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Roots Of Change: Puerto Rican Mothers Embrace Natural Hair To Combat

Roots Of Change: Puerto Rican Mothers Embrace Natural Hair To Combat
Flor-Angel Guilbe Stevens sings bomba alongside the group Aché de Bomba y Plena at El Imán Bar & Restaurant in Loíza, Puerto Rico. Bomba cultural traditions help create an Afro-Puerto Rican community and affirm Guilbe’s identity. Gabriela Meléndez Rivera/GPJ

In some school and work environments, hairstyles associated with blackness, such as dreadlocks, are still prohibited. One family is embracing a radical change in attitude.

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How The Sexist Politics Of Hair Plays Out In Egypt’s Schools

Some schools in Egypt were accused of forcing students to wear headscarves
Some schools in Egypt were accused of forcing students to wear headscarves Axiom/ZUMApress.com

“I’m not against hijab in principle; I myself wear it,’ says one mother. ‘But I refuse to have my daughter wear it against her will.”

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