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							<title>How Afro-Latina Filmmakers Are Redefining Latinidad in Film</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Afro-Latina creatives Cynthia Garcia Williams and Eunice Levis  are representing the diversity of Latinidad. ]]></description>
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															<description><![CDATA[Yael Valencia Aldana discusses her poetry collection "Black Mestiza" covering mixed-race heritage and identity. ]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 19:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[As a proud Afro-Latina and a proud Black woman, it's important for Afro-Latinas to know they are enough as they are. ]]></description>
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															<description><![CDATA[The thing is most of us did not have the vocabulary to define or even articulate our racial makeup. ]]></description>
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							<title>10 Content Creators Using Their Platforms to Educate on Afro-Latinidad</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2021 23:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Afro-Latinidad is a topic that seems to invoke a lot of emotion in people, and draw out just as many opinions on what it means to be Black, what it means to be Latinx and what it means to Black and Latinx. As with most things that have to do with race and skin color,]]></description>
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							<title>Digame: Blactina Founder Nydia Simone Talks Afro-Latinx Representation in Media</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Digame is a monthly series featuring prominent Latinx leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, and public figures uplifting the community and making a difference. Nydia Simone is a Panamanian-American filmmaker and entrepreneur with a passion for Afro-Latinx and Caribbean stories. She&#8217;s worked in both TV and film with ABC, Disney Animations Studios, and NBC among others. She secured]]></description>
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							<title>Jackie Cruz’s Instagram Post Claims Dodgy Association with Afro-Latinidad</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Johanna Ferreira]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2020 20:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[February is Black History Month. In recent years, Afro-Latinxs especially have come to embrace our role in this celebratory month as Latinxs have a long history of African heritage. While it’s beautiful and significant for us to recognize and celebrate our African roots, the conversations around who gets to claim Afro-Latinidad can get confusing, to]]></description>
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