Will They Hear You Even If You Scream It?

MJ Adia
Momentum
Published in
10 min readOct 8, 2021

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Some ideas about how to give voice to racism in Peru.

Black man screaming in front of Machu Picchu
Photo by mwangi gatheca on Unsplash, Photo by Agnieszka Mordaunt on Unsplash, Adapted by Author on Canva

Last year I participated in a panel about racism for an international organization. In our panel was me, a mixed-race black and Asian woman, an indigenous Australian, and a Malaysian woman. While we spoke about our experiences with racism, I noticed the comments section light up. Especially women from Latin America denied what we said…

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MJ Adia
Momentum

Black-Filipina. Lived in Peru for 5 years. LICSW, dancer, meditator. Writes about multiculturalism, cinema, race, social issues.