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At the beauty salon, Dominican-American women conflicted over quest for straight hair

  • Written by Melissa Godin, Rhodes Scholar Studying Development, New York University
imageA Dominican immigrant cuts the hair of a customer at her New York City salon.Seth Wenig/AP Photo

When Chabelly Pacheco – a Dominican-American who moved to Long Island when she was five years old – walks into her favorite Dominican salon on Brooklyn’s Graham Avenue, it’s more like entering a home than a business.

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