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That’s a fabulous way to discourage people from coming forward to help law enforcement. Immoral, unjust, and really fucking stupid
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“oh but you don’t look latine”
what? i have no idea what you’re talking about. i’m guessing you have a preconceived idea of what a latine should look / sound / do based on the “classic” latines that you see in the media all the time, like:
and they’re great, but there’s also white latines, like:
and don’t forget about the black latines, such as:
and the indigenous latines are also very important:
and there’s also chinese latines, like Harry Shum, Jr. yeah, thay guy from glee and the shadowhunters (the netflix show). i don’t know if he self identifies as latino, but he was born in Costa Rica and lived there for six years, so that makes him latino by definition.
in fact, there’s presence of many asian racial / ethnic groups, but they’re not very common in the media. that’s why i’m not including any pictures. but they’re here and we love them.
and let’s not even talk about the mixing going on with all of the above because this post could go on for years
so bottom line:
- latinoamérica is a big beautiful melting pot of everything
- latine is not a skin color, it’s an ethnicity
- there’s no such thing as “looking latine”. all latines are different
- and it is possible that not every latine self identifies as poc
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Misogynoir/anti-blackness in reality tv shows is nothing new but this shit right here was just beyond micro-aggression…
I hope that bum drops dead and fuck the love and hiphop producers for casting this clown
Typical of a man speaking to a black woman. As soon as she had something to say, he started implying that she was angry and telling her how she should've reacted. A black woman can express her frustrations any way she wants especially when you're an antiblack piece of shit. No one should be surprised by this. If he wanted a real reaction, she should've knocked his teeth out.
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- Latino is not a race.
- Mestizo is a race and probably what you meant to say.
- Latinos are majority mestizos, but not all Latinos are mestizos.
- In Latin America there is black / chinese / native / white / turkish people… and they’re all latinos.
- Racism might not be actually the same in LatinAmerica as is in USA, but antiblackness is still prevalent, so is discrimination towards native / Romani / Asian / Jewish people, mestizos and so on.
- Colorism is real, and white and white-passing people have privilege over dark-skinned people.
- Xenophobia is real, and it won’t be hard to heard of the discriminations Bolivians face in Argentina, or Peruvians in Chile (these cases also affected be racism).
- White people have white privilege even in places where they’re a minority.
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Jessica Pimentel is the lead singer in a metal band called Alekhine’s Gun and a classically trained violinist!
she's cute
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the invisible faces of latin america.
This is old news. But I just wanted to share this to show people that politics can definitely interfere with your personal friendships, relationships, etc. Even if you don’t believe it can't.
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The amount of latinx people being extremely antiblack in the notes is so telling lmao
Hm. I would say white latinos can be racist, but any other latinx of color can be antiblk and still face oppression. Racism in latin america? perhaps.
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This Latinx business owner needs our help!!! Her products are already so beautiful, so order some of these beautiful bath bombs and help her mother expedite her passport! The link to her store is brewbles.myshopify.com
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African in Mexico 🇲🇽 showing there pride
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thetrippytrip
Viral Deer-Feeding Teen Kelvin Peña Creates Everybody Eats Foundation to Help Feed Families
While most people would have taken that 15 minutes of fame to capitalize and make some money for themselves, Kelvin did the exact opposite, he used his newfound notoriety to help others. That all came to a head this Thanksgiving when Kelvin and his Everybody Eats Foundation came together to provide 120 turkeys to churches and food pantries and over 30 thanksgiving meals to needy families.
“Gaining all of these eyes on me made me realize I can make an even bigger impact on this world. And that nothing makes me happier than helping people.”
News the media doesn’t want you to hear.. This makes me want to cry, dude got internet famous and then fed the homeless. This is real as fuck!
vicariouslylivingx
Love this kind of positivity
honestly, bless this dude.
anthoeny
Samantha Leyva is an Afro-Mexican pageant queen looking to improve the visibility of Mexico’s Black citizens. And although she looks different from the typical contestant, her ideals differ greatly, too.
A glance at her Facebook page reveals the following description, “Nurse by profession and proud Afro-Mexican. #BlackLivesMatter.”
In an interview with Fusion, Leyva shared she takes pride in flipping the usual beauty ideals of Mexico. The 23-year-old won the 2016 Miss Guerrero Pageant but placed third in the Miss Mexico Pageant.
Typically, pageant winners are light-skinned women, characterized by pale complexions and straighter hair, compared to Leyva’s deeper skin tone and dark locks.
“I think we have all grown accustomed to seeing another type of woman; another type of Mexican beauty,” Leyva told the website.
Across the nursing intern’s Spanish-language Instagram page, comments are overwhelmingly positive.
“I love your project on Afro-Mexicans!” one user wrote.
“Do not let anything or anyone take away your dream,” read another remark. “Do not listen to malicious and negative comments.”
That response came after some detractors made comments that dissed Leyva. One such comment deemed the beauty queen “not very feminine” looking.
Still, Leyva continues to proudly wear her Blackness. She advocated for Black Mexican rights in the state of Guerrero, where she is from. In September, Leyva helped improve education for children in her community. Then, at the end of October, Leyva attended the second annual Afro Festival, which celebrates the rich culture of Afro-Mexicans. Additionally, she supports Black Lives Matter, a movement Leyva said is “so important” to the global Black community.
Her efforts follow Mexico’s official recognition of their African descendant-citizens in last year’s census. The country’s 1.38 million people with African heritage were accounted for, changing the more than century-long tradition of not including Afro-Mexicans. Instead, the Latin American nation counted the “mestizaje” population – people with Spanish and indigenous ancestors.
Mexico is the only Latin American country besides Chile that banned African descendants from its charter. Because of that, Afro-Mexicans remained unseen. But thanks to the México Negro advocacy group, a push came to ensure the “Mexican state pays off its historical debt with Afro-Mexicans” by providing increased support to Black civilians, Atlanta Black Star reported.
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His name is Miguel Padilla and his parents are Mexican immigrants :) http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/young-latino-perfect-ap-computer-science-score-wants-inspire-others-n670741?cid=sm_tw
good.
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Afro-Latinos face many challenges when it comes identity, particularly when people refuse to believe that being Black AND Latino aren’t mutually exclusive experiences.
The Latino identity denotes an ethnicity, which means that Latinos exist in every color and race imaginable – and explaining the difference between race and ethnicity can be quite a cumbersome task to take on on a daily basis. And yet, many Afro-Latinos are often forced to do so after being told they’re not “Latino enough” or being asked to choose between being Black and Latino.
incognergroes
Afro-Latinxs exist!
skyee-viibes
Afro-latin@s struggle with being ignored by the media because for some reason people don’t believe you can be both Latino and Black. This is why there’s so much controversy when it comes to race and ethnicity. People try to paint Latin@s as this light brown or even white skinned when there are many dark skinned Latin@s. They are in all parts of South America, Central America, the Caribbean, & in North America (Mexico). Unfortunately, these folks aren’t represented in the media much and we have portrayed Latin@s in a certain way that has shaped the thoughts of others when they hear that word.
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Sonia Manzano, aka “Maria” on Sesame Street, received a Lifetime Achievement Emmy on Saturday and in the process offered some crucial advice to Latino actors and creators. She also spoke about how all Latinos can make real change in the world.
Source: mic.com
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Diane Guerrero wrote a book about when she was just a teenager she was left homeless after her family was deported to Colombia and how the American welfare system did absolutely nothing to help her and she’s been advocating and bringing awareness to mental health issues within the Latin community and y'all only recognise her as the pretty girl from the puta gif instead of the valid important activist she is.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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My thread on xicana reproductive rights.
I have the film under the #documentary tag. Check it out.