#Culture - CurlyNikki

May 04

“Code Switching” Is Part of Our Daily Routines Without Us Realizing It

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Screenshot via Refinery 29 IG Video By Brenda Alexander “I need to find something for my hair to lay my edges down before this TV interview tomorrow. I cannot be on camera with fuzzy edges,” I say to my aunt, who looked at me in shock before she proceeded to preach about my edges and camera time being unrelated. She then…

Sep 21

Being Blasian: 5 Things My Korean Mom Didn’t Tell Me About Koreans

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The only thing to say about this video is that MsBlackKoreanLady, has A LOT to say about the culture shock of moving to Korea to learn about her other side. See, dad is black and mom is Korean, and though she lived with her mom her whole life, there were many things mama never shared about the culture. And who…

Dec 18

Why Black People Need To Start Growing Our Own Food

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By Alma Hill I remember the day I realized the grocery stores in communities of color sold a completely different kind of food than the grocery stores in “better” neighborhoods. Continue Reading I used to live in a small suburb of Orlando called Winter Park. The population was pretty diverse, both in skin color, and income levels, mostly because of…

Dec 18

This Little Girls Before And After HairDo Is What Every Black Parent Of A Daughter Has Gone Through

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Picture it, you’re whipping up an artful masterpiece on your daughter’s hair, braiding and twisting in a design that’ll make Picasso jealous. Then, you take her to school. Hours go by and then you pick her up. Continue Reading And… womp, womp! You see a totally different design… a defacing of your masterpiece! “What happened?!”, you wonder. This time, Charle-feigh…

Dec 18

You Have To See This Impromptu Gospel Performance At A Hurricane Harvey Shelter

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The tragic effects of Hurricane Harvey in Houston and surrounding Texas areas have been very heartbreaking. Witnessing residents lose their homes and having to wade through flooded waters in order to find some sort of safe shelter is indescribable. Hurricane Harvey’s fury resulted in more than 50 inches of rain and have left roughly 30,000 people with the need to…