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							<title>I’m Afro-Boricua And Didn’t Know I Had Naturally Curly Hair Until I Was Nearly an Adult</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2022 17:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[As a kid, I had no idea that my hair was naturally curly. I grew up in a Puerto Rican household in a mostly Black and Boricua neighborhood in New Jersey in the late 1980s and ‘1990s. My mom always embraced our Afro-Boricua roots, but life was complicated and she did what she could to]]></description>
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							<title>How Natural Hair in Media Has Helped Me Embrace My Curls</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 17:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[For women and girls, hair has been such a major part of self esteem and identity, and especially for Black women and girls, it&#8217;s been a crucial relationship in our upbringing. That was the case for me, a young Latina growing up with Black hair as a big identifier of my African heritage. Fortunately, my]]></description>
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							<title>11 Children&#8217;s Books Combatting the Idea of Pelo Malo</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2021 18:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[We are so sick of hearing about people who continue to perpetuate the idea of &#8220;pelo malo,&#8221; especially since some of us now have children with beautiful crowns of curly hair. For years Afro-Latinx and other Latinx people with naturally curly or kinky hair have had to deal with negative opinions about our hair, but]]></description>
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							<title>Afro-Latina Hair Stylist Ona Diaz-Satin Talks Demystifying &#8216;Pelo Malo&#8217;</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Isaad]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2021 20:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[In the last decade, the curly hair movement has dominated the beauty industry with the rise of diverse influencers and curly cuts being the latest trend. Yet despite this sudden urge for consumers to fully appreciate and embrace their natural hair, the beauty industry was and in some avenues remains informed by the Eurocentric male]]></description>
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							<title>These Afro-Latinx TikTokers Breakdown Afro-Latinidad and History</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Isaad]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 18:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Afro-Latinxs have a history of marginalization in the U.S. and throughout Latin America that&#8217;s often lead to their erasure in history and in their communities. Afro-Latinxs make up such a large portion of the population in parts of Latin America and yet they continue to combat ignorance surrounding the legitimacy of their Latinidad. In Brazil, about]]></description>
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							<title>Jarina De Marco Addresses Latinx Colorism Issues in New ‘Identity Crisis’ Video</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Johanna Ferreira]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2019 19:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Latin America has a very long and complex history of colorism, a practice of discrimination where those with lighter skin are treated more favorably than those with darker skin. Dominican-Brazilian indie pop singer Jarina De Marco decided to address it in her latest single and video, “Identity Crisis,” in an effort to unpack the internalized]]></description>
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							<title>Natural Hair Is Still Under Attack in the Dominican Republic</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Johanna Ferreira]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2019 19:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Pelo bueno and pelo malo are terms that get thrown around with such frequency that it’s surprising they aren’t the first words to roll off of every Dominican baby’s lips. Textured hair is often viewed as unruly, unattractive and almost certainly unprofessional — this is, of course, through the lens of our mothers, grandmothers and Dominican society]]></description>
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							<title>7 Books Proving The “Pelo Malo” Mindset Wrong</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hip Latina]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2019 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[&#160; If you’re a Latina with naturally curly hair, chances are you’re familiar with the toxic term “pelo malo” which translates to “bad hair” in English. Not only are those words harmful and inaccurate, but they also speak volumes about Latin America’s race relations. For centuries Latinos have been conditioned to believe that “whiter” is]]></description>
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							<title>Hause of Curls “Pelo Malo Where?” T-shirts Are Opening a Pop-Up Shop in NYC</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hip Latina]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 22:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Back in September, Dominican stylist and founder of Hause of Curls, Sherly Tavarez launched her “Pelo Malo Where?” T-shirts that have since gone viral. Her mission behind the line was to encourage women of color to embrace their natural hair texture and redefine what beauty really means to them. She’s not only done a remarkable]]></description>
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							<title>This Dominicana Launched ‘Pelo Malo Where?’ T-Shirts To Help Latinas Love Their Curls</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hip Latina]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2018 19:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Eurocentric beauty standards have been around for centuries but we’ve definitely come a long way when it comes to challenging those standards and redefining and diversifying what beauty really means. The world has finally began to rethink how it sees beauty and one of the big ways we’ve seen that happen is with the natural]]></description>
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							<title>Massy Arias Is Doing Away With The “Pelo Malo” Mentality</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/massy-arias-doing-away-with-pelo-malo-mentality/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Johanna Ferreira]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 15:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[We’ve been socially conditioned to believe that European beauty standards are the ideal for centuries. It’s only been in recent years that women of color have really gone out of their way to challenge them by embracing their ethnic beauty and their textured hair. This has especially been the case in black and Latinx communities,]]></description>
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							<title>Afro-Latina All-Natural Hair Care Line Does Away with &#8220;Pelo Malo&#8221;</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/afro-latina-natural-hair-care-line/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Isaad]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2018 10:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Adassa Ramirez wants young women to know that the texture of their hair does not determine whether they have good or bad hair. The 38-year-old owner of the hair care line MicMas Remix is promoting more than all-natural products, she’s emphasizing a positive perspective to contradict the idea of “pelo malo”. MicMas Remix — named after]]></description>
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