NYC AfroLatino Fest Comes at an Important TimePosted in Articles, Arts, Census/Demographics, Latino Studies, Media Archive, United States on 2016-07-10 01:20Z by Steven |
NYC AfroLatino Fest Comes at an Important Time
Sounds and Colours
2016-07-05
It seems the fourth edition of AfroLatinoFest in New York City comes at a crucial time.
A survey by the Pew Research Center, released in March, points to a disconnect in how some Afro-Latinos living in the United States report their race. It found that while 24 percent of U.S.-based Latinos identify as Afro-Latino, just 18 percent of that group reports its race as “Black.”
According to an article in Colorlines, “when asked directly about their race, only 18% of Afro-Latinos identified their race or one of their races as black. In fact, higher shares of Afro-Latinos identified as white alone or white in combination with another race (39%) or volunteered that their race or one of their races was Hispanic (24%). Only 9% identified as mixed race.”
And so Afro-Latino Fest, taking place from the 8th to the 10th of July, is offering a series of intellectually engaging panels, documentary screenings, and keynote speakers about AfroLatinidad, along with music and food, of course…
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