Its a bid to transform a color-obsessed society where a majority of the countrys 10 million people choose to identify themselves as Indio — or Indian — on government documents despite their black roots, and many reject afros in favor of closely cropped hair or sleek blowouts. Public schools for decades even prohibited students from attending classes with their hair loose or in a natural frizz. Such hair, in fact, is called bad hair in the local Spanish lexicon while straightened hair is good hair.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 05:10:44 +0000
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