For my research paper I’ve decided to write about a topic that is very interesting and real to me. The connection between the Latino community and the Black Lives Matter movement is one that is beneficial to both parties. There are many inequalities that both Black and Latino people have faced because of racial discrimination in America. These include racial profiling, favoring certain students for gifted school programs, and micro aggressions towards the community.
In my essay I analyze how the Latin community is intertwined or related to the Black Lives Matter movement through their struggles and similar fight for freedom. I also discuss the racial discrimination happening within the actual Latino community. This idea of colorism is especially something that needs to be overcome through the BLM movement in order to create a more equal field for all groups. To fight for a bigger struggle one must defeat inner anti-blackness in the Latin community first.
