“Eske’w mete santi bon?” my grandma would ask me almost every Sunday before church. This phrase, which translates to “Did you put any ‘smell good’ on you?,” is a question I have no doubt many young Haitian girls have heard before. I would begrudgingly say no, which prompted her to pull out a small light… The post Historical Perceptions of Black Bodies and Cleanliness: “Did You Put Any ‘Smell Good’ On You Today?” appeared first on Resilient Sisterhood Project.
