Music
She is an Afro-Latina of Dominican descent, and is most known for her role on the VH1 reality TV show Love & Hip Hop: Miami.
Amara La Negra
This country allowed people to identify as black or Afro-___ through a new question in its mid-decade survey.
Mexico
The Council for Democratizing Education defines this term as being a two-part formation that both voids Blackness of value,
Anti-Black
She was a Cuban singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. She rose to fame in Cuba during the 1950s as a singer of guarachas, earning the nickname "La Guarachera de Cuba".
Celia Cruz
Afro-Latinx folks make up 1/3 of this country's population
Cuba
This term can be defined as some form of invasion, dispossession and subjugation of a people.
Colonization
He is a Puerto Rican reggaeton singer and actor. He is sometimes referred to by his nicknames El Rey, and King of Kings.
Don Omar
This country has the largest Afro-Latinx population
Brazil
This term is used to see the interactive effects of various forms of discrimination and disempowerment. It looks at the way that racism, many times, interacts with patriarchy, heterosexism, classism, xenophobia — seeing that the overlapping vulnerabilities created by these systems actually create specific kinds of challenges.
Intersectionality
His mother is Black, and his father is Mexican. The San Pedro native has a unique musical sound that includes jazz, funk and hip-hop have garnered him many fans worldwide.
Miguel
This term encouraged European immigration in order to hasten this supposed process of “whitening”
Blanqueamiento
Someone who makes the commitment and effort to recognize their privilege (based on gender, class, race, sexual identity, etc.) and work in solidarity with oppressed groups in the struggle for justice.
Ally
Hailing from Puerto Rico, this person is part of a mixture of artists that riding high on the trap reggaetón scene in music today. He’s scored big hits with other stars like Bad Bunny and J. Balvin that are making a huge splash on the mainstream music scene.
Ozuna
This country is where Reggaeton was originated
Panama
This term refers to the ways in which individuals & communities hold themselves to their goals and actions, and acknowledge the values and groups to which they are responsible. One must be visible, with a transparent agenda and process.
Accountability