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New nonprofit looks to showcase resilience with Harambee Liberation Month events


Sarah Vevoda’s 7-year-old daughter Jaz used to say she had “up hair,” her natural Black curls growing upward instead of hanging down like nearly everyone else’s around her, including her family. Sarah, who is white, says Jaz has commented on not seeing other people who look like her.
“It’s very hard for her to be in a sea of white people everywhere she goes,” says Vevoda, noting Jaz is darker skinned than her eldest child, who’s also bi-racial, and her hair and skin are sometimes treated as curiosities by classmates. “As innocent as they are, because they’re children and aren’t used to being around someone who looks like Jaz … they can say things that make her feel like she doesn’t fit in, that she stands out.” ....

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YOUNG AND FREE: New Nonprofit Looks to Showcase Resilience with Harambee Liberation Month Events


YOUNG AND FREE: New Nonprofit Looks to Showcase Resilience with Harambee Liberation Month Events
An HC Black Music and Arts Association class on pan-African culture at the Arcata Marsh. Photo by Valetta Molofsky
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Sarah
Vevoda’s 7-year-old daughter Jaz used to say she had “up hair,”
her natural Black curls growing upward instead of hanging down like
nearly everyone else’s around her, including her family. Sarah, who
is white, says Jaz has commented on not seeing other people who look
like her. “It’s very hard for her to be in a sea of white people
everywhere she goes,” says Vevoda, noting Jaz is darker skinned ....

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