#blacklatinas

[la-tina1]

Silvia 🤍

[2frochicks]

@shopblatina #LatinaHasNoSkinTone ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 ————— @chicamaravilla_28 rockin’ a size large for a LOOSE look. ✨Sweatshirt available via ShopBlatina.Com! Sweatshirt comes in 3 different colors. #Shopblatina #embraceallofyou . . . . ————————— #2frochicks #blatina #afrolatina #latinx #latina #dominicana #boricua #afroboricua #bwtgh #blatinawiththegoodhair #curlgang #curlies #curlsgirls #blacklatina #blacklatinas #animmigrantstory #immigrantsmakeamericagreat https://www.instagram.com/p/CA6eF-YpbzW/?igshid=1nz3k5orkkri2

[juicyparsons]

100% Dominican ❤️💙

[sashmarguerite]

Tonight I’m hosting Que Xopa for @esmicultura 💕Tune in @ 7PM EST Friday, March 23rd • “Que Xopa” is our new monthly live series hosted by @sash_marguerite. Our first guest is “The Face of Es Mi Cultura” @itsjesperez. #TuneIn #IGLive #QueXopa #EsMiCultura #Afroalatinas #Blacklatinas #Negra #afrodescendientes #afrodescendants #afrolatinasrock™ #Blacklatinasrock #afrolatinamagic💫

[alton1991]

Bruh #blacklatinas #blackpride #repost

[poetic-justice80]

Why it’s not “just hair!” #hairpolitics #pelobueno #pelomalo #racism #discrimination #Dominicana #afrodominicana #daschapolanco #afrolatinidad #embracingroots #african #afrolatinadiary #respectability #sexuality #objectification #feminism #blacklatinas #woc #poc #idpad @get_repost @aliciaanabelsantos thank you for sharing!

[lasantera]

Why it’s not “just hair!” #hairpolitics #pelobueno #pelomalo #racism #discrimination #Dominicana #afrodominicana #daschapolanco #afrolatinidad #embracingroots #african #afrolatinadiary #respectability #sexuality #objectification #feminism #blacklatinas #woc #poc #idpad

[thoughtsfromthe305]

Quote from Women Warriors of the Afro-Latina Diaspora

[thegrownsimmer]

#LATEPOST

I like em pretty. So does he 😉 Yooooo....The rooftop dinner spot was amazing, no clue how Toronto keeps it a secret from the world. Dinner conversation....hit a few bumps to say the least. He has a lot of questions about my past and I thought it was too early to go there. OTHER than that, he says he loves my accent. Funny cuz I was thinking the same about him. His parents are Trini. WEST INDIES IN THE BUILDING. Papi a lil touchy n free wit his hands tho, but I'm not gonna lie, mi gusta 😂😂

So toward the end he apologized for being too nosy and I forgave his pretty ass. You see his mf eyes?! I'm fucking hypnotized. Ima be a good girl and let him drop me at my door. I think....idk we'll see 😈 Also, we didn't mean to wear the same colors. That shit kinda happened on it's own. Coincidence? Idk but I thought it was cute.

[alittlepieceoffuckinheaven]

We come in different shades 💁🏾‍♀️

[2frochicks]

✨✨ I AM ENOUGH ✨✨ “The Other Fro Chick” Feature @shopblatina 🗣Sometimes I let my clothes do the talking for me. #IAMENOUGH 💯 Today, we welcomed our newest item “I AM ENOUGH” crop top in collab with Afro-Latina Blogger 🇵🇦 @hashtagiamemough. I’m so excited as we worked on this for the past 2 months. ———— @jenaymeetsworld Almost five years ago created @hashtagiamenough to serve as a digital platform to share narratives of Afro-Latina women. She wanted to provide an outlet for women like me to feel empowered, celebrated and beautiful. She was severely insecure from her identity, body and beauty. She wanted to break all stereotypes of what was considered beautiful in this country. This was a safe haven for all women of color to feel embraced. To feel they were enough and most importantly more than enough. ———- Fast forward five years later @shopblatina was one of the first outlets I created clothing for us by us Black Latinas. Jenay was able to first in her life feel Latina enough no matter her skin tone through my platform. ——- I am sooo happy to announce our #IAMENOUGH x ShopBlatina tees available for purchase 7.16.20 on www.shopblatina.com right now. We already sold out in smalls* and almost sold out in mediums within 16 minutes of opening sales! Make sure to follow @shopblatina x @hashtagiamenough and ✨subscribe! #IAMENOUGH #2frochicks #IAMENOUGHMOVEMENT #SHOPBLATINA #BlackLatinas #AFROLATINAS #afrocaribbean #girlswithbraids #blackbeauty #blackwomen #amplifymelanatedvoices (at The MotherLand) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDe2qWSJvyM/?igshid=28mtu9cw5uv4

[lookwhosteppedin]

[colorida-guayaba]

Misconception of an Afrolatina

The general misconception of what being Afrolatinx means, specifically in a society that lives and grows on aesthetics, is to be Puerto Rican, Dominican and/or Cuban. Visually, being Afrolatinx means you can physically see the African ancestry in someone. Thick hair, brown skin and curves for days. But not always. What if you somewhat physically fit the part and have no ancestry from any Caribbean island, but still identify as Afrolatina?

Everyday I wake up, and I leave my home, I get put into a box full of misconceptions. I get judged on my hair, my skin and my curves. Just go down the list:

Yes, I am biracial. 

No, I am not half black or half white. 

No, my parents were not born in this country. 

No, English is not my first language. 

Yes, I speak Spanish... and Portuguese. 

No, I am not Dominican,

... or Puerto Rican,

... Cuban,

Or from any other Caribbean island. 

Yes, I am Latina. 

Confused yet? 

I am proudly Afrolatina. How?

My mother is AfroBrazilian, yes she’s black Brazilian. Brazil is in Latin America, to which she identifies as Afrolatina, which in turn, and by default, makes me Afrolatina. 

But what about my father? He’s from Mexico, and has indigenous ancestry. 

On a good and fully caffeinated day, this is my response to any question relating my Afrolatin-ness. On a regular day, the misconceptions of being an Afrolatina are continuous stepping stones for me to be proud of my heritage and to smile. 

[boriquachickschicity]

#AfroMexican Tres hermanas - "Three Sisters" was taken in Cuajinicuilapa, Guerrero, Mexico in 1986 by the late photographer #TonyGleaton. Gleaton left a career in New York fashion and used his camera to capture and document the #AfricanDiaspora in the American West, Mexico, Central & South America. 📷 Spotted in "Posters with a Cause" during a recent visit to the National Museum of Mexican Art (@explorenmma). #NMMART #ChicagoTourism #Pilsen #MexicanArt #afrolatino #afrolatina #diaspora #blacklatinas #instapic #latinabloggers #blackgirlswhoblog #chicagoblogger #chicity #chicago #bloguera #blogger (at National Museum of Mexican Art)

[lasantera]

Why it’s not “just hair!” #hairpolitics #pelobueno #pelomalo #racism #discrimination #Dominicana #afrodominicana #daschapolanco #afrolatinidad #embracingroots #african #afrolatinadiary #respectability #sexuality #objectification #feminism #blacklatinas #woc #poc #idpad

[nubiancuban]

Assata Shakur on her experience of Afro-Cuban culture in “Eyes of the Rainbow” (1997) ✊🏾🇨🇺 ✊ 🇨🇺 👑  #NubianCubann #proudnegracubana #bemba #blackpower #Nubiancuban  #nubiancubano #afrocubano #yoruba #cubanamulatona #afrolatina #rarebreed #mystorybeginsincuba #theawakening #melaninroyalty #negracubana #tonoscubanos #blackhispanic #blacklatina #mybloodline #UnPrivilegio #BlackBeautifulWomen. https://www.instagram.com/p/BfPL6_5jFaTQ2S_rUn7P6tvvY4QIOwMT0ggVU00/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vzlo8bpza5py