“Outrage is mounting over the death of Layleen Polanco, a transgender Afro-Latinx woman who was found dead in a cell at Rikers Island on Friday. Polanco was arrested on misdemeanor charges and jailed on Rikers in April when she was unable to post $500 bail. Nearly two months later, she was dead. Her family, friends…
Afro Latinos talk about some of the pros and cons of Afro Latinidad and how they live within the intersection of both identities. Credits: https://www.buzzfeed.com/bfmp/videos/… Check out more awesome videos at Pero Like! https://bzfd.it/2y6R5Vy
“Melania-Luisa Marte is a first-generation American. She was born in the Bronx and raised in the Lower East Side of New York City. She is a member of the 2018 Dallas Poetry Slam Team currently ranking 5th in the nation. She has performed, featured, and competed in cities across the country. Marte was a finalist…
“This week’s spoken word poem is about being multiracial/ Afro-Latino. It’s a poetry reading- a spoken word about life, and not feeling accepted into the races/cultures you are a part of.” Watch more at https://www.youtube.com/user/1MsDriDri1/featured
We found this gem that you must watch. “We recently collaborated with Mariposa, a well-renowned poet, and filmed her as she performed her poem, “Poem for My Grifa-Rican Sistah Or Broken Ends Broken Promises,” which deals with issues of hair for AfroLatinas in society. Although our video does not utilize the entire poem, it hopes…
“On this edition of ESSENCE Now’s Kitchen Table Talk, Arlene Pitterson, Jamila Aisha Brown, Janel Martinez and Juliana Pache discuss being Afro Latina, the rise of “Love & Hip Hop Miami” star Amara La Negra, and overcoming ignorance about their ethnicity.” Subscribe to ESSENCE – http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c… ESSENCE is the Black woman’s guide to what’s hot…
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