Lupita Nyong’o and the Mexicans
The actress Lupita Nyong’o was born in Mexico, who wanted to claim her Oscar win. But why should she owe the Oscar to Mexico, a country with such high levels of racism?
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María Ximena Plaza
María Ximena Plaza is a Colombian journalist based in Bogotá.
The fuss over the first Afro-Latino Spiderman
When Marvel Comics first announced that a new Spiderman would be half-Hispanic and half-African-American.
Blackface is Okay on Peruvian TV
The shows play on the worst stereotypes associated with Afro-Peruvians and uncritically exhibits these for the whole Peruvian nation to watch.
Debating Afrocolombianidad
Colombians and outsiders continue to associate Afro-Colombians largely with dance or music. This is a problem.