Last Sunday, 26, the first Nappy Hair Pride March took place in São Paulo. Demonstrators took part in 1ª Marcha do Orgulho Crespo (Nappy Hair Pride March) held on Avenida Paulista, near the wall of the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP).
The event happened to honor the Day of the Latin America and Caribbean Black Women, to end prejudice and show the beauty of black women.
“This act is about liberation and representativeness,” says the journalist Neomisia Silvestre. “It is important to show our hair, you can wear it naturally. There’s no need to be ashamed, using chemicals,” adds Thaiane Almeida, another participant of the collective.
On the internet the March received massive backlash from social networks users, being called unnecessary and unjustified.
Mess. Maybe they should have called it something different.
If you don't like the way your hair looks (and it's not out of shame of your cultural heritage) then you should just be able to change it without being labeled as "aspiring to be white."
That being said, if you love your hair as it is and don't find anything wrong with it, then keep it and own it!
Nappy hair? Really?
Love the concept of it but your hair is not nappy. It's full of life, it's naturally kinky and it's beautiful. It's anything but nappy.
What's the point of this mess it's not like they face discrimination or anything
Shamed for their natural hair, shamed for conforming to society's standards and wearing weave. This event looks to promote the wearing of afro hair despite of societal convention.
. But it's definitely necessary
it's not like they face discrimination or anything