Afro-LatinX

Mar Cruz dances Puerto Rican bomba in the film "Negra, Yo Soy Bella." Director Vashni Korin, Pelua Productions. Tribeca. (Photo by Gabriella Baéz, courtesy of Vashni Korin)

‘Negra, Yo Soy Bella’ is a love letter to Afro-Latina women

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New book explores how anti-Blackness still thrives in Latino communities

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Black woman who fought gold miners elected vice president of Colombia

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AFROPUNK announces new Miami event for Afro-Latinx, Afro-Caribbean communities

“Planet Afropunk Live: Miami” will take place Friday, May 20 through Sunday, May 22, featuring Nigerian singer-rapper Rema.
/ March 9, 2022

‘West Side Story’ star Ariana DeBose makes ‘SNL’ hosting debut

Afro-Latina ‘West Side Story’ star Ariana DeBose hosted the first ‘Saturday Night Live’ episode of the year on Jan. 15.
/ January 16, 2022
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Why Black Americans should care about what’s happening in Haiti & Cuba

Black Americans should be just as outraged by what’s happening in Cuba and Haiti as they are at racism at home, says writer Blue Telusma.
/ July 22, 2021

Miya Ponsetto proves simply being a ‘person of color’ isn’t enough

Miya Ponsetto could’ve had a Black boyfriend, cousin, best friend or long-lost great-great-great grandmother and still be racist.
/ January 12, 2021

Afro-Puerto Rican identity explored in ‘Afro-Latinx Revolution: Puerto Rico’ documentary

In this new original documentary, theGrio’s Natasha S. Alford travels to Puerto Rico during a summer of political unrest.
/ January 12, 2021
alicia sanchez gill thegrio.com

Meet alicia sanchez gill, the HBCU grad fighting for social justice

alicia sanchez gill works to ensure resources for Black, Indigenous and People of Color-led social justice movements.
/ December 10, 2020

Elizabeth Acevedo is writing the stories Black-Latinx diaspora deserves

Elizabeth Acevedo is speaking on her journey to becoming an author and what Afro-Latinidad and negritude mean to her and her characters.
/ August 25, 2020