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"The daughter of a Dominican mother and an African-American father, Sharee Yveliz grew up feeling neither Latina enough or Black enough. But as she found her place, she began encouraging others to love the skin they’re in. As a result, we have this poignant poem titled “Negra Bella."
*Visit her YouTube page for poem translation
IG @senoritacherryyy
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"In Dominican poet Elizabeth Acevedo‘s “Afro Latina,” she talks about how she gave up Spanish, her first language, after realizing her peers didn’t understand it or her."
IG @acevedowrites
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"Venessa Marco – an Afro Latina of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent – is bold in her poem, titled “Off White.” With this piece, she speaks about what it’s like to be a lighter-skinned Black woman, and how the comments she received were still damaging to her self esteem. “You’re pretty for Black,” she says. “You not Black enough. You better race. You exotic. Wifey material.”
IG @marco_Venessa
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"My Afro comes before Latina."
"Afro-Latina" by Melanie-Luisa Marte
IG @sheismela
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"If Dominican were a color, it would be the sunset in the sky, blazing red and burning bright. If Dominican were a color, it’d be the roar of the ocean in the deep of the night, with the moon beaming down rays of sheer delight.
The palette of the Dominican Republic is exuberant and unlimited. Maiz comes up amarillo, the blue-black of dreams washes over sandy shores, and people’s skin can be the shade of cinnamon in cocoa or of mahogany. This exuberantly colorful, softly rhyming picture book is a gentle reminder that a nation’s hues are as wide as nature itself." ~ Sili Recio
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Es Mi Cultura is published every first Monday of the month by Tamika Burgess.
Tamika is a Afro-Panameña, California based Writer. Learn more about her by visiting TamikaBurgess.com
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