A message to my fellow LATINOS:

These are my wonderful parents. Both Dominican, YET two different races. Because guess what? BEING LATINO is an ETHNICITY not our RACIAL makeup. I’ll make it more clear— The term LATINO/A represents ethnicity and culture, NOT a race. ETHNICITY and RACE are two different aspects of our IDENTITY. ALL LATINOS need to reconcile with the FACT that LATINOS are composed of different races including BLACK and INDIGENOUS, but the EURO-WHITE SPANISH colonialism mentality still has a ruling effect in ALL our countries. So when we protest #BlackLivesMatter we are protesting for our lives too, because in America our “LATINIDAD” doesn’t save us. We too are judged by the color of our skin. AND we also protest to end the anti-blackness and colorism within our own culture.

PS. If any Latinos have an issue with what I have said please read and do some research. Learn correct terminology. Knowledge and education is power. STOP calling yourself SPANISH unless you or your parents were BORN in SPAIN. STOP calling yourselves HISPANIC and learn that’s a word the USA made up for their census AND the root of the derogatory term “SPIC”. Also, please understand you can be racist and be Latino. Because I’ll say it again for the ones in the back, LATINO is our ETHNICITY not our RACE. If you’re a white Latino check yourself, your actions, and your words. Does our learned behavior align with LOVE??? Case Adjourned… #MMCM

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