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African-Americans and Head Lice. Now, lice are not racist, so they do not choose to breed only in the hair of Caucasians and not in that of the African-Americans. Thus, the answer to your question is, Yes, they can.But, the chances of Caucasians, Asians, or even Hispanics getting lice is far more than that of the African-Americans.ead lice are contagious and they can spread by various means, such as towels, pillow covers, or sometimes even by using the comb of an infected person. They usually occur in children from the age group of 3 to 12 years and it's specially the girls who have this problem because of their long hair.
Human Lice, Human History, & Archeogenetics. Lice are ubiquitous parasites on mammals and birds. There are at least 5,000 species of lice and each host species tends to have one louse species. Lice are adapted to usually only one host species and cannot survive long off its host. Ancient nit combs have been found in Egypt and look remarkable like the ones we use today. Each of our living ape relatives have one louse species, but humans have three.