The frustrating ironies of being Afro-Latina hit Yuly Marshall with stunning regularity: At work at a Miami hospital, Hispanic patients of the Cuban-born radiology technician usually assume she's African American, asking her, "Where did you learn to speak Spanish like that?" and expressing shock--even skepticism--that she's really Latina. Other times, fellow Latinos will disparage African Americans in front of her with phrases like, "What can you expect from negros?" and then turn around and tell her, as if paying her a compliment, "But you're not like that. You're one of us."
Challenges Afro-Latinas Face
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