Language conveys information about our attitudes, biases, and is a huge part of how we orient around issues of identity. Today, we are joined by Christopher Mendoza (@linguistpapi), a graduate student in Linguistics at Florida International University to talk about how to unpack the pervasive discourses of anti-Blackness within our communities. This episode interrogates the role of allies, most specifically non-Black Latinxs, in talking the language of intersectional movement building while centering the most marginalized as our political moment necessitates.

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