CARACAS, Sept 18 — Two years ago, Victoria Mejias abandoned her slavish pursuit of sleek tresses — a common obsession in Venezuela where hair and race identity are closely intertwined.
From the age of 12, when her mother started relaxing her hair, “I felt obliged to present myself in a certain way, because straight hair gives you status,” Mejias, now 28, explained at a salon in central Caracas where she was treating herself to a moisturizing treatment. Venezuela has a racially diverse population as a result of mixing between indigenous peoples, Spanish conquistadores who arrived in the 15th century and the African slaves they brought from the colonies.
Today, more than half the population identifies as mixed-race or “mestizo.” Yet, it is widely accepted that the darker your skin, the likelier you are to be poor in Venezuela, and to suffer from prejudice.Despite a 2011 law against racial discrimination, the country has a complicated relationship with its cultural identity.In Venezuela, “everything that comes from being Black we think of as bad or...
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