Subject: Friendly Reminder: AHLN and AAHN Workshop Opportunity
VIRTUAL WORKSHOP OPPORTUNITY
Date: May 7th @ 11:15 – 1:15 p.m.
Please register on TRAIN: Class Registration (link disabled)
Graphic included in Austin, Texas, citywide email advertising a mid-day workshop.
Description: In 2019, after sweeping the categories for Album of the Year and Best Female Hip Hop Artist at the Black Entertainment Television (BET) awards, Belcalis Almánzar, better known as Cardi B, was forced to respond to increasing criticism about her authenticity as a Black woman in the United States. People argued that she should not be eligible for the recognition because she is not Black, maintaining that her use of the Spanish language and her previous claims of Latinidad precluded her from Blackness. In her response, Cardi B attempted to break down the myth of mutual exclusivity between Blackness and Latinidad, by focusing on the differences between race, ethnicity, and national