https://simplecast.com Caras Lindas “Caras Lindas” means beautiful faces in Spanish. It’s a popular Afro Latino song describing all the beautiful faces in Latin America. On Caras Lindas, hosts Manuel Mendez and Gyselle Garcia explore the intersection of blackness in Latinx communities by shedding light on the neglected and untold stories of Afro-Latinx people. 2020 Caras Lindas en Mon, 29 Nov 2021 05:00:00 +0000 Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:24:58 +0000 https://caraslindas.simplecast.com Caras Lindas https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/5444804e-a042-4741-8877-2ca1704d1875/67219d6b-6255-4d90-a7bb-3325fa71965d/3000x3000/caraslindas-cover-art.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://caraslindas.simplecast.com episodic “Caras Lindas” means beautiful faces in Spanish. It’s a popular Afro Latino song describing all the beautiful faces in Latin America. On Caras Lindas, hosts Manuel Mendez and Gyselle Garcia explore the intersection of blackness in Latinx communities by shedding light on the neglected and untold stories of Afro-Latinx people. Manuel Mendez, Gyselle Garcia yes https://feeds.simplecast.com/XNj58Zst afro latinx, caras lindas, community, history, latin america, manuel mendez, washington dc, black latinx Manuel Mendez melazaqueama@gmail.com f8c419f0-fe16-4e71-bb06-e286daaf1e0c Journey Mom: Natasha Rodriguez Notes and References 

Articles:

Community And Belonging: Bridging The Americas 
http://cdi.anacostia.si.edu/2015/04/21/community-and-belonging-bridging-the-americas/

Majority of Latinos say Skin Color Impacts Opportunity in America and Shapes Daily Life
https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2021/11/04/majority-of-latinos-say-skin-color-impacts-opportunity-in-america-and-shapes-daily-life/

Latinidad Through an African American Lens 
https://www.blacklatinasknow.org/post/latinidad-through-an-african-american-lens

Enter The Post Panamax World 
http://cdi.anacostia.si.edu/2016/06/29/enter-the-post-panamax-world/

Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum Exhibition Examines Connections between Metro DC Panamanians and Panama https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/smithsonian-s-anacostia-community-museum-exhibition-examines-connections-between-metro-dc-p

Latinos find that darker skin hurts their chances of getting ahead
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/04/1052593455/latinos-darker-skin-colorism-discrimination

Skin-Color Prejudice and Within-Group Racial Discrimination: Historical and Current Impact on Latino/a Population https://www.utep.edu/liberalarts/george-floyd/Skin-Color-Prejudice.pdf

The Spectacle of Latinx Colorism 
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/opinion/latino-racism-colorism-latinx.html

Journey Mom articles:

My Hair Speaks Volumes 
https://journeymom.com/f/my-hair-speaks-volumes

Black Boy Mom
https://journeymom.com/f/black-boy-mama

The Middle Child 
https://journeymom.com/f/the-middle-child

Books: 

Curtis, Ariana Alyce. 2018. "Identity as Profession: on Becoming an African American Panamanian Afro-Latina Anthropologist Curator." in Pan African Spaces: Essays on Black Transnationalism, edited by Clark, Msia Kibona, Mnyandu, Phiwokuhle, and Azalia, Loy L., 259-270. Lexington Books.

Gibbings, Julie A. Review of Blacks and Blackness in Central America: Between race and place ed. by Lowell Gudmundson and Justin Wolfe, and: Labor and Love in Guatemala: The eve of independence, by Catherine Komisaruk. Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, vol. 15 no. 2, 2014. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/cch.2014.0025.

Oral History:

Arturo Griffiths 
History of First Latin American Festival on the Mall: 1989-1990
http://hdl.handle.net/1961/dcplislandora:297084

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2021 05:00:00 +0000 melazaqueama@gmail.com (Manuel Mendez) https://caraslindas.simplecast.com/episodes/journey-mom-natasha-rodriguez-fJX0yILp Notes and References 

Articles:

Community And Belonging: Bridging The Americas 
http://cdi.anacostia.si.edu/2015/04/21/community-and-belonging-bridging-the-americas/

Majority of Latinos say Skin Color Impacts Opportunity in America and Shapes Daily Life
https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2021/11/04/majority-of-latinos-say-skin-color-impacts-opportunity-in-america-and-shapes-daily-life/

Latinidad Through an African American Lens 
https://www.blacklatinasknow.org/post/latinidad-through-an-african-american-lens

Enter The Post Panamax World 
http://cdi.anacostia.si.edu/2016/06/29/enter-the-post-panamax-world/

Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum Exhibition Examines Connections between Metro DC Panamanians and Panama https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/smithsonian-s-anacostia-community-museum-exhibition-examines-connections-between-metro-dc-p

Latinos find that darker skin hurts their chances of getting ahead
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/04/1052593455/latinos-darker-skin-colorism-discrimination

Skin-Color Prejudice and Within-Group Racial Discrimination: Historical and Current Impact on Latino/a Population https://www.utep.edu/liberalarts/george-floyd/Skin-Color-Prejudice.pdf

The Spectacle of Latinx Colorism 
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/opinion/latino-racism-colorism-latinx.html

Journey Mom articles:

My Hair Speaks Volumes 
https://journeymom.com/f/my-hair-speaks-volumes

Black Boy Mom
https://journeymom.com/f/black-boy-mama

The Middle Child 
https://journeymom.com/f/the-middle-child

Books: 

Curtis, Ariana Alyce. 2018. "Identity as Profession: on Becoming an African American Panamanian Afro-Latina Anthropologist Curator." in Pan African Spaces: Essays on Black Transnationalism, edited by Clark, Msia Kibona, Mnyandu, Phiwokuhle, and Azalia, Loy L., 259-270. Lexington Books.

Gibbings, Julie A. Review of Blacks and Blackness in Central America: Between race and place ed. by Lowell Gudmundson and Justin Wolfe, and: Labor and Love in Guatemala: The eve of independence, by Catherine Komisaruk. Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, vol. 15 no. 2, 2014. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/cch.2014.0025.

Oral History:

Arturo Griffiths 
History of First Latin American Festival on the Mall: 1989-1990
http://hdl.handle.net/1961/dcplislandora:297084

]]> Journey Mom: Natasha Rodriguez Manuel Mendez 00:40:35 This week, we discuss global blackness, Panama and meaning of what Afrolatinidad means with Natasha Rodriguez. Natasha is a mother, travel addict, educator, DEI advocate, and storyteller. She was born and raised in Washington, DC, yet identifies as a global citizen. Growing up in an immigrant household, Natasha realized at a young age how big the world was after traveling to her family’s native country, Panama, at the age of seven. Being raised in a multicultural home shaped her identity over the years, indirectly shaping her life’s work in diversity. This week, we discuss global blackness, Panama and meaning of what Afrolatinidad means with Natasha Rodriguez. Natasha is a mother, travel addict, educator, DEI advocate, and storyteller. She was born and raised in Washington, DC, yet identifies as a global citizen. Growing up in an immigrant household, Natasha realized at a young age how big the world was after traveling to her family’s native country, Panama, at the age of seven. Being raised in a multicultural home shaped her identity over the years, indirectly shaping her life’s work in diversity. afro descendants, colorism, family ancestry, afrolatinx, journey mom, black panameñas, black boy mom, traveling no full 1 2 b5afa73e-7162-4095-bcb0-9bfa2aae7268 Nuestra Maestra: Maria Rodriguez Sat, 14 Mar 2020 13:35:23 +0000 melazaqueama@gmail.com (Manuel Mendez) https://caraslindas.simplecast.com/episodes/nuestra-maestra-maria-rodriguez-FcqY9PAX Nuestra Maestra: Maria Rodriguez Manuel Mendez 00:41:15 This week, we discus Jean Marie Butler, 72, a classical and jazz piano teacher who performed as Maria Rodriguez with Latin groups in Washington, DC with Pepe Gonzalez . Pepe started his music career playing the electric bass in his late teens, when he formed one of the first integrated bands (between African-Americans and Hispanics) in the Washington, DC area. The band, ZAPATA, opened for many great bands such as Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Ramsey Lewis, Weather Report, Rashan Roland Kirk, Sly and the Family Stone, and the Isley Brothers. In celebration of Women's History Month we honor Maria Rodriguez. She was a arranger, accompanist and composer, working with groups that included La Jazz and Maria Rodriguez Y Sus Magnificos. Maria Rodriguez performed for the Charlin Jazz Society and at D.C. Jazz Festivals, Blues Alley, a Smithsonian conference on Afro-Latin music and other places. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. This week, we discus Jean Marie Butler, 72, a classical and jazz piano teacher who performed as Maria Rodriguez with Latin groups in Washington, DC with Pepe Gonzalez . Pepe started his music career playing the electric bass in his late teens, when he formed one of the first integrated bands (between African-Americans and Hispanics) in the Washington, DC area. The band, ZAPATA, opened for many great bands such as Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Ramsey Lewis, Weather Report, Rashan Roland Kirk, Sly and the Family Stone, and the Isley Brothers. In celebration of Women's History Month we honor Maria Rodriguez. She was a arranger, accompanist and composer, working with groups that included La Jazz and Maria Rodriguez Y Sus Magnificos. Maria Rodriguez performed for the Charlin Jazz Society and at D.C. Jazz Festivals, Blues Alley, a Smithsonian conference on Afro-Latin music and other places. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. yes full 9 1 6bffd200-76bd-4e61-a672-922fc8a7307a The Young Lords: A Radical History Fri, 6 Mar 2020 21:50:23 +0000 melazaqueama@gmail.com (Manuel Mendez) https://caraslindas.simplecast.com/episodes/the-young-lords-a-radical-history-b2Xzx2Py The Young Lords: A Radical History Manuel Mendez 00:48:21 Today we talk with Dr. Johanna Fernandez the author of The Young Lords: A Radical History (UNC Press, February 2020), a history of the Puerto Rican counterpart of the Black Panther Party. She teaches 20th Century U.S. history and the history of social movements in the Department of History at Baruch College (CUNY). Episode track: "Abrecamino" by Leo Rua. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. Today we talk with Dr. Johanna Fernandez the author of The Young Lords: A Radical History (UNC Press, February 2020), a history of the Puerto Rican counterpart of the Black Panther Party. She teaches 20th Century U.S. history and the history of social movements in the Department of History at Baruch College (CUNY). Episode track: "Abrecamino" by Leo Rua. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. yes full 8 1 66aeac29-d4ef-4905-8d37-ecb1b7e02b73 Nuestra Luchita! Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:07:27 +0000 melazaqueama@gmail.com (Manuel Mendez) https://caraslindas.simplecast.com/episodes/nuestra-luchita-HG4yhTlL Nuestra Luchita! Manuel Mendez 00:45:04 La Luchita means “the hustle.” When asking a Cuban about their day it’s common to hear “aquí, en la luchita” (here, in the hustle). Calling this project "La Luchita" is a way of honoring organizers and their hustle to build a better world for all.Marley Pulido is an Afro-Habanero based in the D.C. area. He has organized programming and logistics for over 20 trips to Cuba including a Congressional Delegation. He’s in a struggle to decolonize himself through Afro-Cuban traditional knowledge. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. La Luchita means “the hustle.” When asking a Cuban about their day it’s common to hear “aquí, en la luchita” (here, in the hustle). Calling this project "La Luchita" is a way of honoring organizers and their hustle to build a better world for all.Marley Pulido is an Afro-Habanero based in the D.C. area. He has organized programming and logistics for over 20 trips to Cuba including a Congressional Delegation. He’s in a struggle to decolonize himself through Afro-Cuban traditional knowledge. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. yes full 7 1 b04693bc-96cc-4090-9cad-342521ede084 Our bridge to build Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:12:14 +0000 melazaqueama@gmail.com (Manuel Mendez) https://caraslindas.simplecast.com/episodes/our-bridge-to-build-7Rju8PcP Our bridge to build Manuel Mendez 00:44:32 This week we speak with Itzbeth Menjívar founder of BridgePeople LLC, a consulting firm that helps strengthen leadership teams through cultural competencies and dialogue. Originally from Panamá, Itzbeth has been building bridges through dialogue and human connection with people for over 20 years. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. This week we speak with Itzbeth Menjívar founder of BridgePeople LLC, a consulting firm that helps strengthen leadership teams through cultural competencies and dialogue. Originally from Panamá, Itzbeth has been building bridges through dialogue and human connection with people for over 20 years. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. yes full 6 1 b95b9735-42de-4cc3-8b33-e388eb817958 Amor Negrxs Sun, 16 Feb 2020 20:33:15 +0000 melazaqueama@gmail.com (Manuel Mendez) https://caraslindas.simplecast.com/episodes/amor-negrxs-Ac8lui6J Amor Negrxs Manuel Mendez 00:44:35 “Love is profoundly political. Our deepest revolution will come when we understand this truth.” bell hooks, Salvation: Black People and Love On this week’s show, we dive deep in what Black love means to us. What important challenges we face and how it impacts the African Diaspora? What is Amor Negrxs? This week we speak with Rosalyn Lake an AfroDominica, a Taekwondo champion, a scholar and an educator. We discuss our love for an African centered approach to positive youth and our activism in the African Diaspora. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. “Love is profoundly political. Our deepest revolution will come when we understand this truth.” bell hooks, Salvation: Black People and Love On this week’s show, we dive deep in what Black love means to us. What important challenges we face and how it impacts the African Diaspora? What is Amor Negrxs? This week we speak with Rosalyn Lake an AfroDominica, a Taekwondo champion, a scholar and an educator. We discuss our love for an African centered approach to positive youth and our activism in the African Diaspora. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. yes full 5 1 cb31611f-ac9f-4a7e-9e44-2914c8f98bb6 Alma Negra y Hijo Nativo Fri, 7 Feb 2020 22:08:35 +0000 melazaqueama@gmail.com (Manuel Mendez) https://caraslindas.simplecast.com/episodes/alma-negra-y-hijo-nativo-biC796pn Alma Negra y Hijo Nativo Manuel Mendez 00:43:15 In this episode, Hijo Nativo and Alma Negra give their listeners a chance to get to know more about them as they share what their story is. Interviewing each other one on one they will cover the inception of Caras Lindas, the multicultural jungle that is the DMV, hip-hop and reggae, their aliases, the driving force behind their work and what it consists of outside of the Full Service Radio booth. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. In this episode, Hijo Nativo and Alma Negra give their listeners a chance to get to know more about them as they share what their story is. Interviewing each other one on one they will cover the inception of Caras Lindas, the multicultural jungle that is the DMV, hip-hop and reggae, their aliases, the driving force behind their work and what it consists of outside of the Full Service Radio booth. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. yes full 4 1 be331916-01dc-4ec7-a99b-3985fe3114e8 Lengua Viva Fri, 31 Jan 2020 22:07:22 +0000 melazaqueama@gmail.com (Manuel Mendez) https://caraslindas.simplecast.com/episodes/lengua-viva-BLMpRXue Lengua Viva Manuel Mendez 00:39:33 Despite growing up speaking Spanish everyday in a Spanish-speaking household, I didn’t learn to read and write in Spanish until I was 13! When I finally started to learn… it was BAD. I wrote everything phonetically AND with a Cuban accent. Many of us who are dual language learners have this experience of not fixing in your native tongue. This week will speak with Dr. Aisha Z. Cort about her journey with Language and AfroLatinidad. Dr. Aisha Cort is the Afro-Cuban founder of Hey Dr.Cort!, a company focused on bringing language to life via the VIVA LA LENGUA online Spanish courses and cultural immersion language tours to Havana, Cuba, Oaxaca, Mexico and Barcelona, Spain. Additionally, Dr. Cort is a full-time lecturer of Spanish at Howard University in Washington, DC. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. Despite growing up speaking Spanish everyday in a Spanish-speaking household, I didn’t learn to read and write in Spanish until I was 13! When I finally started to learn… it was BAD. I wrote everything phonetically AND with a Cuban accent. Many of us who are dual language learners have this experience of not fixing in your native tongue. This week will speak with Dr. Aisha Z. Cort about her journey with Language and AfroLatinidad. Dr. Aisha Cort is the Afro-Cuban founder of Hey Dr.Cort!, a company focused on bringing language to life via the VIVA LA LENGUA online Spanish courses and cultural immersion language tours to Havana, Cuba, Oaxaca, Mexico and Barcelona, Spain. Additionally, Dr. Cort is a full-time lecturer of Spanish at Howard University in Washington, DC. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. yes full 3 1 8ff57b56-312d-4912-b69c-9f634c6cd560 The Making of "Maestrina da Favela" Fri, 24 Jan 2020 22:11:16 +0000 melazaqueama@gmail.com (Manuel Mendez) https://caraslindas.simplecast.com/episodes/the-making-of-maestrina-da-favela-H1TkzHyx The Making of "Maestrina da Favela" Manuel Mendez 00:44:38 Caras Lindas talks with Falani Afrika, a DC native and independent filmmaker who also enjoys working with the youth as an art educator with Guerilla Arts Inc. Falani’s current project is Maestrina da Favela, a coming-of-age documentary following the life of Afro-Brazilian, female percussionist Elem Silva between the ages of 13-22. Caras Lindas talks with Falani Afrika, a DC native and independent filmmaker who also enjoys working with the youth as an art educator with Guerilla Arts Inc. Falani’s current project is Maestrina da Favela, a coming-of-age documentary following the life of Afro-Brazilian, female percussionist Elem Silva between the ages of 13-22. yes full 2 1 3a271a63-71f2-4bba-ad20-3b2228d79734 Memories of Francisco Rigores Sun, 19 Jan 2020 19:17:31 +0000 melazaqueama@gmail.com (Manuel Mendez) https://caraslindas.simplecast.com/episodes/francisco-rigores-uAYE39Jg Memories of Francisco Rigores Manuel Mendez 00:40:09 This week we remember Legendary Cuban Rumba Singer and Director of the Cuban Folkloric Group “Los Invasores de los 80” (Invaders of the 80s) Francisco Rigores with Luci Murphy. A cultural warrior and internationalist activist D.C. native. Francisco Rigores was considered a local celebrity and master of Afro-Cuban music and dance. Rigores lived in the Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant & the Columbia Heights neighborhoods over the past four decades. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. This week we remember Legendary Cuban Rumba Singer and Director of the Cuban Folkloric Group “Los Invasores de los 80” (Invaders of the 80s) Francisco Rigores with Luci Murphy. A cultural warrior and internationalist activist D.C. native. Francisco Rigores was considered a local celebrity and master of Afro-Cuban music and dance. Rigores lived in the Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant & the Columbia Heights neighborhoods over the past four decades. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. yes full 1 1