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Tag Archives: Black
A Letter to Geraldo Rivera from a Hoodie-Wearing Black Latina
(Originally posted on NewsTaco.com) Dear Geraldo, A three-piece suit and a tie would not have saved Trayvon Martin’s life. Urging black and Latino parents to “not let their children go out wearing hoodies” and saying that the 17 year-old’s hoodie holds as much … Continue reading
Posted in First-Person, News
Tagged Afro-Latina, Black, death, George Zimmerman, injustice, Justice, racial profiling, racism, Trayvon Martin
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Black Orphans: Latin America Rejects Its Own
(originally posted on June 15, 2008 on VidaAfroLatina.com) I was at lunch at Guapo’s, a Mexican restaurant in Washington, D.C., eating a chicken quesadilla, humming to a Marco Antonio Solís ballad playing in the background. I was in my element—good … Continue reading
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Tagged Afro-Latina, Black, culture, Hispanic, Panama, Univision
