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>> WELCOME TO "SHADES OF
US," THE SHOW LOOKS AT A
PERSON'S JOURNEY WHEN IT COMES
TO RACE AN SELF IDENTITY.
I'M GISELA SANDERS-ALCANTARA.
ON THIS EPISODE WE WILL FEATURE
TWO VERY BOLD INDIVIDUALS.
ONE AN AFRO-LATINA BLOGGER,
ENTREPRENEUR AND SELF-DESCRIBED
BROADCASTER FOR QUEER PEOPLE
OF COLOR.
GROWING UP IN MEXICO I LEARNED
WE WERE THE MIX OF INDIGENOUS
AND SPANIARDS BUT DIVERSITY WAS
NOT FULLY RECOGNIZED.
WE WERE ASSUMED TO BE A
HOMOGENEOUS GROUP AND WHEN I
CAME TO THE U.S. I WAS A LATINA
A BROWN PERSON AND SAW THE SAME
APPLIED TO ALL LATINAS.
JANEL MARTINEZ LOOKS AT HOW SHE
IS REPRESENTED IN THIS MELTING
POT.
>> THERE'S DEFINITELY
MISCONCEPTIONS AROUND WHAT IT
MEANS TO BE A BLACK LATINA.
FOR ONE, OFTEN PEOPLE SEPARATE
IT LIKE YOU ARE BLACK AND
LATINA.
IT IS LIKE THERE IS NO AND.
IT IS ONE OF THE SAME.
I'M JANEL MARTINEZ.
I'M A NATIVE OF THE BRONX.
BY WAY OF HONDURAS, BY WAY OF
SAINT VINCENT AND TECHNICALLY
BY WAY OF AFRICA.
BOTH OF MY PARENTS ARE
IMMIGRANTS TO THE U.S.
THE BRONX HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON
HOW I IDENTIFY AND OPERATE AS A
PERSON.
IT IS THE HOME OF ONE OF THE
LARGEST GARIFUNA COMMUNITIES
OUTSIDE OF HONDURAS.
TO GIVE A BRIEF HISTORY OF
GARIFUNA PEOPLE, WE WERE EN
ROUTE TO BE ENSLAVED BUT THE
SHIP WRECKED AND WE ENDED UP
IN SAINT VINCENT.
WE WERE THERE MANY YEARS BUT
THROUGH COLONIAL FIGHTING
WE WERE EXILED.
TODAY, WE SEE GARIFUNA
PEOPLE ALONG THE COAST IN
CENTRAL AMERICA, HONDURAS,
GUATAMALA, NICARAGUA, AND
BELIZE.
AND EVEN IN ST. VINCENT.
A LOT OF TIMES YOU COME TO A
PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN OKAYED
BY YOUR PEOPLE.
LIKE KNOWING THIS IS A SAFE
SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO.
FOR A LOT OF GARIFUNA COMMUNITY
IT HAS BEEN THE BRONX.
THERE ARE DISTINCT ASPECTS OF
THE CULTURE.
WE PUT A LOT OF COCONUT IN OUR
FOOD.
THAT IS EVERYTHING FROM THE
SOUPS WITH MACHUCA, KEKE.
ALL OF THESE DISTINCT FOODS AND
THE MUSIC -- THE PUNTA.
ALL THESE DIFFERENT DANCES.
THE LANGUAGE IS A MIXTURE OF
ARAWAK, BLACK CARIB.
A MISCONCEPTION -- ALL THEY
SPEAK IS SPANISH.
THERE ARE TONS OF OTHER
LANGUAGES.
FOR ME GARIFUNA WAS THAT
LANGUAGE MY PARENTS SPOKE TO
EACH OTHER AND EVEN THOUGH I
DON'T SPEAK IT FLUENTLY I
UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THAT WAS JUST
THE MAINLY THE WAY THEY
COMMUNICATED, SAME WITH
GRANDPARENTS.
GROWING UP AS AN AFRO-LATINA IT
IS INTERESTING BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
NECESSARILY HAVE THIS TERM.
BUT THIS UNDERSTANDING THAT WE
WERE BLACK WAS DEFINITELY
EVIDENT IN MY HOUSEHOLD.
MY MOM IS DEFINITELY THE MAIN
PERSON THAT ALWAYS SAID TO ME,
JANEL YOU ARE A BLACK HISPANIC.
I DON'T REFER TO MYSELF AS
HISPANIC BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING
SHE TOLD ME.
THERE WAS NEVER YOU ARE JUST
LATINA.
GIRL, YOU ARE BLACK.
EVEN THOUGH SOMEONE MAY NOT BE
BORN IN HONDURAS BUT THEIR
PARENTS ARE GARIFUNA OR
GRANDPARENTS ARE GARIFUNA, WE
ARE SEEING A DIFFERENCE IN
HOW PEOPLE RESONATE WITH THE
CULTURE.
THAT HAPPENS WITH, I THINK,
LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS TO
THIS COUNTRY, TOO.
HOW DO WE PRESERVE CULTURE IN
A SPACE THAT TELLS YOU TO
ASSIMILATE MOST TIMES?
THAT STILL DOESN'T NEGATE
YOUR CULTURAL LINEAGE.
I DEFINITELY SEE A BIG
RECLAIMING OF GARIFUNA CULTURE
AMONGST MYSELF AND PEERS.
WE ARE LOOKING TO PRESERVE ALL
OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE WE KNOW
THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY IT IS
CONNECTED TO AFRICA SO WE ARE
WRITING IT DOWN BECAUSE A LOT
OF IT IS NOT WRITTEN DOWN.
THE LANGUAGE WASN'T EVEN WRITTEN
DOWN UNTIL 10 YEARS AGO.
A LEVEL OF RECLAIMING THE
CULTURE.
WITHIN VIRTUALLY EVERY LATIN
AMERICAN COUNTRY THERE ARE BLACK
FOLKS BECAUSE IT IS NOT
MONOLITHIC.
BEING A BLACK LATINA ESSENTIALLY
MEANS YOU ARE FROM A LATIN
AMERICAN COUNTRY BUT YOU
ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR AFRICAN ROOTS.
SO THAT IS WHY FOLKS LIKE MYSELF
USE BLACK LATINA AS A
DESCRIPTION BECAUSE IT IS REALLY
ACKNOWLEDGING WE ARE BLACK.
WE ALSO JUST SO HAPPEN TO BE
FROM A LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRY.
I'M A JOURNALIST AND AN
ENTREPRENEUR.
A LOT OF FOLKS KNOW OF MY WORK
THROUGH MY WEBSITE CALLED
"AIN'T I LATINA?"
IT IS A DIGITAL DESTINATION THAT
CELEBRATES AND HIGHLIGHTS
AFRO-LATINAS, BLACK LATINAS,
BLACK WOMEN FROM LATIN
AMERICA OR LATIN AMERICAN
DESCENT.
I WAS WRITING FOR A BUSINESS
PUBLICATION AT THE TIME
SPECIFICALLY TALKING TO
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURS
AND ONE THING I NOTICED A LOT OF
THEM WERE LIKE ALL WE ARE DOING
IS SOLVING A PROBLEM.
IN MY MIND I'M INTERVIEWING
THESE AMAZING ENTREPRENEURS AND
I KNOW OF A TON OF LIKE PROBLEMS
THAT I FEEL LIKE I COULD SOLVE
AND BEING SOMEONE THAT GREW UP
FLIPPING THROUGH MAGAZINES LIKE
ESSENCE, EBONY, JET, LATINA,
WATCHING A LOT OF TV.
I REALLY WANTED TO SEE MY
COMPLETE SELF BECAUSE I SAW
PARTS OF MYSELF BUT WHEN I FLIP
TO LATINA I SEE SOMEONE THAT
MAY SHARE MY LAST NAME OR
SOMEONE FROM LATIN AMERICA,
BUT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ME.
WHEN I WAS WRITING ABOUT
ENTREPRENEURSHIP IT WAS MY SIGN
TO START A WEBSITE AND I THOUGHT
A FEW OF FRIENDS OR LIKE COUSINS
WOULD REALLY ENJOY SO OK I WILL
JUST PRESS SEND OR LAUNCH
ON THIS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
WHAT I REALIZED IS PEOPLE
FOLLOWING US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
LEAVING COMMENTS AND WE ARE
REALLY JUST LIKE, WOW, THANK YOU
FOR SHARING YOUR STORY BUT ALSO
A BIG PART OF IT IS SHARING THE
BLACK LATINA NARRATIVE.
THERE ARE PROFILES THAT WE HAVE
RUN ON FOLKS THAT IDENTIFY AS
STRAIGHT, QUEER, DIFFERENT
SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS.
IT IS REALLY ABOUT FINDING THE
SPACE THAT'S FOR YOU.
A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF MY
AUDIENCE ARE SELF-IDENTIFIED AS
BLACK LATINAS.
MANY OF THEM ARE BETWEEN AGES OF
25 AND 34.
I KNOW THIS BECAUSE OF
ANALYTICS, WHICH IS AWESOME.
A MAJORITY OF THEM IN NEW YORK
CITY.
>> YOU ARE HERE WATCHING THE
2018 AFRO-LATINA FESTIVAL OF NEW
YORK.
STAY TUNED FOR SEVERAL
INTERVIEWS WE HAVE COMING.
>> IN TERMS OF KIND OF BEING A
VOICE IN REGARD TO IDENTITY AND
CREATING MY WEBSITE IS SOMETHING
THAT EVEN FOUR YEARS IN I'M
GETTING USED TO.
I LOVE CREATING SAFE SPACES FOR
BLACK WOMEN OF
LATIN AMERICAN DESCENT AND
BLACK WOMEN AS A WHOLE.
BUT WE NEED TO SHOWCASE THE
IMPORTANCE OF HAVING
ALLYSHIP WITH OTHERS WHO
ARE NOT NECESSARILY
SELF-IDENTIFIED THAT SAME WAY AS
LONG AS THEY GET IT.
AFRO-LATINAS, LATINA, ALL THESE
TERMS ARE THE PRODUCT OF
COLONIZATION.
IT WAS DESIGNED TO CREATE THIS
SEPARATIST IDEA BUT THIS IS ALSO
WHY THERE IS A MOVEMENT AND
PEOPLE THAT USE THE TERM AFRO
DESCENDANTS.
SO IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN --
YOU ARE OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA.
AND A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS I'M
INVOLVED IN I HAD TO ANALYZE THE
TERMINOLOGY THAT I USE.
I DO IDENTIFY AS AFRO-LATINA OR
BLACK LATINA BUT BECAUSE OF SOME
NEWER CONVERSATIONS AND FURTHER
REALIZATION OF THINGS I ALSO
IDENTIFY AS NEGRA.
THERE IS DEFINITELY A
GENERATIONAL ELEMENT TO THE
CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING.
IT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT I FEEL
LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS ARE NOT NEW.
SO THE DIGITAL SPACE HAS
HEIGHTENED THE VISIBILITY OF THE
CONVERSATION.
THERE WAS NO INTERNET, THERE WAS
NO SOCIAL MEDIA.
THE WAY IN WHICH INFORMATION WAS
TRANSFERRED WAS FAR DIFFERENT.
THE CONSTANT EVOLUTION OF
TECHNOLOGY HAS REALLY HEIGHTEN
THE VISIBILITY OF THE
CONVERSATION, SO SOMETIMES
PEOPLE ARE OBLIVIOUS TO IT
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T AFFECT THEIR
LIVES SO THEY DON'T FOCUS ON IT.
AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE COME INTO
CONTACT WITH SOMEONE THAT WAS A
BLACK LATINA WHETHER YOU KNEW IT
OR NOT.
SO THE TERM IS NOT NEW, THE
EXPERIENCE IS DEFINITELY NOT
NEW.
OUR HISTORY TELLS US IT IS NOT
NEW BECAUSE WE KNOW THE
TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE AND
MAJORITY OF SLAVES WERE BROUGHT
TO LATIN AMERICA AND
TO THE CARIBBEAN SO ALL OF THIS
IS NOT NEW, BUT THE WAY IT IS
DISSEMINATED AND SHARED AND
DISCUSSED IS FAR MORE PUBLIC
THAN IT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY.
I THINK THAT IS REALLY LIKE
WHAT HAS BROUGHT
THE CONVERSATION TO THE POINT IT
IS TODAY.
IF WE DON'T KNOW OUR HISTORY
AND WE ARE GOING BASED OFF WHAT
IS SHARED VIA HASH TAG -- THAT
IS NOT GOING TO FARE TOO WELL.
IT IS IMPORTANT BUT WE CAN'T
NEGATE THE HISTORY OF THE
MOVEMENT AS WELL.
WHEN IT COMES TO IDENTITY, I
WOULD VIEW IT AS A GROUP
ENDEAVOR.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT
INFORM YOUR IDENTITY.
THAT WAS DEFINITELY THE
EMBODIMENT OF A LOT OF WOMEN
BEFORE ME.
WHEN I'M SPEAKING TO WHAT I'M
SEEING IN TERMS OF VISIBILITY
AMONGST BLACK LATINAS AND TO BE
HONEST LIKE BLACK LATINA FOLKS
ACROSS THE BOARD IS THE LACK OF
VISIBILITY WHICH ESSENTIALLY YOU
ARE ERASING US FROM THE CULTURE.
>> THIS CONFIRMS WHAT I
HAVE BEEN LEARNING.
WE LATINAS HAVE DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS.
AS I LOOK AROUND THE WORLD I
RECOGNIZE THAT TREND THAT I'M
PART OF WHERE WE VENTURE INTO
PROJECT OF HAVING A MIXED RACE
FAMILY TRYING TO NEGOTIATE WITH
DIFFERENT VALUES, BELIEFS AND
TRADITIONS.
MAKING US UNIQUE LIKE JOHNATHAN
GIBBS,
A DIGITAL GROUNDBREAKER WHO USE
HIS PODCAST TO REACH QUEER
AND MULTIRACIAL COMMUNITIES.
>> THERE ARE PEOPLE IN
THE WORLD WHO EXIST WHERE YOU
CAN SEE MAYBE THEY ARE QUEER
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY PRESENT
THEMSELVES, DRESS, APPEAR TO
THE EYE OF "NORMAL" SOCIETY
BUT FOR ME AS YOU CAN SEE I
DON'T KEEP MYSELF
STEREOTYPICALLY UP
TO THE STANDARD OF WHAT GAYS
HAVE BEEN PRESENTED.
YOU WILL DEFINITELY SEE I'M
BLACK FIRST.
MY NAME IS JOHNATHAN GIBBS AND
I'M BLACK AND FILIPINO OR
BLASIAN.
TO BE BLACK AND ASIAN,
AS I THOUGHT ABOUT IT OVER THE
YEARS AND I HAVE BEEN THINKING A
LONG TIME NOW, IT JUST MEANS
THAT.
BECAUSE AS MIXED IDENTITIES
SPECIFICALLY BLASIANS HAVE RISEN
TO PROMINENCE, TIGER WOODS
AND NAOMI OSAKA, YOU REALIZE
PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT.
NOBODY IS A MONOLITH.
WHEN I STARTED THINKING OF MY
IDENTITY AS A BLASIAN, I WILL
TELL YOU GROWING UP IT WAS NEVER
SOMETHING THAT I ACKNOWLEDGED.
IT WAS JUST NOTHING I WOULD
THINK ABOUT.
I GREW UP AROUND A LOT OF
LATINX, BROWN ASIANS,
SOUTHEASTERN ASIANS,
THEN CHINESE AND MAYBE TWO WHITE
PEOPLE AND ONE BLACK PERSON.
THAT WAS KINDERGARTEN UNTIL
FIFTH GRADE.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO THINK THAT I
WAS FILIPINO.
MY MOM AND GRANDMA TREATED ME
LIKE A FILIPINO KID.
THEY WERE NEVER LIKE YOU ARE
THIS OR YOU ARE THAT.
IT WAS JUST YOU ARE JOHNATHAN.
THERE WAS NO THING THAT TOLD ME
THAT I WAS BLACK EXCEPT MY SKIN
LIKE BEING BROWN, THEN THERE WAS
NO THING THAT TOLD ME THAT I WAS
FILIPINO.
WE JUST ATE FILIPINO FOOD AND
DID THINGS THAT AMERICAN
HOUSEHOLDS DON'T TYPICALLY DO
LIKE TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES AT THE
DOOR.
YOU FILL UP THE BUCKET AND BATHE
FROM THAT.
I REMEMBER ONE TIME MY FRIEND
CAME OVER AND HE WAS LIKE,
WHAT IS THAT BUCKET?
THAT IS HOW YOU TAKE A BATH.
HE IS LIKE NO YOU ARE THE ONLY
PERSON I HAVE EVER SEEN THAT.
THAT IS A FILIPINO THING.
WHEN I MOVED IN WITH MY DAD
THERE IS A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF
ABOUT BLACK CULTURE I DIDN'T
KNOW AND HAD TO LEARN.
WHEN I DID START THINKING ABOUT
IT IS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL I
STARTED MY CHANNEL IN COLLEGE
AND THINKING I'M FILIPINO AND
BLACK.
I'M RESPONDING TO -- WHATEVER
YEAR HE WAS BORN IN, IT IS A
VIDEO WHICH WAS A RESPONSE
TO -- VIDEO ABOUT BEING MIXED.
ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS WAS IF
YOU ARE BLACK AND YOU ARE
ANYTHING ELSE AND YOU LOOK BLACK
THEN WHY WOULD YOU EVEN GO
THROUGH THE TROUBLE OF
EXPLAINING WHEN YOU CAN JUST SAY
YOU ARE BLACK?
YOU LAZY.
THAT IS JUST LAZY AS HELL.
THAT IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO
ME.
IF YOU CANNOT TAKE PRIDE IN
HERITAGE THAT IS WHY WE DO IT.
BECAUSE WE HAVE RESPECT FOR BOTH
OF OUR PARENTS.
I THINK IT WAS BROUGHT FORTH
MORE IN MY FIRST GO ROUND IN
COLLEGE BECAUSE I WENT TO --
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND
UNIVERSITY.
PEOPLE ARE LIKE, YOU ARE
MIXED BUT WHAT IS IT?
IN ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS I
REALIZED BEING FILIPINO IS A
THING ALONG WITH BEING BLACK.
WHO KNOWS WHAT I WOULD HAVE
BECOME IF I DIDN'T GO TO AN HBCU
AND LEARNED THE ROOTS THERE.
IT HAS BEEN MY DREAM TO SING
IN AN ENSEMBLE AS LARGE AS THE
MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR THAT
SINGS SPIRITUALS.
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>> I FOUND THE NEW YORK CITY GAY
MEN'S CHORUS.
IT IS GREAT TO BE PART OF IT AND
SING THESE BIG CONCERTS.
IT IS UNLIKE ANYTHING EVER.
I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED TO BE ON
CAMERA AND SINGING IN CHOIRS AND
LIKED PERFORMING.
MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL THE NAME IS
BLASIAN FMA.
THE EARLY DAYS OF YOUTUBE WERE A
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE
THAN WHAT YOUTUBE IS NOW.
BACK IN THE DAY IT WAS ALL ABOUT
COMMUNITY AND IDENTITY AND
FINDING YOURSELF AND OTHER
PEOPLE.
SO, I FEEL LIKE YOUTUBE HAS LOST
THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
ANYBODY WHO DECIDES TO BE ON
YOUTUBE THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF
SELF-SERVING ARROGANCE AND SOME
TAKE IT FURTHER THAN OTHERS.
BUT I THINK THAT HAS TO BE
PRESENT IN YOUR SPIRIT IN ORDER
FOR YOU TO WANT TO DO THAT.
IT IS A REALLY DIFFERENT
ENVIRONMENT.
FROM WHAT I CAN SEE, FROM MY
FIRST ATTEMPT AT STARTING
NATIONAL CONVERSATION,
-- WAS MY FIRST PODCAST.
AS IT WENT BY PODCASTING BECAME
A MEDIUM SO MANY OF COLOR WERE
GRAVITATING TOWARD.
ME AND MY FRIEND GARRETT GOT
TOGETHER AND WE WERE LIKE HEY
LET'S USE THIS GOOGLE HANGOUTS
THING, RECORD THEM AND PUT THEM
UP AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
WE DID AND WE INVOLVED A COUPLE
OF OUR OTHER FRIENDS AND STARTED
GETTING FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER
AND THERE WAS THIS REALLY ONE
VOCAL PERSON
NAMED DANNY AND WE INVITED HIM
TO TALK TO US AND THAT BECAME
LIKE THE FAB FIVE.
WE DIDN'T FORM AN IDENTITY
EXCEPT A BUNCH OF GAY GUYS
TALKING ON A RADIO SHOW.
WE DID 60 EPISODES.
I HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED BY OTHER
PODCASTS.
BEFORE, HISTORICALLY YOU
WOULD HEAR AND SAY BLACK PEOPLE
DON'T LISTEN TO PODCASTS.
BUT AS TIME HAS WORN ON THAT IS
BECOMING LESS TRUE.
EVERYBODY HAS A PODCAST.
BUT I WANTED TO TAKE WHAT I HAD
WITH EDUCATION AND PUT IT IN A
LIVE SETTING.
YOU ARE LISTENING TO A PODCAST
AND LET'S LOOK AT A QUEER PEOPLE
OF COLOR AND WE HAVE A VARIETY
OF VIEWS AND OPINIONS SO PLEASE
LEAVE YOURS ON OUR WEB SITE,
ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OR SEND IT
TO OUR TWEET, HELP US
BUILD COMMUNITY.
>> I'M ZACK AND YOU CAN FIND
ME ON THE INTERNET AND
PRONOUNS ARE HE, HIM, HIS OR ANY
OF THE OTHER ONES.
>> I'M JOHNATHAN AKA
BLASIAN FMA.
MY PRONOUNS ARE, HE, HIM, HIS.
>> I'M CARLOS RIO.
MY PRONOUNS ARE WHATEVER,
I DON'T REALLY CARE, BUT
MY FAVORITE ONE IS, HERSES.
>> YOU CAN CALL ME JO.
MY PRONOUNS ARE THEY, THEM,
THEIRS, AND MANGO.
>> OOH.
>> MANGO.
THIS IS THIS Q POC LIVE.
>> THERE IT IS.
>> THIS Q POC LIVE IS A
TAKE ON NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO'S
THIS AMERICAN LIFE, ANOTHER
WHICH INFLUENCED IT THIS
FILIPINO AMERICAN LIFE.
SO THAT INFLUENCES Q POC LIFE,
SO THIS IS COOL AND INFORMS ONE
PART OF MY IDENTITY BUT WHERE IS
THE ONE THAT LOOKS AT THE WORLD
THROUGH THE LENS OF A QUEER
PERSON OF COLOR.
IN OCTOBER OF 2018, WE
CELEBRATED ONE YEAR.
IN THAT YEAR OUR PODCAST LIFE WE
HAVE DISCUSSED A LOT OF STUFF
FROM WORLD AIDS DAY,
TO NATIONAL COMING OUT.
I KNOW HOW I USED TO THINK ABOUT
THE WHOLE, -- H.I.V.
BEFORE I WAS DIAGNOSED.
MY OWN PERSONAL JOURNEY,
I WAS SURPRISED.
I HAD A LOT OF PRECONCEIVED
NOTIONS ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE WITH
H.I.V. LOOKED LIKE AND
HOW THEY ACTED AND THAT IS NOT
THE CASE.
I HAD TO LEARN TO GET OVER A LOT
OF ASSUMPTIONS.
THAT WAS NOT CHALLENGING BUT IT
WAS AND A HA MOMENT.
THEN AFTER I GOT OVER THAT I
SAID YOU KNOW WHAT, JUST LIKE
WITH MY IDENTITY THIS IS ANOTHER
PART OF IT I HAVE TO MAKE SURE
PEOPLE ARE NOT ASSUMING THINGS
ABOUT ME.
I NEED TWO LET THEM KNOW UP
FRONT LIKE,
WHATEVER YOU THOUGHT I
WAS PROBABLY THINKING LIKE YOU.
I WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW IF IT
HAPPENS TO YOU IT WAS NOT THE
END OF THE WORLD.
THAT IS WHERE THE YOUTUBE VIDEOS
CAME IN.
WE KNOW H.I.V. AFFECTS A LOT OF
BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE.
IN THE QUEER COMMUNITY I NEEDED
TO BE FACE TO HELP REPRESENT.
AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE WHEN I
LOOK IN MIRROR I'M HAPPY TO BE
THERE.
I SEE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE
MYSELF EACH AND EVERY DAY.
EACH WEEK WE TAKE TIME FOR SELF
CARE ON THIS MENTAL
HEALTH JOURNEY.
LET'S DRINK SOME WATER BECAUSE
WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET A Q POC
IS AN ACT OF WAR AGAINST THE
PATRIARCHY.
THAT IS WHEN I TALK
ABOUT MYSELF OR WORK THAT I DO
THAT IS PUT OUT INTO THE WORLD.
I FEEL AS THE CREATOR OF THIS
THING OR AS THE PERSON THAT
PUSHES THIS IDEA I'M DOING IT
BECAUSE I WANT PEOPLE TO BE MORE
AWARE IN BLACK AND ASIAN AND GAY
AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT
COMPRISE ME AND MY FRIENDS.
THE WHOLE REASON I'M IDENTIFYING
AS BLASIAN IS TO LET YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU ASSUMED IS PROBABLY NOT
CORRECT AND LET ME LET YOU KNOW
HOW I AM.
>> THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR
TODAY.
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PEOPLE YOU JUST SAW LOG ON TO
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