latinx heritage month
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Black and Indigenous Millennials Are Canceling Latinidad. Here’s Why
Latin America been black and indigenous. After all, indigenous people are by definition native to a particular place. So indigenous people in Latin America—the region in the Western hemisphere South of the U.S., where romance languages are spoken—yeah, they’ve been there. Now onto the black part. For those who are unaware, during the slave trade,…
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Remembering the Afro-Latinx Mother of Cuba: Mariana Grajales Cuello
For the last day of Latinx Heritage Month, The Root is highlighting Mariana Grajales Cuello, the “Mother of Cuba.” This Afro-Cuban woman helped lead the fight against Spanish rule on the island and lost everything in her fight for the freedom of Afro-Cubans. “Mi Gente Afrodescendiente” (My People of African Descent) is a series that…
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Dascha Polanco Tells the Story of Dominican-Born Tuskegee Airman, Esteban Hotesse
For Latinx Heritage Month, The Root is highlighting black Latinxs who’ve made history. “Mi Gente Afrodescendiente” (My People of African Descent) is a series that sheds light on Afro-Latinx figures whose stories are often left out of our history books. In episode 1, actress and Dominican native Dascha Polanco (Orange is the New Black) tells…
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Watch: Amara La Negra Shares Her Natural Hair Journey
Amara La Negra is a proud Afro-Latina who “embraces her truth.” For La Negra this means that rocking her hair in its natural form—an afro. But the pop star’s striking hairstyle hasn’t always been so well received. “I’ve had so many stones, and so many rocks thrown at me that eventually it just stopped hurting,”…