Academic study and lived experience converged last night at the Afro−Latino Roundtable Forum, where an assembly of over 50 students, faculty and visiting speakers participated in a dialogue about the Afro−Latino experience in the United States. Read more here.

The frustrating ironies of being Afro-Latina hit Yuly Marshall with stunning regularity: At work at a Miami hospital, Hispanic patients of the Cuban-born radiology technician usually assume she’s African American, asking her, “Where did you learn to speak Spanish like that?” and expressing shock—even skepticism—that she’s really Latina. Read more here.

Can a person be both black and Latino? In the United States, it’s perceived that you’re either one or the other. Typically, the distinction is whether you speak Spanish or not. Read more here.

El Nuevo Dia - 06-24-2010 03:26 PM
Nos odiamos a nosotros mismos. Si te odias, ¿cómo puedes luchar contra la injusticia? Ni siquiera la reconoces”.  Lee mas aqui.

Black Enterprise - 11/21/2009
A discussion on the relationship between Blacks & Latinos with panelists David Lamb, playwright; Maylene Garcia, experienced family racism, and Miriam Jimenez Roman, Director, Afro-Latino Forum. Click here to see it.

Flores frames his work around this presence and the complex issue of race and racism in the Americas. Read more here.