One step in stopping the erasure of Black Latinidad is to remember that enslaved Africans (ancestors to Afro Latinos) were here about century prior to 1619.
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1619 is a date that follows only the establishment of British colonies and their role in kidnapping and enslaving Black peoples.
But African and Afro descendants have been on this land much longer. And this is the kind of Monday I’m having. Thank you.