{"id":45552,"date":"2016-02-06T21:04:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T21:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=45552"},"modified":"2017-07-05T22:39:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T22:39:39","slug":"identity-a-challenge-for-latinas-who-are-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=45552","title":{"rendered":"Identity A Challenge For Latinas Who Are Black"},"content":{"rendered":"

Identity A Challenge For Latinas Who Are Black<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

WUSF News
\nWUSF Public Media<\/a>
\nTampa, Florida
\n2016-02-03<\/p>\n

Naomi Prioleau<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nEvelin Diaz<\/a> is Afro-Dominican and a Spanish teacher’s assistant at Lennard High School<\/a> in Ruskin<\/a>.
\nNaomi Prioleau<\/a>\/WUSF<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

When people think of famous Latina women, Jennifer Lopez<\/a> or Sofia Vergara<\/a> come to mind.<\/p>\n

Not Zoe Saldana<\/a> or Rosario Dawson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The difference between these pairs of Latina actresses isn’t one of talent or fame. Saldana and Dawson also happen to identify as Black – a reality some Tampa-area<\/a> Afro-Latinas<\/a> say is difficult to navigate.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople respect our (Latino) community but for the Afro-Latinas, people just like to group us as Black and stuff and want to deny that we\u2019re Spanish,\u201d said University of South Florida student Jessica Roberts, who is Puerto Rican and Dominican. And Black.<\/p>\n

Roberts said she doesn\u2019t speak Spanish, and as a result is told that she\u2019s not \u201ctruly\u201d Latina. People say she should only identify as Black…<\/p>\n

…However, it\u2019s not so easy to break down the number of Afro-Latinos here \u2013 or elsewhere. The U.S. Census doesn’t currently give the option for Latinos to identify as another race, meaning even if someone is Afro-Latino or Asian-Latino, they can only mark Latino.<\/p>\n

USF sociology professor and author Dr. Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman<\/a> said the inability to count Afro-Latinos isn\u2019t the big problem. Latinas who are also Black struggle to find acceptance in both the Latino and Black communities, as well as with themselves…<\/p>\n

Read and listen to the story here<\/a>. Download the story (00:04:19)\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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