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This Video Explains What It Means to Be Afro-Latinx
Hailing from the Huffington Post, six Afro-Latinx talk about why they are proud to be from both cultures. We live in a world where sometimes we are “too black to be Latino and too Latino to be black” understanding that being Afro-Latinx means understanding that those two identities are not mutually exclusive.
The question of Blackness: How conversations about Bruno Mars and Cardi B miss the mark
by Briana L. Ureña-Ravelo There has been much conversation regarding Blackness as of late. What it is, when and how it matters, and who can and cannot claim it. At times the conversation has been very illuminating and compelling, but more and more it has become overwhelmingly caustic and mired in elitist, ahistorical, and colonial […]
GenForward Poll: Half of black youth face job discrimination
By: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Qymana Botts saw white colleagues with the same amount of experience getting promoted to cashier ahead of her at the Indiana discount store where she worked. When she asked her supervisors why, they told her she didn’t project the image that they wanted from their cashiers: straight hair — […]
Lupita Nyong’o Interview Shines Light on Anti-Blackness in Latin@ Communities
Recently, Univision host of the “Al Punto” show, Jorge Ramos, sat down to interview Star Wars: The Force Awakens actors Oscar Isaac and Lupita Nyong’o about their roles in the hit movie. Both actors identify as Latin but feedback on the interview suggested that anti-blackness in the Latin@ communities is still alive and well and aimed specifically at […]
Immigration Reform Is a Black Thing, Too
The following piece is from The Root. It was written by Opal Tometi. By: Opal Tometi The administrative relief measures that President Barack Obama announced Thursday will benefit an estimated 4 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. This long-awaited measure came several months after the president promised to take executive action in the absence […]
The Kids Are All Right (spoiler alert)
I was in college and in the closet when The L Word first aired on television. My then girlfriend and I got the hookup from the dorm cable guy and each sunday night we would curl up in her twin bed to watch the episodes. Beyond the uber-feminine, white, west-coasty crunchy vibe, somewhere along the […]
You Think I'm Black?
“What? You think I’m Black.” I’ve heard this response more than I care to remember. What’s worse is that I’ve heard this from Black folks. You’re probably wondering what kinds of Black folks don’t know that they are Black. No I’m not talking about Clarence Thomas. Nor am I talking about fairer skinned Black people. […]