However, it took writing a letter and an AFRO Hair Pride Demonstration outside of the Puerto Rican capitol in May to get fully approved. Nevertheless, it is still awaiting the signature of ...

Civil rights movements in the US along with the back-and-forth of Puerto Ricans between the Caribbean and North America have had an impact on the acceptance of Afro-descendant hair. At the age of ...

A new wave of Afro-Latina entrepreneurs are embracing their natural hair and creating products that cater to curly and textured hair. Sept. 25, 2023 Puerto Rican Gov. Pedro Pierluisi signed Senate ...

What did that have to do with my hair?” With a population of ... “Unfortunately, people identified as black or Afro descendant in Puerto Rico still face derogatory treatment, deprivation ...

But Puerto Rican activists said at a hearing Tuesday that the island’s Afro-Caribbean community still ... a system that pushes us to change the hair with which we’re born." ...

But Puerto Rican activists said at a hearing Tuesday that the island’s Afro Caribbean community still ... a system that pushes us to change the hair with which we’re born.” ...

What did that have to do with my hair?” With a population of ... “Unfortunately, people identified as Black or Afro descendant in Puerto Rico still face derogatory treatment, deprivation ...

Inspired by the CROWN Act and painful experiences with racism against Black hair, Afro-Puerto Rican activists are rallying to pass Senate Bill 1282 as time runs out. When Cynthia Collazo Pacheco ...

But Puerto Rican activists said at a hearing Tuesday that the island’s Afro-Caribbean community still ... a system that pushes us to change the hair with which we’re born.” ...