"What's really kicking your 🍑 right now is the difference between ancestry and lived experience. Are you racialized?" How does society perceive you?

Paraphrasing the words of @InADash. More people need to listen to her & other Afro-Latinx ppl in convos about Latinx issues. 1/3
She describes how *if* she were confused about her race, all she would have to do in Panama is walk to a lobby before being called "Negra" or a term suggesting Blackness.

We also know anti-Blackness & colorism are SO prevalent in Latin American countries and the US. 2/3
She mentions that many [Black] people do not grapple with their race because society makes it pretty clear who we are. For one to struggle about race or be unsure how you are perceived, it sort of inherently points at (white) privilege, which should be reflected on. 3/3
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