Review

This week has been good. I was exploring various videos and graphics from this past week and I one video that Professor Laura Gibbs shared for the class caught my eye. The video features Elizabeth Acevedo called, "Afro Latina." I can semi-relate to this video when she talks about her experience through her spoken word. I say semi-relate because as an male I do not fully understand the issues she as an Afro-Latina has faced. Watching her video makes me want to learn more about my heritage. My mother is an immigrant from Mexico and my father is a black American. When my mother married a black man, my family from Mexico looked down upon my father just because of the color of his skin. My mother also faced issues involving her accent. My mothers first language is Spanish and her English is excellent. Although she sometimes struggles with some words in English she can speak fluently. However, she has told me people sometimes still look and act down upon her because they hear her accent. There are still plenty of problems when it involves skin tone and how people with darker skin tones are viewed. I thought the video brought light to the problems people still face and the self-hate that can arise from society's standards of how people should be viewed and what is more acceptable.

I choose this picture that Professor Gibbs shared because there are women of different backgrounds who have overcome challenges and become the successes they are today. Plus Alicia Keys and Michelle Obama are amazing in my opinion. Source: Twitter