Tag: Miriam J. Román

  • Afro-Latino/a Identities: Challenges, History, and Perspectives Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal Volume 9, Issue 1 (2012-04-20) Article 5 Sobeira Latorre, Assistant Professor of Spanish Southern Connecticut State University Miriam Jiménez Román and Juan Flores, editors, The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States. (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2010), 584 pp. The Afro-Latin@…

  • For Many Latinos, Racial Identity Is More Culture Than Color The New York Times 2012-01-13 Mireya Navarro Every decade, the Census Bureau spends billions of dollars and deploys hundreds of thousands of workers to get an accurate portrait of the American population. Among the questions on the census form is one about race, with 15…

  • Negra & Beautiful: The Unique Challenges Faced By Afro-Latinas Latina 2011-11-29 Damarys Ocaña, Freelance Journalist 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…