Racism in Indonesia: discriminated against over their hair and skin tone, Papuan models and make-up artists fight back on social media

Racism in Indonesia: discriminated against over their hair and skin tone, Papuan models and make-up artists fight back on social media

Indonesian model Monalisa Sembor remembers how she used to stand for hours in front of a mirror as a little girl, wondering if she was pretty. Every time she went with her mother to the local hair salon in Wamena, Papua, Indonesia she asked if she could get her tight, springy ringlets straightened. “My mother, … Read more