{"id":56679,"date":"2018-07-29T23:50:26","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T23:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=56679"},"modified":"2018-07-30T01:26:42","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T01:26:42","slug":"overlooked-by-the-media-women-like-me-took-to-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=56679","title":{"rendered":"Overlooked by the Media, Women Like Me Took to Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overlooked by the Media, Women Like Me Took to Instagram<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/a>
\n2017-07-28<\/p>\n

Natasha S. Alford<\/strong><\/a>, Deputy Editor
\nThe Grio<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nMonica Ramos<\/small><\/p>\n

I rarely see Afro-Latinas on television. Online, it\u2019s a different story.<\/em><\/p>\n

I was about 11 years old when I started to think I wasn\u2019t like the other Latina girls.<\/p>\n

The summer before sixth grade, my mother put me in a beauty pageant sponsored by a Hispanic community organization in Syracuse, N.Y.<\/a>, where we lived. The stage wasn\u2019t fancy \u2014 it was in a gymnasium on the West Side<\/a>, one of the poorest areas of the city. But there was a lot at stake. The winner would represent the pride of the community during the Puerto Rican Day Festival parade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I was mortified at the idea of competing. Aside from being a nerd with thick plastic glasses and a school marching band membership to match, I didn\u2019t look Latina. At least not compared with my pageant competitors or the women and girls I saw in the media…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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