From the Atlanta Daily World:

Hair discrimination is an issue that continues to impact the Black community. However, this disdain for natural hair isn’t something only unique to the average Black American experience.  Cynthia Collazo Pacheco’s earliest memories of her hair are tainted by pain and discrimination. As a 5-year-old in Puerto Rico, she begged her mother for a perm … Continued

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  • @oxomoxo
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    42 months ago

    As a middle aged white man I have nothing to say in the subject of discrimination of natural hair on any woman let alone Afro-Boricuas women, except for I hope this shit ends soon. I have always thought any woman looks best as their natural self.

    Also while I agree that many parts of the world have resorted to the tactic of “killing you softly” through poverty and marginalization, I would add that this has been expanded to pretty much all skin colors, as debt slavery is so hot right now. It’s all the rage in the class Cold War that is occurring in every nation. Because if there’s a legal loophole to get away with greed, the greedy will find a way to exploit it.