Natural hair revolution unravels racist beauty ideals in Caribbean
By DW
06 January 2019 |
6:10 am
Miss Rizos hair salon is ground zero for the Caribbean's natural hair movement. Here, Dominicans embrace their curls and redefine beauty standards in a society that has until now insisted that kinky hair is bad hair.
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