Afro-Latina: How Systemic Racism Followed Me | Ednin Martinez | TEDxUnionTownshipWomen
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- Human beings are not born racist. Implicit bias, racism and colorism are learned behavior. As an Afro-Latina immigrant from D.R. who moved to the U.S. I've witnessed colorism and systemic racism both in my home and adoptive lands. Do the work, get educated, challenge yourselves, it is really up to us to affect change. Ednin D. Martinez an Afro-Latina attorney and writer who at a young age discovered a strong desire to effect change through social justice, leading to a career in the law. In her career, she represented low-income and disenfranchised individuals as a non-profit and government attorney.
Simultaneously, Ednin pursued her passion for creative writing by participating in prestigious writing workshops like Kweli, VONA Voices and Writing Our Lives. Most recently, she published a non-fiction personal essay titled “When I Was Brave” in Harvard University’s Palabritas.
Through her writing, she aspires to shed light on the racial and economic disparities in the Dominican Republic as well as systemic racism in educational and legal institutions in the U.S. She is currently working on a memoir entitled “Every Little Girl From San Pedro,” highlighting these same themes. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
Europeans did a job on people and identities. Self hate is real.
So true… the confusion they spread is crazy
Yeah blame it all on Europeans as always and get no accountability for one’s actions today.
Facts. I live in Mexico and it's very apparent. People talk about the mixing of the race. That is not true at least not for the first 300 years maybe even 400 years.
@@firstnationfall5451 Europeans have never taken accountability for any of their atrocities and still don't to this day. When have they ever give back land or reparations to people for their genocide?
This appears to be very emotional for her and she got through it in fantastic fashion.
Thank you Ednin for being real. Great job!
Thank you so much for this TED talk. I just came back from the DR for my son's wedding. I could not believe the rudeness and racism I experienced at the resort I stayed. I was unaware of this mindset of some natives and never experienced it in other Latino countries I've visited. I was ignored in the restaurant, I left the bar tender a $5 dollar tip and he put his head down, never acknowledged me nor said thank you. I never felt so unwelcomed while on vacation . Thank you for being a positive change maker and sharing your story. SALUTE!
Jalpurnia Trader-I am a bit surprised. What is the name of the resort? Never really heard of that before.
@@guillermone1 I have my friends are Dominican I am Cuban I have seen this forever I am blk so many times people assume I don’t speak Spanish
For me it's the opposite ~ I am a White Mexican and look very Anglo-Saxon-White. I get treated very well in the USA especially in LA maybe it's my natural blonde hair with green eyes? When I speak Spanish people's Jaws lower-down🤫😁😋
Wao where was it? I would like to know where did you go in DR, because DR is a mixed country and here it doesn't care what your skin color is. It's the first time in my life hearing something like that, we use to receive many tourist every day.
@@colinchampollion4420 🙄
A necessary conversation! Loved it!!
Thank you for watching and supporting me with it all ! 💜🙏🏾
Skin is nothing more then the biggest organ on our body that we wear outside. People are so weird to judge eachother for it lol!
and, she's FREAKIN Beautiful!
Tell me about it, pure beauty right there 👍🏽🙂
Yes...she definitely is!
Stacked! 🍑
The topic of colorism and the exception of Afro-Latina, Afro-Asiain, and all Afro-ethnicities is such an emotional topic. I agree educating yourself, your children, and their children is the best way to teach belonging. I had tears coming down my face. I can relate. 💦🤍❤💛🧡💙💚💜🖤🤎
We need more Dominican activists like this ❤️❤️ made me feel so seen, thank you
Thank you !
This is why I was born…my Abuela taught her children that they MUST marry white, blonde, blue eyed people so that they have “beautiful white babies”. The internal racism is so bad :( especially hearing my dark dad talk about being compared to a Haitian as a bad thing, and I was absolutely flabbergasted
Mami must understand that white is not always right because they are the ones want the tan and they end up with cracked skin as they aged. Your Abuela generation no offense were lost and not taught about positive things of being African descent.
It is very shame to mankind being insulted on race,community etc.
@nitheeshbatta2780
The Immigration Commission:
Indian: kimois Mongolian in type and assert that he resembles certain natives of northeastern Asia more than he does the American Indian.There is no doubt that there has been migration into America by way of Bering Strait. Only American born immigrants of pure European blood are counted as Cuban, Spanish American, Mexican, and West Indian All these natives of the Western Hemisphere,”together with American Indians and Negroes are included with the Magyar, Turkish, and Armenian races in the term“All others,” the sixth grand division of immigrant races as classified by the Bureau of Immigration.The immigration statistics of the race are of no significance so far as Africa is concerned, for only 15 are recorded as having come from that continent in1907.The American is the smallest grand division of mankind, numbering, with half-breeds, at most or half the population of the next largest race, the Malay. Of these, only live in the United States. Indians do not appear by name in the statistics of the Bureau of Immigration, and the few who may come presumably are counted among "Other peoples.” Since the term Spanish Americans,”under the statistical rules of the bureau, "excludes Indians", presumably "no Indians" are counted in that division of the Spanish race in America called "Mexicans", "nor among immigrants from the West Indies and Cuba who are not Negroes(see these)". It is evidental so that if there be any Indians among the immigrants who came from Canada in1907.
Listen some cultures are better than others 🤷🏽♂️
I see myself in your story. Thanks so much for sharing and helping other Dominicans like me articulate our social identity better
Thank you Ashley ! I’m so glad it resonated with you !
Cual consideras es tu identidad?
You are dominican what other identities could you be possibly be ?
SORRY, BUT U ARE DOMINICAN, THATS IT.
Dam youre beautiful 😍
Thank you for the AREPA SHOUT OUT ❤
Here for the comments 🍿 🍿 🍿
Just curious, does she give the same talk in Spanish? This should also be conducted in central and South American countries as well.
Facts!
Wow, Ednin! This was great. Happy to have come across this, and to see you doing well
Thank you Arlin ! Hope all is well !
Very good and thought provoking speech. I hope she continues to have success. Also I just have to say she is very intelligent and beautiful.
Great speech Ednin Martinez, very proud of you and thanks for sharing your views and experiences.
Fantastic and incredible work!
Thank you Nalani ! I appreciate you watching !
Thank you for letting her speak Ted! Thank you for the representation
This was amazing. Thank you for sharing and using your voice. I honor you!
Soooo proud of you! Thanks for sharing your experience and advocacy!!!
LOVE THIS.
Such an important topic!
Thank you for all the hard work and support ! This was an amazing experience !
Beautiful Speech !! Beautiful woman !!!
Love this Ednin! Thank you for sharing and bringing awareness to this
Thank you Andrea ! 💜🙏🏾
I remember a white Puerto Rican woman calling a Haitian woman an monkey; this happened in Queens NY.😳
Dis ain't about Ricans u dummy😁
Wwaaooo, not good
That white Puerto Rican woman didn't catch hands? She said it to the right one. It couldn't have been me.
did she get beat
And I would’ve called her an ORANGUTAN
Excellent work. Congratulations.
Thank you Rosann !!!
Well done, Ednin!!
thank you Jessica !!
She is so beautiful
That's why she a golddigger
@@baperacks-com6801disgusting comment. You have no proof of this sir. Women in prominent positions are called this all the time without a single shred of evidence .
Perfect... A very good(looking) speaker... An example for many 👌🏾‼
She's BEAUTIFUL ❤
That's an UNder Statement !! 😅😅
I loved this! Thank you for sharing your experience with us 💕
Thank you so much for watching ! It means a lot ! 💜🙏🏾
Great talk!!
Thank you for the opportunity ! I’m so happy to finally share this talk with the world ! 💜🙏🏾
So true to the last comment we need more to witness the true don't, get me started got to have a little humor
LOVE it . ✨❤️
Thank you for watching !
Yes Girl Yes! I'm so proud of you 👏🏾!
Love this video thank you. I see this is a curse all over the world. 🌍
Thank you.
Me siento orgulloso eres de mi querido san pedro de macoris. Nací y me crié en miramar vine a USA en 1995 y viví en la calle 9 y la 17 de unión City. nací en 1960 y en esa época los cocolos que llegaron por la caña no vivían en san pedro sino en consuelo sant fe porvenir y los boricuas llegaron primero. San pedro fue fundado por españoles, italianos, arabes de Siria Palestina y libano.
Don't forget that Trujillo was 1/4 Haitian. His mother was half Haitian.
GRAND-MOTHER*
Trujillo wanting to change the ethnic population in DR and committing a massacre on the island is something he clearly inherited from his haitian side of the family. It was Boyer who sent many africans from America to DR during the 22-year invasion because, according to him, dominicans were too white. Ironically, those from America supported the dominicans during their fights for the 1844 indepence and became Dominicans after that. Haitians even refered to dominicans as "spaniard" even thought they've been known as dominicans since before the french even invaded the island and before they even brought in today's haitians for the first. Dessalines committed a massacre against the dominican population and would have killed every single one of them as his promise in the "liberty or death" of 1805 if it wasn't for France sending help.
You go girl ❤️❤️❤️
thank you !!!
On the other hand I was treated quite well in the Caribbean. It helped being blond and having green eyes (sorry not blue).
Bravo!! 👏🏿🙌🏿
Thank you Douly !!!
Jazbel.....gold.....
Thank you!
THANK YOU YOUNG LADY....& GOD BLESS YOU!
Very interesting
Thanks for watching !
She's cute
Awsome 😍
Thank you primo !
There is no such afro Latina or Latino, it s a USA man-made word to bunch people up who speak Spanish and who, live in the USA for the purpose of the census count. there are people of different races in all Spanish speaking countries.
Latino is listed as an ethnicity in the usa 😂
@@Cinnamoncupquake That's pandering to the Spanish-speaking people and it's totally wrong. Latino/Latin (Lingua Latina) is the language spoken by the Romans and their culture. Everything Latin, be it the Latin People, the Latin language, and the Latin Culture all comes from Italy.Being Latins means possessing Roman culture. Latin, whether you say Latin or Latino or Latina it's the same word and it means possessing Roman culture and nobody can change it. Blame Mexican Chicano Frank del Olmo for this mess.
@@BertLonney so is an average Mexican an Italian or of Roman decent?
@@BertLonney You’re totally wrong. Latino refers to those who speak romance languages which evolved from Latin such as: Spanish, Italian, French, portuguese and a few others I cannot remember. It’s not reduced to “italian/roman culture”
The first person to use "latino" was Napoleón as "L'Amerique Latine" because he wanted to unite French, Spanish and Portuguese colonies against the English in the US. Dominicans were colonized by Spain prior to the arrival of the French on the island who later brought in today's haitians. Therefore, that's a term Dominicans, puertoricans and cubans, mexicans etc don't need to use, but hispanic as countries that speaks Spanish.
Thanks for sharing this I been explaining this for a long time as well telling people to do their research. The Africa and Indigenous roots is more superior than the European roots Btw she is beautiful and smart that a type of woman I need in my life :)
mudhuts arent superior, get over it
I know what you mean as a Latino with 2 college degrees work for the big three & have heard over cubical awls when it said that my grade level awards were met with that my success was because I was getting them because the needed a minor to for that Job!
I wonder what it would've been like being a fly on your wall.
👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾
Perfection in heels. Mexico and America really have a bad fixation on skin making one better than the other. It should not still be this way in 2024.
I want to read more of Ednin's stories. anyone reply with any source references please.
Excellent ❤
Thank you❤ 6% of reguster nurse here of latina
May the most high God continue to bless and guide into your path my beautiful Afro Latina sister together we are stronger then a house that is divided
The are no Afro Latina. Afro is a Race and Latin/Latino/Latina is a language, the Latin language spoken by the Romans.
we shud led go all of this rasist hate we are all humen
And you should learn some English first …
Finally (micphone dropped).... someone is speaking publicly on this. 🇩🇴
Pepa’s Family from Encanto are Afro Colombians
Separation anyone?
Thank you 😊
There is no systemic racism. Some races are just better than others
Damn she fine
Y'all need to go live in Anglo Caribbean. Hardly any of that.
YOU ARE AN ACCOMPLISHED, WELL EDUCATED, AND WELL SPOKEN WOMAN. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL ON THE OUTSIDE AND THE INSIDE AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SPEAK ON THIS SUBJECT. IT AFFECTS SO MANY......MYSELF INCLUDED.
I hate when they say "european like features". When a bunch of non europeans have those same features. East asians have pale skin. Native americans have straight hair and thin noses. So how are those european features.
No. Because it's different than Europeans
Have pale skin isn’t the same as white …
Can features also mean, a snooty attitude.
Conozco varias familias Martinez de San pedro de macoris. de miramar los Martinez Maldonado los que la agencia Martinez y en otros barrios de la ciudad conozco otras familias Martinez. Dios te bendiga. Soy jorge Duran y me llaman kuty.
Soy de los Duran de miramar y tu familia quizás las conozca.
Great Video!!!
Thanks for not being alienated...I from Guatemala and being married 3 times,,with guess whooo.
Isaiah 29:16 “Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?”
The Afro Latino thing is difference in the U.S. there's videos on African Mexican villages in Mexico, do they look sad and miserable? NO THEY DONT, look at how they interact and there faces, go on TH-cam see for yourself and a lot of Anglos think those white Mexicans are white, there all not, there rubio and a white Mexican dont call themselves a white Mexican, just IM MEXICAN PERIOD
Ok sis ❤️
i love all race cus well all chidren of god
* cause *children *
I’m sorry, but you’re very wrong about Trujillo, when you say that he wants to clear up the race,…what happened was that many times he warned to the Haitians to stay in their side, and didn’t listened, by that time we were getting so many Haitians entering to our country, so he had to stop them,…also, explain to your audience how today date we have 5,000,000 of them inside of the Dominican Republic…and I think that is your history, not to the rest of the Dominicans.
There's not afro-latino(a)
Why bruh @12:01 look like he sleep? lol damn
I just wanted to say....all you mixed afro latinos and afro latinas are beautiful no matter your skintone.
Interesting how she talks about hair texture but yet she has straightened her hair.
You miss the part, when she said it could be a different style next week!
Willermo, except she actually has natural straight hair . some afro latins do .
@@PHlophe -I have a problem calling people of color "Afro" anything.
She doesn't need you to validate or define her.
I work with her , she has natural straight hair
$HARE
Yeah the mixed raced Latinx or Hispanics often see themselves whether they are aware or noted or cautious or alert of there own racism as better then pure or close to pure blooded Amerindians as well as pure or near pure plasmad Black's too and complete or near complete veined Asians too yeah.
No such thing as Latinx 😅😅
OMG plantains and bananas originate from Asia and rice.
The term race is so wrong we are all human beings. The term Race is for describing animals.
I wonder if Zoe Saldana thinks this way or was influenced. I know its the directors choice but so far she (as far as i know) she hasn't been matched in her movies with any POC. I might have missed it. Her choice but she also married an Italian which maybe or not in her upbringing it may have influenced her. Also Rosaio Dawson, Tatiana Ali etc etc Hmmm just a thought.
Plenty of Latinos are white. No shame on it
D.R is not like that... bring an average MEXICAN beside a DOMINICAN, the difference is fragrant. 😂
Systematic racism wouldn’t have let you have a TED talk 😂😂😂😂
Ted talk is an unbiased platform that allows people to educate about perspectives and experiences that otherwise would be deflected or ignored but I digress buddy
My wife is afro latina and has a tottaly different outlook about her culture, skin color, and outcome. The lady in this Ted talk seems to be shocked that she is going to be different when going to another country which surprises me...she needs to accept that unfortunately. She is spot on when we do need to educate our kids more to people of other colors. I do not believe in the concept of race, unless you are referring to the race of Adam.
Wow! She's describing colonialism in the west and internalized prejudice the D.R does not have a monopoly on this. Nothing new here people.
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no such thing as hispsnic
I'm a American of Mexican parents. I'm white, but what ethnic group would I be?
Mhmmm les va a dar mucho trabajo 😓 hacer sentir culpables a los Latinos 😂😂😂
Que hablas pesca 🎣 bischo
Dominicana no es una sociedad racista porque allí la gente se mezclo, racismo hubo en Haiti, donde nadie se mezclo y los nativos desaparecieron, por eso solo quedan negros
@@Cwlo-kp4uz El bicho que tu pescas y lo guardas en tu klo…
@@angelmoreno6577 Son coloristas
Yo soy latina Blanca y no me siento culpable por la discriminacion de los dominicanos. Muchas veceslos descriminan por ser bulliciosos.mal educados.gritones etc. No por el color😅
Yea she blk, i know cause that side view is ridiculous. 😏😏😏
lol, her body definately Bantu
That is the only thing you got from this video? 🙄
@@fridaymanly pretty much! Why u have a problem with me?
@@fridaymanly no, but that was an interesting observation lol
@@THEE-BLK-CONSERTIV The lack of intellect is so overwhelming on your part which personifies the lack of respect you express towards the speaker and her perspective on such topic 🙄
I'm from Guatemala and been in I the R D like I don't know how many times, I'll merry 3 times, to Dominicans. And I always have a figth with then to. Make them understand that they are beautiful. But??
no such thing as afro latino because no people called latino
Esto es la verdad , hispano no es una raza ok ,mi madre es de El salvador y puede pasar por blanca , mi papá se ve casi iraní pero todavía tiene piel Clará . Yo salí con piel clara pero mi nariz es gresa casi como africano .
Piel clara, passa blanquita. you speak the language of colorismo con racismo
My mom must renew her mica card every so often, one time she was traveling by greyhound to Arizona when immigration law got on the bus, carding people of minority , & while passing my mother an officer saying how are you mam, tipping his hat, walking past her. My mother is tall light skin with blue ring around her light brown eyes.
En español por favor
Your wrong Africa sold there own people
Some were kidnapped and some were sold. Get the context. They weren't the first and won't be the last. Still doesn't make it right.
You’re , and their …. Grammar
Of course Africans csught their own people to sell them otherwise it would not have been possible but whats the use of selling anything if there is no market for it. The Arabs abd Europeans bought them to use for free labour.
Tu etais la quand les Africains vendaient leurs freres?
Tu etais la quand les Africains vendaient leurs freres?