API Curls: A Multicultural Digital Movement

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ANTI-BLACK SENTIMENT IS PART OF THE CURRENT ASIAN

ANTI-BLACK SENTIMENT IS PART OF THE CURRENT ASIAN CURLY HAIR EXPERIENCE. READ THAT AGAIN. If you didn’t know how to bring it up, now is the time to lay these cards on the table and acknowledge it.
Growing up, I’ve heard the older generation of the Cambodian community make comments about my dark skin color, my curves and my curly hair as a trait that made me “more Black”. The traits of my identity were negated as Asian and used as a way to express a form of racism against the Black community. It was reverse psychology meant to inspire a desire in me to be less Black and more Asian.

This tactic to make me unlove parts of myself is complex, and something I’m still learning and absorbing, but we need to start talking about it now. The anti-Black sentiment is something that the 1st, 2nd and 3rd generations of Asians and Asian Americans have experienced, and the power is in our hands to stop it before it becomes adaptable and systemic. I believe that it can start with the APIC community.

Many of the successes of our hair journeys are linked to the sweat and tears of Black owned businesses. A portion of our favorite products or haircare routine were created from the knowledge of Black women and created for Black women. Our ACCESS to some of these products in retailers were made possible by the Black community.
Some of the people in our APIC community identify as half Black or grew up in a Black household. They are our sisters, who have mothers, fathers, brothers, family and friends who are affected by the injustices of racism and anti-Black sentiment that is currently embedded in the Asian and Asian American culture.
APIC is about celebration, but it’s also about transforming outdated narratives about beautiful hair. That narrative has included anti-Black sentiment about curly hair. We are charged with checking on how this has fed into the systemic ways in which innocent lives are lost to racism.
Swipe for immediate ways to take action. Sign a petition. Make a call. Donate if you can. Have uncomfortable conversations. Support the black community both online and offline. Text Floyd to 55156. Donate to @blklivesmatter @mnfreedomfund. - Rosie

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Atlanta-based Filipina Content Creator @theblendedbeauty blows us away with her natural hair texture every time.

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