Eight minute preview of the two-hour Negro: A Docu-series about Latino Identity- Edition 1 DVD.
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Here is a list of the top ten most viewed video shorts in the series. Click on the title to go to the video.
1) Pelo Malo: Pt. 1 -For rental only
The implications and dynamics of ‘pelo malo’ or bad hair and good hair are examined by women and men from all over the Americas and Africa. What do these terms mean? How are they interpreted and ultimately what attitudes do they reflect?
2) Negro: How Afro-Americans Found Out About AfroLatinos -For rental only
Three Afro-Americans tell their stories of discovering the vastness of the African Diaspora. One Afro-Colombian talks about wrong assumptions made by Afro-Americans.
3) Negro: Examining Color in Latin America -For rental only
Color and African descendant identity is examined in Latin America. How are color and ‘race’ viewed in Latin America? What connections do Afrodescendants in Latin America share with Afrodescendants in the U.S.? Latinos and Afro-Americans share their stories.
4) Negro: Colorism and “Mejorando La Raza”
Internalized racism, color preference, class whitening and “bettering the race” are discussed. How do these mentalities translate into social norms and treatment?
Dominican-American, Larissa Vasquez talks about growing up with a color complex, recounting a doll story that made color preference blatant at a very young age.
Born to Panamanian and Costa Rican parents, New Yorker, Aisha talks about “playing the middle” when it came to Latino and Black Identity. Growing up in Brooklyn, NY among all Caribbean friends, she never separated the two identities although others did.
7) Negro: Mejorando La Raza and Sex Tourism in Utila, Honduras
Marta talks about the attitudes of “bettering the race” among residents of the Bay Island of Utila in Honduras. Sex tourism and black men seeking white women and vice-versa is also discussed.
8) Negro: Finding Identity- Melissa
Melissa is a first generation American expat living in Colombia. She talks about growing up as a child of immigrants,perceptions imposed on her by others growing up as a “U.S. Latina” and what being Colombian in the United States means.
9) Immigration and Assimilation Among African-descendants -For rental only
Women of African descent from Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa discuss the complexities of immigration, assimilation, race and ethnicity, and their relationship with the Black American community.
Dash asks people on the street to identify Latinos based on physical appearance. Do stereotypes guide people’s perception of a certain “look” of Latino ethnicity?
(Just because it’s my favorite number)
11) Negro: Media Portrayals and Beauty Standards in the Americas Pt. 1
A multi-part discussion. Women from Latin America, the Caribbean, the U.S. and Africa discuss beauty, body image and media in the Americas.
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I threw in a key words and phrases list used in the video, such as ‘gente de color’, ‘bozales’, ‘quilombo’ and others, for those who are compelled for further research.
RT: 120 min
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NEGRO: An AfroPeruvian Perspective on ‘Django Unchained and Peruvian Media
AfroPeruvian activist, Rocio Munoz describes racist imagery in Peruvian media and her reaction to ‘Django Unchained.’ Music by ‘El Menor.’
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TONIGHT: Garifuna in Peril @ 6:30pm Cowin- Teacher’s College shown with Negro: Media Imagery and Thoughts on Sammy Sosa
TOMORROW: La Playa DC @ 8:30 Chapel – Teachers College shown with Negro- FInding Identity: The Criados with Q &A
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Negro: Finding Identity- The Criados
Father, daughter self identified ‘zambos’, Afro-Peruvians, or Black Peruvians, Roberto and Alicia talk about their identity and and how others perceive them in the U.S. and in Peru.
‘Zambo’ is used to identify individuals in the Americas who are of African and indigenous ancestry. ‘Sambo’ is the analogous English term and considered a slur.
Source youtu.be
Negro: Finding Identity- Melissa
Melissa talks about growing up as a Colombian-American ‘child of immigrants’ who refused to assimilate. She now lives in Cali, Colombia after being raised in New York. Some of her family accused her of ‘acting white’ or ‘better than.’
When people hear her father is from Cali they say “Oh so you can dance!” (Cali is known as the salsa capital of the world) when they hear her mother is from Buenaventura they say “OH! You can REALLY dance AND you can cook! because Black women know how to cook really well or something.” Buenaventura is on the coast and majority African-descended.
Befittingly, I met Melissa at Tin Tin Deo, a salsa venue in Cali, Colombia and we connected via another traveler who introduced us New Yorkers. Melissa and her friend Carolina are both ex-New Yorkers and warmly welcomed me.
Source youtube.com
