Identity

OPINION

A Look at Identity With Olympic Gold Medalist Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, the Pride of Puerto Rico…

“My mom is a woman of color even though she might not be readily identified as such and I feel like because of that, she always gave me space to explore my identity; get in touch with who I am. She understood the void…

“Cuban-American or Latin-American, that’s not a race; that’s an ethnicity. My race is Black.” — Laz Alonso

“The idea of Blackness among Latinos isn’t really discussed as much as it should [be] and it’s tragic because so much of that African culture is so dominant.” — Mimi Valdes

“I was told early on that I could not audition for Latina characters because I’m Black. And as much as I adore Jennifer Lopez and Salma Hayek, there are many amazing Latinas who don’t look like them. Afro-Latinxs also…

“I’m Cuban but [people] didn’t get it because I was also brown-skinned, and you usually see a fair-skinned Latino. So it was just like, ‘Oh, what are you? Are you Black? Are you white?’ I didn’t feel like I had to make…

“Clearly we’re not there yet, but to be able to bring forward the world as we see it, as I see it and as I saw it growing up and all the voices — women, Afro-Latinos, Latinos, Asians. We all inhabit the world, we all…

Why Do You Only See Me as Big, Black, and Scary?

Forever trying to escape the racist tropes of Black…

“People look at me and ask, ‘What are you?’ and I tell them Black and Vietnamese and they think that’s really cool. I love and am happy that I’m able to bridge these two cultures.” — Karrueche Tran

“Here’s the thing: every office I’ve run for I was the first to win. First person of color. First woman. First woman of color. Every time.” — Kamala Harris