Matching Pairs IV LEVEL UNIT 4 LET ME EXPLAIN Lesson 4 BOnline version Matching questions with the corresponding answers by Martha Uribe 1 What was she doing by letting her hair grow naturally? 2 Where had she been living for many years? 3 What did she decide and why? 4 What did she start doing to keep her hair moisturized and shiny? 5 When did she return to the Dominican Republic? 6 Where is Carolina Contreras from? 7 What had she often wondered about? 8 How was she keeping her hair at the time? 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. the Dominican Republic straight keeping her hair natural as a young adult 1 What was the result? 2 What is Contreras addressing by promoting natural hair? 3 What does society tell women with textured hair? 4 Why does this prejudice exist and how does the media react to it? 5 How popular was the blog? 6 What other kinds of support did they receive? 7 What kind of advice did clients get at Miss Rizos? 8 What did she decide to start? 9 What kind of discrimination did she experience? 10 What is the mission of Miss Rizos? advice about caring for textured hair emotional support that their hair is unprofessional and messy. a widespread prejudice against black women in the Dominican Republic to teach black women to love the bodies they were born with a Spanish-language blog on how to care for textured hair It was so popular that Contreras went on to open a hair salon in Santo Domingo. Women started stopping her on the street and asking her how she got her hair like that. The guard at a bar denied her and her friends entry because their hair was inappropriate. It may exist for historical reasons and the media often reinforces it.