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Olivia Miles Father is Jamaica and Mother is Italian. Mlles is a WNBA player who's signatrue look is an AFro and plays the position of guard. Miles is one of the few players with the Afro as a signature look. Why Olivia chooses the Afro as a signature look? This question should be asked Olivia.. What is her Afro a representation of?

Culturally the AFro:

Beyond just a hairstyle, the afro carries deep historical and political weight. Originating as a powerful symbol of Black pride, consciousness, and identity, the afro gained immense popularity during the Civil Rights and Black Power movements of the 1960s and 1970s. It represented a rejection of Eurocentric beauty standards and stood as a statement of racial pride and cultural heritage.

Olivia Mother is Italian/Eurocentric. Is Olivia rejecting her Mother Eurocentric culture? Or Using the AFro as a symbol to gain ethnic cultural basketball fans..? If Miles is using the Afro to gain ethnic cultural fans in order to seem more relatable i say she should stop wearing the Afro as a Signature look.

What are your thoughts?