Op-Ed: On Jessica Krug’s Blackfishing & the Mirror We Run From

Melania Luisa Marte — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 19:49:20 +0000

In light of the madness that was Jessica Krug’s article and subsequent quitting, this feels like a good time for us to talk about racism and the mirror we run from. In order for us to mend and have an honest conversation about how folks like Krug get away with Black-fishing, we have to break

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Op-Ed: This Is Why We Need Afro-Latinx Added to the Dictionary

Melania Luisa Marte — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 18:40:17 +0000

Despite the fact that dictionaries regularly add terms that we use colloquially – zoodles, hangry and TL;DR to name a few – we still do not have the term Afro-Latinx in the dictionary. For about a year, I have petitioned for the inclusion of this very important and necessary term to several dictionaries. I first

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