There are many celebrities that are of black and Latino descent, yet many of their fans aren’t even aware of it. Christina Milian, Kat Deluna, Tatyana Ali and Laz Alonso are just a few of the performers audiences are accustomed to seeing play traditional African-American roles in film and television. In the video below these stars discuss growing up in bilingual homes and speak about the difficulties of Afro-Latinos making it in Hollywood.
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