I know a lot of my readers don’t speak Spanish, so I’ll give you the cliff notes, translated version.
#1 I’m shocked Univision got a Black Latino person to interview him. Really, I’m shocked. But I hear the guy who interviewed him has been with the station for a while and is pretty good.
#2 Sosa acted [...]

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Well, as you keep reading you’ll see what he thinks about them. But it’s not what people usually say about our mujeres. It doesn’t have to do with them being passionate or extremely jealous as “some” like to say.
Its a totally different term and one that I hear a lot when I talk to friends [...]

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Applaud this woman.
Obviously, she has no shot of winning the race, but to see an intelligent, ambitious Dominican woman running for such high public office is inspiring.
“A mother of two, a student and political activist, she wants to give a voice to those who don’t have one.”
More info on her
I am already working on [...]

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I come from a family of wine drinkers - serial wine drinkers.
From the Alvarinho’s, Concha Y Toro’s, and Sangiovese’s, I try to get a few glasses in of different wines a week. I don’t do the whole daily glass thing. I know many who do, but that’s just a bit much for me.
But, for year’s [...]

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I’m really looking forward to seeing this movie because the whole hair issue is extremely interesting to me.
Growing up, I even dealt with it and I don’t even know why because my hair was never flowing like Banderas, but it wasn’t as coarse as you’d expect from someone my complexion.
There were times I permed my [...]

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For educational purposes.
*Don’t think everything that is said here is factual, but I just put it up as I’ve talked about this issue in the past*
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Recent conversation…
Lady: Your name doesn’t sound like a name a regular American Black person would have.
Me: Well I don’t know how to really answer that because I don’t assign names to certain groups.
I mean, there are certain name types that I’d think belong to certain groups. But Claudio Cabrera doesn’t strike me as exotic.
Lady: Well [...]

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I know I said I wouldn’t talk about this stuff for a “while,” but I stumbled upon this video. I figured I’d put it up here.
Now, just like the Hostos Professor in this clip, I’m not trying to affix a single label to Dominicans. I’m not trying to say Dominicans are overwhelmingly Black, White, [...]

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Ahhh, another week in New Jersey, another conflict.
This time, both me and my sister decided to stay home because of different obligations.
It was my Uncle’s 60th Birthday out in Piscataway. My mom and dad attended the festivities.
My father told me that he was conversing with my mom’s brother and a random lady there. I [...]

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Today, I decided to invite one of my close friends, who is a NYC teacher to take on this interesting NPR Article.
I felt there was no better person to reach out to than him. Why? Because he’s been teaching and dealing with Dominican kids and parents for close to 4 years now.
I [...]

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