I did not attend the “!Printing the Revolution! Virtual Conversation Series: From Black and Brown Solidarity to Afro-Latinidad” due to having a class at the same time. However, one of my fellow classmates was able to share with us a recording of the presentation. Given that, I really enjoyed listening to all the participants who spoke about their lives especially Moses Ros-Suarez who talked about his indeed growing up in New York city to Dominican Parents. He stated that although he grew up in a community full of people of all sorts backgrounds, he felt disempowered as a marginalized kid. Therefore, identity was important to him as he felt invincible. He also discussed that “Dominicans are predominant of mixed African and European ancestry,” so I can only imagine the struggles he had growing up in that community because people of color have always been “inferior” and lesser in a marginalized community. He mentioned that his only way of spreading his identity as a marginalized kid coming from an immigrant family was by doing graffiti. That was his creative outlet to make a mark on society.
One of the things he mentioned that caught my attention was that class, race and power are all topics that need to be addressed in our societies because they are topics that are not talked about enough to relieve issues that are deeply rooted in our cultures. I find that to be true because in part, people of color are still being placed in marginalized groups. So I feel that if we were to talk about class, race and power often then that would be a great start to begin with because we people of color are still getting not only mistreated, but misunderstood by those who are not of color. Therefore, I can say that I really enjoyed his talk about identity and his life as a whole. I thank all the participants who contributed in this talk and shared their lives.
Moses Ros-Suarez
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