“My Parents Brought Me From Guatemala When I Was Fourteen. Immigration Wasn’t As Big Of A Deal Back

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Source: Reel to Real: Race, Sex, and Class At The Movies by bell hooks

Eckhart Tolle.

{♚} be there for them. support them. love them.

I always get nostgic for not having the opportunity to explore my wonderful and beautiful homeland. But I take that back. I will be back, one day I will. 💓

Tiger moths mating by Andreas Kay Via Flickr: from www.facebook.com/EcuadorMegadiverso

If you wait to do everything until you are sure it’s right, you’ll probably not do much of anything.

Win Borden (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

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.

Message of the night -- beautiful painting found at Itzy's place. #LetGo #detachment

Shit I Keep Seeing on Instagram & Twitter That Needs to Quit

Can we talk about this load of bullshit? I keep seeing this picture comparison on instagram with tons of likes and terrible comments. 

First off, the first picture of Selena is whitened out to shit and her eye color even looks altered. Please, do yourself a favor and look at what Selena looked like without bright studio lights and no whitening filters of today:

  Second of all, there are more than two types of latina’s and ALL are beautiful in their very own ways.

This is just such a clear representation of the eurocentric beauty ideals we see all over the world. This is especially seen in our communities where the lighter (closer to white ideals) skin and facial features are the more “beautiful” someone is seen. 

Indigenous features and darker richer brown skin is not ugly. This should not be seen as ugly in comparison to a lighter skinned latina. 

I also have to point out the fact that Selena did not have perfect eyebrows magically, that ish takes good waxing and her hair also takes a lot of grooming.

Grooming and makeup aside, she is and will always be super gorgeous. Duh, we know this.

Yet, I’m tired of this. It’s the same crap I see over and over. Eurocentric facial features and whiter/lighter skin are not more beautiful. 

This is the same reason I don’t watch much telemundo because I’m tired of this being slammed in my face. I’m also disgusted by the latin@s who agree with this and repost it.

Many of you come from indigenous folks, many of you have family members who look like “that” type of latina and you can go eat a rotten white bread mayonnaise sandwich if you perpetuate this bullshit.

Kiss my brown ass.

From #SunsetPark to #Ferguson. #InSolidarity