Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/afrolatinx/ Our Thing Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:34:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/afrolatinx/ 144 144 On Deconstructing & Unlearning Anti-Blackness in the Latinx Community https://remezcla.com/features/culture/unlearning-antiblackness-latino-latinx-community/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 21:18:25 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_features&p=277043 In 2020, phrases like ‘hay que mejorar la raza’ (we have to better the race) and ‘pelo malo’ (bad hair) are still prevalent in many Latino homes. Meanwhile, issues that affect Black Latinx communities (e.g., lack of quality in infrastructure, economic inequality and discrimination) are still a major focus in the fight for equality. Although

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]]> header-unlearning-antiblackness Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla Elizabeth Acevedo’s Upcoming YA Book Is For Afro-Latina Teens Who Never Feel Seen https://remezcla.com/features/culture/elizabeth-acevedo-the-poet-x/ Tue, 22 Aug 2017 21:56:06 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_features&p=224629 The power of literature is so immense that it can change our worldview. Through books, we can see and connect with our cultures and understand who we are. But the dearth of novels by, for, and about women of color has made this impossible for generations of young Latinas. As we continue to cry out

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