How has Black beauty been colonized? — | Malala Fund
“It’s time our societies accepted Black people without needing us to conform to White beauty standards first,” writes 18-year-old student Petiri Ira.
When I was in third grade, I watched my friends slick their hair back in water after swimming lessons so they could look like mermaids. I wanted in on the fun too. But when I tried to slick my kinky hair back it did not stay down on my scalp. I remember my classmates laughing at my failed attempt to mimic them. I felt inferior to them and excluded
When I was in third grade, I watched my friends slick their hair back in water after swimming lessons so they could look like mermaids. I wanted in on the fun too. But when I tried to slick my kinky hair back it did not stay down on my scalp. I remember my classmates laughing at my failed attempt to mimic them. I felt inferior to them and excluded