there was my world that i grew up in, also, spanish speaking, home, cuban parents. and then, you go out to the world, and then, i m speaking english. and i am in the bronx. south bronx, having a great time. that s right. and then, going into this industry, as an actress. and nobody recognizes you as either one. there was no place for me, as a latina. and then, as a black woman, i just didn t identify as a black woman, because for me, it was cultural. right. because of course, i m a black woman, i m also cuban. when you are here in the united states, and they ask you to be in a box, and you don t fit into the box, culturally, it was different. it was not one that i identified with. but to work, to survive, it was something that i had to learn. to then learn to be whatever, lack, was.
one day at a time, i remember going, latina, and this is coming. and, the future president, he s coming? it was like, this is the moment! we ve been waiting for this moment. and gloria started that. every fellow was cuban on pbs. everybody was cuban on tv! but, i really feel like it was an exciting moment that then, and promoting my new show with love, all of those were gone. yeah. the pendulum swung back. i feel like we really have to be so loud in this moment, because i think that what is happening, that is beautiful, this cultural correction. people know that stuff has been bad. now, they are understanding, oh, i guess racism still exists. i think we were in this, really, we were like overwhelm this president. and then, we realized, oh, they just kind of ducked again. and then we get really loud. so, we need to confront that,
can tell me a lot about. julissa arce. it julissa is incredible. she is an author, activist, she came from wall street, and decided to end that career to dedicate herself to activism. she was undocumented. she was for a very long time. and her book. her new book, you sound like a white girl. this is the idea of learning to love yourself, and finding out who you really are. and then, we have monica ramirez. monica is she is [speaking spanish] that is what she is. she is our version of what s activists can look like. and also, janel martinez, indigenous after latina. and she has a website called, i m a latina. imagine, navigating both indigenous mexicans, it s probably gonna be the same struggle that you feel. but then, on top of that, you are latina. and then, you are after latina. and you are indigenous. then, you have me, who will be
and i feel like i could switch all the time. my coat switches, i m from the inner city of chicago. my coat switches to that inner city self, to like, okay, the hollywood thing in the boxes that they love to put us in hollywood. but you re talking about what is prevalent in the latino community too. the fact that after latina, it s not, you know, accepted or it s not talked about. it is interesting for me to hear that because when i looked to media, outside of like, my home for representation it was women like you, very few on screens, which was an african american television market, where i cook them piece together like, oh my goodness! torres is her last name. wow! growing up in the bronx, many of us are, you know, black and brown. i just couldn t be that, you know? i hope that at some point, we can have, like, unpack why is