I love photography and sometimes even wish I became a professional photographer (on my spare time). However, there are many other people out there who are good at what they do and know how to tell a story with pictures. One of which I didn't even know was a photographer! Sandra Andino works at Taller Puertorriqueno as the Director of Education. Tomorrow she opens up her own exhibit at her own job entitled: “What it means to be Afro-Latino in Philadelphia: Stories from El Barrio." Some title huh?
This exhibition is a photo-documentary project that will explore the Afro-Latino concept, experience and artistic/cultural expression of Latinos in North Philadelphia based on the creation of a series of portraits of a selected group of participants. The project will represent in photos the presence of Afro-Latinos in Philadelphia and record their experiences and opinions about being Afro-Latinos in the urban Diaspora. The artist will engage in a series of conversations with the participants to dialogue about what it means to be Afro-Latino and how they are represented. Looking forward to the opening reception on Friday, February 11, 2011 at the Lorenzo Homar Gallery (in Taller PR).
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I think you said it clearly (the post above me).
A lot of people are unaware of what "Latino" truly means. Many people use it loosely and incorrectly. As you stated, Latino truly is the people who speak languages that are derived from Latin (the French, Italians, Spanish, Portuguese).
I would be reluctant to call a person from Puerto Rico, Mexico, Peru, Guatemala, etc (insert any colonized country in the New World). We are "Latin" not because of our choosing. We were enslaved and colonized. Latin was thrust upon us through the rape of our mothers and pillaging of our villages.
I think we have an identity crisis on our hands. I do not claim to have a word in replace of Latin (do a little digging and you'll find that just about every Native American group from as far up to Alaska all the way down to the tip of South America had a word for All people from what we now call the Americas, what words like Latin and Hispanic attempt to do.)
I am not suggesting we neglect the European blood that runs through us. However, it is important to acknowledge how it came upon us.
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