The video above is a video that displays a list of Afro-Latinos. I really like this video because it shows all of the famous Afro-Latinos that embrace their culture. They love who they are and embrace being both Black and Latino. I find Afro-Latinos to be especially intriguing because growing up and especially now I am at Howard University everyone thinks that I look and sound like I am from the Caribbean or some Latin-American country. I use to not understand how people could ask me that because I clearly look black but that was because I had never before really entertained the idea that there are Latinos that look just like me. I had to remember the fact that the slave trade did not only effect the United States and that in fact more Africans were dropped in Latin America and in the Caribbean than were left in North America.
When I visited Puerto Rico this past summer, I soon realized how easily I blended in there and how many people thought my family and myself were Afro-Puerto Rican. At the time, it felt very enticing and even now it seems like a very exciting culture to be apart of but after my semester learning about Afro-Latinos I have learned that they face many obstacles, especially in search of self-discovery. Being a member of two such distinct and beautiful cultures can take a toll on someone. I am truly just captivated with the idea because I love both African culture and Latino culture.
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