Matching Pairs IV LEVEL UNIT 4 LET ME EXPLAIN Lesson 4 BOnline version Matching questions with the corresponding answers by Martha Uribe 1 How was she keeping her hair at the time? 2 Where is Carolina Contreras from? 3 What was she doing by letting her hair grow naturally? 4 When did she return to the Dominican Republic? 5 What did she decide and why? 6 Where had she been living for many years? 7 What had she often wondered about? 8 What did she start doing to keep her hair moisturized and shiny? She decided let her natural curls grow because she was on a journey to find her roots. She started trying various natural recipes. the United States She was no longer trying to look like someone she was not. keeping her hair natural the Dominican Republic as a young adult straight 1 What kind of discrimination did she experience? 2 What did she decide to start? 3 How popular was the blog? 4 What kind of advice did clients get at Miss Rizos? 5 What is the mission of Miss Rizos? 6 What is Contreras addressing by promoting natural hair? 7 What other kinds of support did they receive? 8 What does society tell women with textured hair? 9 What was the result? 10 Why does this prejudice exist and how does the media react to it? It may exist for historical reasons and the media often reinforces it. The guard at a bar denied her and her friends entry because their hair was inappropriate. Women started stopping her on the street and asking her how she got her hair like that. It was so popular that Contreras went on to open a hair salon in Santo Domingo. that their hair is unprofessional and messy. emotional support advice about caring for textured hair a widespread prejudice against black women in the Dominican Republic a Spanish-language blog on how to care for textured hair to teach black women to love the bodies they were born with