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These are some of the reasons people like Brandon Mogrovejo, who's doing his medical residency in pediatrics, feels strongly about identifying as Latino.
Growing up in upstate New York, Mogrovejo recalled being mistaken for the help at hotels, restaurants, and even in hospitals after he started his residency. For him, "being light skinned doesn't imply being white," he said. “When people tell me, 'Oh, you don't know Spanish,' because I mess up in Spanish, I get a knot in my stomach. I feel like everything around me just shrinks," the 20-year-old said.Afro-Latino activists, from supermodel Joan Smalls to political organizers and scholars, say the push for Black Lives Matter and racial justice needs to be constant and persistent.
"I am a descendant of my mom, I was raised with her culture, but I also live in the United States because of my father," she said.
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