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These Black women made history.

YES! 

So I’m done.

“My parents brought me from Guatemala when I was fourteen. Immigration wasn’t as big of a deal back in the 70’s. When I got to New York, I joined a soccer team with players from ten different countries. And you could just go to work and nobody asked any questions. My mother worked as a housekeeper at the Hilton for forty years. I was lucky. I didn’t have too hard of a time. I got to come over on a plane. But today it’s different. Right now, as we speak, people are hiding in bushes by the border. They’re running through deserts and swimming across rivers just to feed their families. I feel very bad for them. Things are very tough for the Latino immigrant. But it’s our turn. The last one to arrive has to pay for the broken dishes. You’ve got to blame somebody for the problems. It’s been like that since the first Thanksgiving. First it was the Irish, then the Polish, then the Italians. When the war came it was the Japanese. It’s just our turn. I’ve considered myself an American since I was born. I was born in Central America so that makes me an American—you guys even try to claim the name! I love the Yankees, the Giants, and the Mets. But it’s not too important what you call me. I’m just Louis, from Guatemala, living in New York. And I’m the luckiest guy alive.”

Beautiful documentary! Vivan los pueblos afro-descendientes de Latino America y todos los lugares en el mundo. 

"Así somos: Afro Identities in the Coast"

The Coast of the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Guerrero have the highest population of afro-descendants in the entire country. This documentary was created because the people from the coast of Oaxaca requested that I film our talks on identity and blackness. The recordings take place in the towns of Charco Redondo and Chacahua, both in Oaxaca.

This is something I put together last minute because I had no intention of making a documentary. It’s really basic but I wish only to give the people from the Coast representation as invisibilization of the Black race in Mexico is common. Rarely does someone think about Mexico when they think of the African diaspora, even though more enslaved Africans went to Mexico and Perú combined than the United States. 

This documentary is intended to bring awareness of the African diaspora in Mexico and to help begin conversations on identity and blackness. 

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"Así somos los Negros."

La Costa de los estados mexicanos de Guerrero y Oaxaca tienen la población más alta de afrodescendientes en todo la República. Este documental fue creado porque la gente de la Costa de Oaxaca me pidieron que grabe nuestras platicas de la identidad y la negritud.Este trabajo fue realizado en los pueblos de Charco Redondo y Chacahua, ambos en el estado de Oaxaca. 

Esto lo realicé al último minuto porque no tenía ningún intención de elaborar un documental. Mi intención con este trabajo es de darle representación a la gente Negra del la Costa que son invisibilizadas. Raramente uno piensa de México cuando piensa de la diáspora africana aunque más africanos esclavizadas fueron a México y Perú que los Estados Unidos. 

Este documental es para crear conciencia de la diaspora africana en México y para desarrollar las temas de la identidad y la negritud.

Malala Yousafzai is a true freedom fighter. This is truly inspirational to our world, hoping this stirs our communities all around.

BREAKING: Malala Yousafzai Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Malala, now 17, was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman two years ago in her home country of Pakistan after coming to prominence for her campaigning for education for girls.

She won for what the Nobel committee called her “heroic struggle” for girls’ right to an education.

She is the youngest ever winner of the prize. (x)

From #SunsetPark to #Ferguson. #InSolidarity

Really cool video produced by the Global Action Project & The Point CDC youth about Stop and Frisk in NYC. Shout out to the great activist youth in the video and those behind the scene! Know your rights! 

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