Carolina Contreras makes us think about hair texture.

    Carolina Contreras, a Dominican American, afro Caribbean woman, always had the issue of textured hair front and center. I believe white supremacy pushed many in the African diaspora to choose to relax their hair, for all the gained benefits. And is it not that same thing which has made the weave so vogue? 

    Recently, and thankfully, the power has shifted. Politics nudged. The USA elected a black president, and though it was certainly not "the cure for racism" as some claimed, it more likely fueled the hate where it was already festering and lo and behold, the Black Lives Matter movement came upon us. 

     Hair is a huge deal in any woman's life. And in between black empowerment and self-love chic, it is now cool to be yourself regardless of what your hair texture is, silly as that sounds. I believe part of the transition, if not a product of it, is the movie Good Hair. What do y'all think?

    Creen que los cambios culturales en Estados Unidos se reflejan directamente en los países  latinoamericanos  y del caribe? I wonder if the different manifestations of racism found in Latin America vs USA are affected equally by social and political occurrences. The difference of which I speak is explained clearly by Puerto Rican musician, Tego Calderon, in this NPR interview.  

     Carolina is Dominican American, after all... and some say "somos todos Americanos". In a globalized world, could it be?