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Make it a point to point to discuss the history of Afro-Latinx and African American contributions throughout history. “We cannot erase our history. We cannot erase our bloodline. Doing so on purpose is a disrespect to the sacrifices of our ancestors. We must honor them by showing progress,” Arzu-Brown tells Remezcla. The mother of two (ages 9 and 15) shares that her mother came to the United States because she was told by her white boss that he could not give her a promotion because of her skin color. Arzu-Brown is Garifuna, a term used to identify the Afro-Indigenous community from the Caribbean that exiled to Honduras where she’s from. She shares that her mother didn’t know the history of their people so she learned it and shared it with her mother and encourages other parents to pass on their history as well.
“Teach children their story, tell them where they come from. It gives them power to keep the good, fix the challenges of the bad and never repeat the ugly.”