Miss me with the arguments of exceptionalism: "There were plenty of Afro-Latinx ppl who auditioned; *we* were the right people from the job..." Miss me with the illusions of homogeneity "We're all people of color..." And my fave, "This film can't be everything for everyone..."
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Anti-Blackness in Latinidad is pervasive and leaving out darker Afro-Latinx ppl
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I also want to acknowledge the activists and thinkers who have *been* calling out Latinidad's Black erasure, Black violence and legacy of anti-Blackness:
@ProfessorTKH@InADash@bad_dominicana@janelmwrites @MigrantScribble to name a few—thank YOU for all that you continue to doShow this thread
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the answers were such bullshit. it was giving me “better luck next time darkies!” vibes
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Wow. I hadn’t even thought about this. Eye opening read.
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I submitted for background (no speaking roles were available for someone who looked like me.) I didn’t get background either.
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Spot on. Fantastic job on how you tackled that issue in the interview!!
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