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We are black too

Writer's picture: Sandra MosqueraSandra Mosquera

Updated: Oct 23, 2020

My friend Judith (afro Venezuelan) called to ask me if I thought it was right that her restaurant got excluded from Philly black restaurants week. When they heard her accent they told her she could only be in the Hispanic restaurant week šŸ¤¦šŸ¾ā€ā™€ļø. (They accepted other nationalities restaurants)


ā€œI call you because you are a black Latina and you understand how aggravating this is,ā€ she said. I understand her pain šŸ˜¢


I said, Judith write them back and explain that black is your race and Hispanic is your ethnicity, that your ancestors were slaves, that they fought to get your civil rights in Venezuela just like all the other black people in the Americas, and that they canā€™t deny your blackness only because they are ignorant.šŸ˜”


I wish people knew black history beyond their own country so that we could unite and advance our goals as one people.



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Nosotros tambiƩn somos negros.

Mi amiga Judith (afro-venezolana) me llamĆ³ para preguntarme si me parecĆ­a correcto que su restaurante fuera excluido de la semana de los restaurantes afros de Filadelfia. Los organizadores le dijeron que solo podĆ­a participar en la semana de los restaurantes hispanos, cuando escucharon su acento šŸ¤¦šŸ¾ā€ā™€ļø. (Aceptaron restaurantes de otras nacionalidades)

"Te llamo porque tu tambiĆ©n eres afrolatina y entiendes lo frustrante que es oĆ­r esto", me dijo. Ā”Comparto su sentir! šŸ˜¢

Le dije, Judith escrĆ­beles y explĆ­cales que tu raza es negra y que tu etnia es hispana, que tus ancestros fueron esclavos, que lucharon por tus derechos civiles en Venezuela como todos los demĆ”s negros de AmĆ©rica, y que no pueden negar tu negrura sĆ³lo porque son ignorantes. šŸ˜”

Como me gustarƭa que la gente conociera la historia de los negros mƔs allƔ de su propio paƭs para poder unirnos y avanzar en nuestros objetivos como un solo pueblo.

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