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My Time to Speak - Reclaiming Ancestry and Confronting Race

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My Time to Speak - Reclaiming Ancestry and Confronting Race
My Time to Speak - Reclaiming Ancestry and Confronting Race
epub | 17.63 MB | English | Author :Ilia Calderón | 198210385X | 2020 | Atria Books



Book Description :

An inspiring, timely, and conversation-starting memoir from the barrier-breaking and Emmy Award-winning journalist Ilia Calderón-the first Afro-Latina to anchor a high-profile necast for a major Hispanic broadcast network in the United States-about following your dreams, overcoming prejudice, and embracing your identity.
As a child, Ilia Calderón felt like a typical girl from Colombia. In Chocó, the Afro-Latino province where she grew up, your skin could be any shade and you'd still be considered blood. Race was a non-issue, and Ilia didn't think much about it-until she left her community to attend high school and college in Medellín. For the first time, she became familiar with horrifying racial slurs thrown at her both inside and outside of the classroom.

From that point on, she resolved to become "deaf" to racism, determined to overcome it in every way she could, even when she was told time and time again that...

Category : | Hispanic & Latino Biographies, Ethnic & National Biographies, Biographies of Journalists


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