooing has been around for centuries, the practice was mainly underground before becoming recognized as legitimate art in modern history. Despite being a fairly mainstream industry now, discriminatory hiring practices and racial stigmas are among the challenges that Black tattoo artists say they face in the white-dominated field of tattoo artistry. Even tattoo artists of color in New York City -- considered the birthplace of modern tattooing following a nearly four-decade ban, according to The New York Historical Society, say the field needs m...