As the country grapples with its history of racism, Latino activists find themselves in a challenging position: how to be a part of a national conversation that is centered on Black and white Americans. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/politics/latinos-police-racism-black-lives-matter.html?referringSource=articleShare

Latino activists know how systemic racism affects their own lives, in education, housing and wealth. They want others to understand it too. There is no doubt in these protesters’ minds: Their fights against racism are bound up together. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/politics/latinos-police-racism-black-lives-matter.html?referringSource=articleShare

They’re urging Latino communities to confront their own history of anti-Blackness, which has deep + complicated roots throughout Latin America. They’re pushing to explicitly acknowledge & include Afro-Latinos, who make up roughly 25% of Latinos in the US. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/politics/latinos-police-racism-black-lives-matter.html?referringSource=articleShare