Civil Rights Movement Marches on in Mexico
September 17, 2009 by blackgirlgrown
Filed under engage, international, race
Time Magazine posted an article outlining the plight of Afro-Mexicans. Time writes:
Mirroring Mexico’s history itself, most of Yanga’s Afro-Mexican population has been pushed to neighboring rural villages that are notable primarily for their deep poverty and the strikingly dark skin of their inhabitants. Mexico’s independence from Spain and new focus on building a national identity [...]
(Afro) Hispanic Heritage Month
September 15, 2009 by blackgirlgrown
Filed under engage, international, travel and culture
No, Black History Month has not been moved. It’s still in February.
September 15th – October 15th celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month.
Why should this be of interest to African Americans? Because the African diaspora spreads throughout the Western Hemisphere from the Canada to Chile. We just got dropped off at different slave ports throughout the hemisphere. Afro-Latinos [...]


