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First published in Blackstack Magazine, this personal essay explores the complexities of identity, race, culture, and what it means to be both Black and Puerto Rican in a world that constantly asks you to pick a side.
With references to colonization, colorism, diaspora, and heritage, this piece is part memoir, part cultural reckoning. If you’ve ever had your identity questioned, or if you want to understand the layered experience of Afro-Latinas, this is for you.
First published in Blackstack Magazine, this personal essay explores the complexities of identity, race, culture, and what it means to be both Black and Puerto Rican in a world that constantly asks you to pick a side.
With references to colonization, colorism, diaspora, and heritage, this piece is part memoir, part cultural reckoning. If you’ve ever had your identity questioned, or if you want to understand the layered experience of Afro-Latinas, this is for you.