My friend sent me this. Looking forward to seeing it.
4 thoughts on “Afrolatinos Documentary”
Thanks RP – I can’t figure out if it has already aired somewhere or been released on video/dvd yet. Looks good, another one for the list of things I want to see!
In my father’s family no one ever mentioned that our matriarch (my grandmother) was black. She was from Guanajuato, Mexico. I guess it just wasn’t appropriate to wonder(somehow)—but among us (cousins) we did refer to it. I am very curious about our roots and someday would like to look into the slave ship records and the possibility of Guanajuato having been a part of that trade.
My close friend found out a couple of years ago that his abuelita was black and it was never discussed because it was considered taboo.
I hope this documentary is done well and gets mad airtime. I think its very important to shed some light on our true roots. This perpetual black/brown beef is getting effin old.
the whole hyphen American
Mexican-American
African-American
is United States thing
in Mexico, you are just Mexican be you blonde, red, black, kinky, straight hair lo que sea.
Thanks RP – I can’t figure out if it has already aired somewhere or been released on video/dvd yet. Looks good, another one for the list of things I want to see!
In my father’s family no one ever mentioned that our matriarch (my grandmother) was black. She was from Guanajuato, Mexico. I guess it just wasn’t appropriate to wonder(somehow)—but among us (cousins) we did refer to it. I am very curious about our roots and someday would like to look into the slave ship records and the possibility of Guanajuato having been a part of that trade.
here’s the site for the film http://www.afrolatinos.tv/
hope they post air dates soon.
My close friend found out a couple of years ago that his abuelita was black and it was never discussed because it was considered taboo.
I hope this documentary is done well and gets mad airtime. I think its very important to shed some light on our true roots. This perpetual black/brown beef is getting effin old.
the whole hyphen American
Mexican-American
African-American
is United States thing
in Mexico, you are just Mexican be you blonde, red, black, kinky, straight hair lo que sea.