#afrolatinx
What White Americans Misunderstand About Mixed-Race Latinx Identity
“Visibly mixed-race people are the norm, but Latinx people are trained to identify with nation first and race second, if at all.”
Story by Joamette Gil, art by Joamette GilandCorey Ranson.
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Repost @afrolatinas_ Blackness is not a monolith
[via @yosoyafrolatina via @amandaseales]
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#50shadesofblack #panafrican #blackness #blackwomen #afrolatina #afrolatino #afrolatinx #blacklatina #blacklatino #blacklatinx #africandiaspora #knowyourroots #blackgirlmagic #loveyourself #latinx #melanin #latinabeauty #curlyhair #unapologeticallyblack #beautifulineveryshade #blackisbeautiful
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REPOST @fiyawata /// “soooo my insomnia post early this morning got folks engaged…and in my DMs. “Identity politics” is “my thing.” Especially as it pertains to people of African descent surviving White supremacy (or not). So let’s talk… Me myself - I am a first-generation American-born Ghanaian who was raised in New Orleans. In many cases, I identify as African, but in MOST cases, I identify as Black. “black” is a color in the crayon box. “Black” is a political identity. (If you are referring to human beings, capitalize the B. Thank you. When the rules of the English language were created, Black people weren’t considered human beings. So there’s that). Capital B. “Black” is a political identity that denotes people of African descent ALL OVER THE WORLD. For ME, it reflects a Diaporic perspective and connection. For ME, it aligns me with MY PEOPLE across time and space. “Black” is the larger umbrella under which the identities “African American,,” “African,” “Afro-Latinx,” “West Indian/Caribbean,” etc. find a home. I know that to the unsuspecting eye, we all look alike , but we’re not all African American. I am not African American, I am Black. There’s a difference.
That said - how do you identify? And why? Is it something that you’ve thought about and made a conscious, informed decision about? Or is it something you’ve adopted / acceptance outside of yourself?” #50shadesofblack #blackisbeautiful #Black #afrolatinx #african #ghana #carribbean
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Oh hey, want to get in on this last minute deal? Because we love you and to celebrate co-founder, Javier Wallace’s new venture into his PhD on AfroLatin Americans in sports we are offering our Labor Day Weekend trip for $1,500! Let’s all congratulate Javier Wallace together and thank him for continuing the work.
It includes roundtrip flight from major cities such as NYC, DC, Miami, Atlanta - accommodations, visa, most meals, airport transfer, and a full people-to-people Black Cuba itinerary with actual Black Cubans from and living in Cuba, speaking from their own Black experience.
[email protected] for any and all the questions and details.
Only 4 spots available.
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Meet Ryan, one of the AfroLatino Travel team members based in Rincon, Puerto Rico. A Mayaguez native, Ryan has always felt like the ‘Black Sheep” of the family and that experience was central in his identity as an Afrodescendant. He has whipped up some incredible Afro trips for 2016 in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
“My interests revolve around Afrodescendant communities in the Americas with a particular focus on Caribbean migrations and the interface between the environment and coastal populations. The work I am involved in is a direct result of my own family history and the multiple sites of departure and arrival across the Caribbean that is our story. As a Caribbean Black man born and raised in Puerto Rico, with roots in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nevis, South Carolina and Philadelphia and family networks across the Americas I delve into this work to continue to empower the communities I belong to.”
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Check out his work with INSTITUTE FOR SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH
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#SashaMerci doesn’t want much, just to reign supreme in the world of entertainment. Luminaries like #QuincyJonesand#ShondaRhimes being her inspiration. Citing comedy as “the love of my life,” she grew up Dominican in the Bronx where she witnessed being blunt, funny, and having the gift of roasting folks as just a way of life. But the #AfroLatinx sketch writer, director, and actor is also candid about the less-humorous side of life. Encouraging real dialogues about depression and mental health.
@SashaMerci is: La Triple Threat #YoungBlackAndFreeform
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Identity is self, expressed both inward and to the world. How do you identify?
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The Soy Yo Latinx roundtable reflects on their personal experiences with honoring heritage
I could watch Sarunas J Jackson beaming about his Panamanian and Black roots all day
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The Afro-Latino @goodtrouble actor talks about growing up “different” from the other kids in the neighborhood and the sense of pride it created
“Questions to Stop Asking Latinx People” with Francia Raisa
Racism and microaggressions? Not cute. Francia Raisa handling it? V cute.
Miss Amara La Negra literally went and made her damn name the proud embodiment of her Black skin, in a society that often overlooks the vibrant Afro-Latinx history that has originated culture from the jump. That’s how you do it.
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Watchthis space as we continue to celebrate Latinx Heritage
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My collection of Leftie Posters:
a series of multiple 5x7 watercolor n ink political posters about leftism and collectivism. these ideas and these messages are the small ways we can make the space and energy around us a more inclusive one, a more comfortable one, a healthier/safer/better one.
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