Diamante Inc

CULTURAL ACCESS

CULTURAL ACCESS

GENERAL PURPOSE

GENERAL PURPOSE

AFRO-LATINIDAD IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PUBLIC PROGRAM OF EXHIBITION, FILM SCREENINGS AND EXPERT-LED DISCUSSIONS AND EXPLORATION OF WHAT BEING BLACK AND LATINX IN NORTH CAROLINA MEANS. A PEW RESEARCH CENTER SURVEY OF LATINO ADULTS SHOWS THAT ONE-QUARTER OF ALL U.S. LATINOS SELF-IDENTIFY AS AFRO-LATINO, AFRO-CARIBBEAN OR OF AFRICAN DESCENT WITH ROOTS IN LATIN AMERICA. THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS AFRO-LATINO ARE MORE CONCENTRATED ON THE EAST COAST AND IN THE SOUTH THAN OTHER LATINOS. EVEN SO, AFRO-LATINX CULTURE IS A DEEPLY ROOTED IDENTITY AMONG THE LATINX COMMUNITY IT IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED IN CONVERSATION ABOUT THE LATINX IDENTITY AT-LARGE. AFRO-LATINIDAD PUSHES AGAINST THIS BY CREATING A SPACE TO LEARN AND REFLECT ON THE CONTEMPORARY EXPERIENCES AND THE INFLUENCES OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA WITHIN THE LATINX CULTURE. IMPLEMENTATION OF A SIX-PART PUBLIC PROGRAM WILL REPRESENT HUMANITIES DISCIPLINES IN ETHNIC STUDIES, MUSIC, LITERATURE, THEORY OF THE ARTS AMONG OTHERS.