Lezli and her ON THE YARD co-host Zuri Levene Harvell; Spelman College ‘21, chat with two Afro-Latina students, Maya Machado; Spelman College ‘21 and Zula Oliveira; Clark Atlanta University ‘23. They explore being held to a mestiza and European beauty esthetic, people not assuming they are not Latina because they are Black, being affirmed by Amara La Negra, the lightening and whitening of Reggaeton and the people forgetting it’s Afro-Panamanian roots
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Podcast Team = Lezli Levene Harvell (Host & Executive Producer) /Zuri Levene Harvell (Co-Host) / Justin Bates (Sound Engineer)
I, Too, Am Latina Teaser – Lezli and her ON THE YARD co-host Zuri Levene Harvell; Spelman College ’21, chat with two Afro-Latina students, Maya Machado; Spel…