shoutout to Afro-Latinxs who have to constantly explain that black people do exist in Latin America.
shoutout to Afro-Latinxs who have to deal with racism from white/mestizo Latinxs
shoutout to Afro-Latinxs who only speak English, it just a language, it doesn’t make you any less or more Latinxs
shoutout to Afro-Latinxs who speak Spanish, but have to explain why they speak Spanish so perfectly
shoutout to Afro-Latinxs who get asked if they are Dominican
shoutout to Afro-Latinxs who are now identifying as an Afro-Latinx and accepting their blackness
shoutout to Afro-Latinxs who struggle calling themselves black because your nationality was your race
shoutout to Afro-Latinxs who don’t identify as black, but are fully aware and embrace their African blood
shoutout to Afro-Latinxs who struggle with African Americans who calls you black, but don’t accept you.
shoutout to Afro-Latinxs who are Dominicans but are not anti-black nor anti-Haitian
shoutout to Afro-Latinxs who struggle to find a place where they belong.
shoutout to Afro-Latinxs who have their experiences dismissed by both African Americans and non Afro-Latinxs
shoutout to Afro-Latinxs who are dark-skin
shoutout to Afro-Latinxs who are light-skin
shoutout to Afro-Latinxs who are pure black/African descent
shoutout to Afro-Latinxs who are mixed/bi-racial/tri-racial
shoutout to every single Afro-Latinx in this world cause I am a proud Afro-Latino and I love mi gente. I pray to God everyday and every night that y’all are very proud to be Afro-Latinxs and wear it pride because being an Afro-Latinx is a gift, not given.
