Afro Hair That Was Not Accepted in Brazil

"The "Black Power Movement" is part of our culture because people started to accept themselves. Television Media, European and American culture has influenced this movement greatly.

You need to be white, straight hair, skinny, and clear eyes to be accepted into the society. Brazil is a mix of ALL OF BEAUTY.

We are learning to respect our culture. And our blood history. A lot of woman HATE their hair and do EVERYTHING to be pretty with their straight hair."

"When I was a child, I didn't like my hair because the "Beautiful" hair was not curly hair. A lot of girls have the same hair as me. It's not a gift. But now I accept my hair and I really like it."

"I had straightened my hair to be accepted. I felt very ugly with my natural hair, but in 2013 my hair was shit so I cut it and since then never again."

"I already had a lot of difficulty in relation to this. My mother smoothed my hair from the age of 9, after only 15 years.

She said that I would get ugly among other things. I decided that I did not want more,

at the time I decided that my mother was the first to judge me, but today she accepts, was difficult to adapt,

but today I do not see myself without the curls."

"I suffered a lot of prejudice because of my Afro hair. They thought I was a drug trafficker because of my hair. They thought I was a drug dealer just because of Afro hair. In stores, the security guards always follow me.

When I was little I suffered a lot because I had curly hair. I love this day. But in the past I was taught to hate my hair. One time I had to make it smooth."