Like AnneMarie’s biracial identity many biracial Chicanos are overlooked and are told “you’re not chicana/o enough nor black enough.” The stigma of being biracial and pressuring biracial people to choose between cultures is unfair they should be able to love and embrace both cultures without any repercussions. The following research will highlight the importance of the what it means to identify as Afro-Chicana/os,Afro-latin@,Afro-Chican@, and Blaxican along with their struggles, and their shaped identity.
What do the terms Afro-chican@, Afro-Latina/os and Blaxican mean, and who identifies with these terms are individuals “who trace their roots to Africa and Latin America; although their physical characteristics are similar to those of African descent, their ethnic backgrounds Differ” (Vargas, Kuhl). In the United States a quarter of individuals view themselves as afro-latina/os those numbers are rising as racially mixed couples are becoming more common today. Starting off with the identity of what it means to be Blaxican, Rebecca Romo conducted a study on being blaxican in California. Romo states that someone who identifies with blaxican is “born of one Mexican/Chicana/o parent and one African American/Black parent” Blaxican self-identified individuals described that sometimes the discrimination came from family. In Romo’s study 22 year old Gaby had her named changed because her grandmother convinced her mother to change it to Gaby Rose instead of Gabriella Rosa Marina. Her grandmother’s
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