Exploring What it Means to Be Afro-Puerto Rican
For Gloriann Sacha Antonetty Lebrón, race consciousness began at 4 years old. That’s when her mother began treating her hair with a chemical relaxer to straighten it. Not until she was 12 years old did Antonetty Lebrón stop the straightening, opting instead to braid her hair. “Hair is the strongest […]
