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							<title>Amara La Negra &#038; Karamo Brown Talk Colorism in the Latinx Community on &#8216;RTT: The Estefans&#8217;</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2021 18:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[The latest episode of Red Table Talk: The Estefans is tackling colorism in the Latinx community, and it gets deep.  The Estefans talked to Afro-Latinx singer and Dominican TV personality Amara La Negra and Queer Eye&#8216;s Karamo Brown, who is of Cuban and Jamaican descent, about racism and colorism. They also specifically discussed the differences]]></description>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2021 15:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[It took a few days for me to have a spare near two-and-a-half hours to sit down and give In the Heights my undivided attention. I&#8217;ve been anxiously awaiting the release of this film, created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, directed by Crazy Rich Asian&#8216;s John Chu and written by Quiara Alegría Hudes for well over a]]></description>
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							<title>Brown-ish? Latinx? It’s Complicated-ish</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Isaad]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2021 16:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: August 12, 2021 Longoria&#8217;s social media team shared with HipLatina that &#8220;the other show for ABC is not called Brownish. Don&#8217;t know who ever called it that. It&#8217;s always been untitled.&#8221;  As pools get inflated, and beach towels get rolled out with summer approaching, it seems that every year there’s a seasonal outbreak of]]></description>
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							<title>My Multi-Racial Kids Helped Me Connect With My Afro-Latinx Identity</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 23:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[From as early as I can remember, I recall my Puerto Rican parents and grandparents drilling into me that we were a mixture of African, European and Taíno. That knowledge and the rich culture associated with that particular Afro-Caribbean genetic blend has shaped who I am, but for so long to me that meant only]]></description>
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							<title>20 Latinx Children&#8217;s Books That Should Be On Your Bookshelf</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 16:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Growing up, it was difficult to find books that spoke to my experience as a Black Latina. Although there were a few books I could turn to like Amazing Grace, which served as a reminder that I can be whatever I want to be as a young Black woman, or The American Girls book collection]]></description>
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							<title>How Latin America&#8217;s Obsession With Whiteness Is Hurting Us</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Johanna Ferreira]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2020 13:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[If you’re Latinx person, chances are you grew up hearing the very racially-charged phrase “mejorar la raza.” The term literally translates to “better the race” which is really alluding to “whitening the race.” Despite the fact that Latinos come in all races and colors, this mindset has still managed to survive centuries after colonization and]]></description>
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							<title>Kali Fajardo-Anstine Tells Stories of the Indigenous Latinas of the American West</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/kali-fajardo-anstine-sabrina-corina/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Isaad]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 19:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s debut short story collection is about Latinas and their indigenous roots in the American West — a history almost completely missing from the canon of American Western literature. For Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina &#38; Corina is also a form of historical preservation and a way to bring to life the folklore and stories that she]]></description>
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							<title>Rosalía Being Referred to as Latinx Touches on Who Gets to Claim Latinidad</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/rosalia-latinx-hispanic-identities/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Johanna Ferreira]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2019 13:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[For as long I’ve been hearing people use terms like Latina, Latino, or Latinx, there’s always been this constant back and forth as to who actually gets to claim Latinidad. Racial identity has been one part of it, but a lot of the confusion I&#8217;ve witnessed has always been around whether or not Brazilians or]]></description>
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							<title>These Women Share How They’re Healing From Haitian-Dominican Conflict</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/healing-haitian-dominican-conflict/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Janel Martinez]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[When it comes to headlines surrounding Haiti and the Dominican Republic, they often center the countries’ long-standing conflict. Though they’re neighboring nations that share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola and a history of colonialism and slavery, their unresolved past is still the source of extreme tension. Decades of atrocities and massacres have fueled a more]]></description>
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							<title>Salsa Dancing Doesn&#8217;t Determine How Latinx You Are</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/salsa-dancing-latinx-identity/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hip Latina]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2018 20:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[I grew up in the ultimate Latinx household. I speak Spanish at home, you&#8217;d always find several opened tortillas packages in the fridge, and my family watches Univision and Telemundo religiously. Whether it was my tan skin or curly hair, my Latina-ness is undeniable. One of the things that&#8217;s always deeply connected me to my]]></description>
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							<title>Why We Need To Stop Referring To Afro-Latinxs as &#8216;Other Latinxs&#8217;</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/stop-referring-to-afro-latinxs-as-other-latinxs/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Janel Martinez]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2018 12:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Being Black in a Latinx space is by design an othering experience. Just how melaninated you are, or tight and course your curls are, will determine which questions get funneled your way. As an adult, I now know these attempts to quantify how Latina I am and even validate my existence in said spaces are disrespectful]]></description>
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							<title>&#8216;To All the Boys I&#8217;ve Loved Before&#8217; Screenwriter Talks Film and Latinx Stereotypes</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/to-all-the-boys-ive-loved-before-screenwriter/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hip Latina]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2018 18:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[It’s likely you weren’t able to escape the onslaught of love across social media for the Netflix romantic comedy To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. The film made stars of Lana Condor and Noah Centineo, but what a lot of people don&#8217;t know is that the woman behind the words that made them famous is]]></description>
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							<title>What It Means To Be a Black Latina in Higher Education</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/what-it-means-to-be-a-black-latina-in-higher-education/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hip Latina]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2018 17:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[I have been asserting my blackness since I can remember. Growing up in the mountains of Puerto Rico, my curls —“pelo malo,”as friends called it—betrayed my family’s attempts to claim whiteness by invoking our Spanish great grandfather. Why would my grandmother, who loved me deeply, say that my hair “does not come from our side]]></description>
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							<title>Why I Decided To #TakeBackLatina</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/take-back-latina-movement/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hip Latina]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2018 22:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[I want a little girl. I envision us in our living room, our hips swinging as a a merengue ripao blasts through stereo speakers. The beat changes to a familiar salsa — “Hasta Que Te Conosi” by Marc Anthony — and we sing loudly, as if we are the ones on stage at Madison Square]]></description>
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							<title>Hispanicize Co-Founder Discusses Goals for Empowering Latinx</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/hispanicize-co-founder-discusses-empowering-latinx/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hip Latina]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2018 18:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[In the nearly ten years since it began, the Latino-centric conference Hispanicize has grown to become the largest annual conference for Latinx in media, business, tech and digital content creation. The term “Hispanicize” stems from the early days back when Hispanic Media Group (the company  behind the event) owned Hispanic PR Wire and marketed themselves]]></description>
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							<title>My Broken Spanish Reminds Me Of Our Sacrifices</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/broken-spanish-latino-family-sacrifices/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hip Latina]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2018 19:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[My first word was “APRA.” Although, it’s not technically a word. APRA is an acronym for the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance of Peru. It’s a center-left political party that my father supported. So, consequently, I learned the chant “Apra! Apra!” But besides that, I don’t know my actual first word. No one does. Before turning]]></description>
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							<title>Netflix Stars Discuss Latinx Representation in Hollywood</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/netflix-stars-discuss-latinx-representation-hollywood/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hip Latina]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2018 13:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[We’re approaching the tail-end of Latinx Heritage Month—more commonly known as Hispanic Heritage Month. But brands aren’t showing any signs of slowing up in rolling out their Latinx-focused campaigns. Netflix released short videos on Tuesday featuring several of their Latinx actors from their original programming. Cast members from Orange Is the New Black, On My]]></description>
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							<title>Why It Took Years To Embrace My Indigenous Beauty</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/embrace-peruvian-indigenous-identity/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hip Latina]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2018 17:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latinx identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ulta]]></category>
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															<description><![CDATA[I used to think I was hella ugly. I hated my cheekbones, wanted a nose job and lied to everyone in high school about not ever wanting to date someone from my own high school because “as if.” I used my sense of humor to hide behind my &#8220;ugly.&#8221; It was all just a cover up]]></description>
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							<title>Afro-Latina vs. Negra: 5 Black Women of Latin American Descent Share How They Identify</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/black-women-latin-descent-identity/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hip Latina]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2018 17:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[&#160; Identity is layered. With the evolution of terminologies and expansion of definitions, it’s complex and far from static. For our community, it’s no different as we’ve seen terms like Hispanic, Latino and now Latinx originate within the last 50 years. The latter, Latinx, became Merriam-Webster-official at the top of September, which signified a moment]]></description>
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							<title>Dominican Actress Sonalii Castillo Talks Latinx Identity and Not Labeling Herself Afro-Latina</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/dominican-actress-sonalii-castillo-not-labeling-herself-afro-latina/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sonia Ramirez]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2018 17:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Afro Latinx]]></category>
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															<description><![CDATA[Born in the Dominican Republic, raised in France, speaks three languages, and is an award-winning director, writer &#38; filmmaker, Sonalii Castillo is very well the epitome of a modern day superwoman. She can do it all and with the kind of style and grit, we all can admire. This multitalented actress who plays the nomadic]]></description>
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							<title>America Ferrera on Her New Book And Seeing More Latinas in Hollywood Directing</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/america-ferrera-new-book-seeing-more-latinas-directing/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hip Latina]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2018 21:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[America Ferrera]]></category>
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															<description><![CDATA[America Ferrera is up to a lot these days. The 34-year-old actress who just had her first child, son Sebastian four months ago, with husband Ryan Piers Williams, has a lot of exciting projects she’s working on. For starters, her hit NBC show Superstore is returning for it’s fourth season and her new book American]]></description>
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							<title>Denise Bidot Gets Real About Latinx Identity and Beauty Diversity</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/denise-bidot-latinx-identity-beauty-diversity/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hip Latina]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2018 20:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beauty diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diversity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Latinx identity]]></category>
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															<description><![CDATA[Last week, plus-size model and body positive advocate Denise Bidot walked the runway for the last show of New York Fashion Week. The 32-year-old joined two-time Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman, Beauty influencer and YouTuber Jackie Aina, comedian Lilly Singh, and fashion blogger, cancer survivor and model, Mama Cax in an Olay sponsored runway show. These]]></description>
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