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Katelina “La Gata” Eccleston is Amplifying Reggaeton’s Black Voices in ‘Perreo 101’

Ashley Mercado
Katelina “La Gata” Eccleston is an internationally distinguished Black Panamanian social entrepreneur, music historian, and owner of Reggaeton Con La Gata; a platform that serves as the blueprint for being the first femme bilingual platform dedicated to the intersectional analysis...
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17 Afro-Latinx Films to Watch for Black History Month

Sofía Aguilar
It’s Black History Month, a time when we celebrate the important Black changemakers, icons, leaders, and more throughout history and in the present day. We should be listening to Black storytellers this month and every month, and films are a...
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Everything You Should Know About Juneteenth & Why It’s Important

Shayne Rodriguez Thompson
The word “Juneteenth” is one that many of us had never even heard until a few years ago or even more just this year, but it’s one that every American and every person living in America should be familiar with....
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Actress Laneya Wiles on How ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ Season 2 Highlights Afro-Puerto Ricans

Johanna Ferreira
Even in 2019, it’s not often we see Afro-Latinxs highlighted in film, TV, or mainstream media. What’s even rarer is to see a film or series set in a part of Latin America that consists of predominately Afro-Latinxs, despite the...
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How Sarunas Jackson Convinced ‘Insecure’s Writers To Make Dro’s Character Panamanian

Johanna Ferreira
There’s a huge lack of Latinx representation in media, in film, and on television. The lack is even greater for Afro-Latinos, which is why so many of us were hyped when we learned that Sarunas Jackson’s character Dro, on HBO’s...