THE PRESENCE OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY might be one of the main reasons millions of tourists flock to Mexico each year. Ancient architecture, food, spiritual rituals, colorful textiles, traditional medicine — these are only some of expressions we can learn about from the Mayas, Zapotecs, Tarahumaras, Nahuas and other indigenous communities who currently reside in Mexican […]
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4 Afro-Dominican Models Are the Cover Stars of Vogue Latin America’s September Issue | Remezcla
Yara Simón, Remezcla [dropcap]The[/dropcap] covers of magazines, particularly within our communities, fail to make room for Latin American (or Latina) women of African descent. When People en Español released its 2019 cover, many celebrated that Yalitza Aparicio, an Indigenous woman, was on the cover, but they were also critical of the fact that none of […]
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Tessa Thompson On Her Panamanian Grandmother & the Lack of Afro-Latino Stories in Hollywood | Remezcla
Carmen Phillips, Remezcla TAYLOR JEWELL/INVISION/AP/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK, Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] Nia DaCosta’s Little Woods, opening this weekend, Tessa Thompson plays Ollie, a woman trying to survive the last few days of her probation after getting caught illegally selling prescription pills in a rural North Dakota town on the Canadian border. When Ollie’s younger sister, Deb (Lily James), […]
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