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November 26, 2024
The 2024 Election Exposed Latino Voting Myths. Here’s What Afro-Latinos Think about exit polls and Trump's win.
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September 25, 2024
Here are ten Afro-Latino actors making waves in the entertainment industry and highlighting diversity in Latino and Hispanic communities.
August 8, 2024
Maritza Guridy of Philadelphia says her whole life, she's had to deal with never having a single box that encapsulates…
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July 15, 2024
Inspired by The CROWN Act, Black Puerto Rican activists rallied to get Senate Bill 1282 passed.  Governor Pedro Pier Luisi…
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March 16, 2023
For Afro-Latinos and others with dark skin, the OMB proposal erases how they experience racism compounded by their Blackness.
August 23, 2022
Prof. Tanya K. Hernández's book, “Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Blackness,” unpacks the complicated relationship between Latinos, Afro-Latinos, and African Americans.
May 25, 2022
When he was sworn in Wednesday, Antonio Delgado became the first New York lieutenant governor with Latino roots.
May 12, 2022
About 6 million Afro-Latino adults in the U.S. make up 2% of the adult population and 12% of adult Latinos.
November 27, 2021
This year’s November celebration of African culture in Argentina is dedicated to the memory of Maria Magdalena Lamadrid.
November 23, 2021
Disney fans only have to wait a few more days before the next animated musical, Encanto, premieres. Breaking new ground…
June 19, 2021
The Lin Manuel-Miranda musical 'In the Heights' was called out for its colorism but its an issue that persists beyond…
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June 15, 2021
"I can hear the hurt and frustration over colorism, of feeling still unseen in the feedback," Miranda said about the…
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April 9, 2018
Author Junot Diaz penned a poignant, heart-breaking essay about being brutally raped as a child and how that trauma has…
March 24, 2018
Love & Hip Hop Miami’s reunion showdown between Dominican goddess Amara La Negra, Afro-Cuban queen Juju, and The Producer was…
July 18, 2017
Writer Claudio Cabrera examines colorism in the Afro-Latino community and the latest online controversy over Sammy Sosa and his bleached…
October 11, 2016
“Too black to be Latino, too Latino to be black…” It’s a saying that captures the conflict of a society
December 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The G Project is The Black Institute's effort to measure the footprint of immigration in the black…
September 13, 2012
New York City is home to many enterprising designers, but Edwing D’Angelo is distinctive with his unique use of candy-colored…
September 12, 2012
Knight cast Mendez, 22, to walk in her New York Fashion Week Spring 2013 collection held last Friday at Jazz…