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There’s an interview with Laz Alonso where whoever he was talking to expressed their shock that he’s not Afro Latino in terms of Black Parent + Latino Parent, Laz is Cuban with African roots. He said like “first and foremost I’m black then I’m Cuban.”

I don’t remember the whole convo, but he said something that was like Latinos who can be identified as Afro Latino like “only focus on where the ships dropped us off, they forget where the ships took us from.” And said like “you can be Latin, but you’re black first.”

He’s also said that like “in the home” he’s Cuban, he was seen as Cuban and amongst Cubans. But when he walked out of the house he was black. People see his black features but not both aspects of his cultural identity.