“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…
“Ethnic marginalization can be a challenging experience. This talk will explore ways to courageously mold an ethnic identity that transcends cultural expectations and stereotypes. Michelle Navarro is a full-time professor of history at Richland College. For the past ten years, Michelle continues to sponsor a student club called A.L.A.S., which stands for “Achieving Latino Academic…
We can not be simply put into a Census box, a classification system, or a reality show idea of who we are. Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, Dominican-American, Cuban-American, what do you want me to tell you to call me. It’s all very complicated. “”We’re not a cookie-cutter version of what Hollywood or the media projects about…