Lezli and her ON THE YARD co-host  Zuri Levene Harvell; Spelman College ‘21, chat with two Afro-Latina students, Maya Machado; Spelman College ‘21 and Zula Oliveira; Clark Atlanta University ‘23. They explore being held to a mestiza and European beauty esthetic, people not assuming they are not Latina because they are Black, being affirmed by Amara La Negra, the lightening and whitening of Reggaeton, and people forgetting it’s Afro-Panamanian roots. FULL VIDEO EPISODE ON YOUTUBE.

Relevant and Recommended Reads

• Inside Reggaeton’s Unsung Black History
• Hispanics with darker skin are more likely to experience discrimination than those with lighter skin
• 'We exist. We're here': Afro-Mexicans make the census after long struggle for recognition

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Podcast Team = Lezli Levene Harvell (Host & Executive Producer) /Zuri Levene Harvell (Co-Host) / Justin Bates (Sound Engineer) 

 

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