‘Black issues are brown issues’: Thought leaders discuss the shared history of people of color

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‘Black issues are brown issues’: Thought leaders discuss the shared history of people of color

Latinx thought leader Rick Najera and renowned Harvard scholar Cornel West explained the relationship between Latinx and African American histories at the intercultural event “The Shared History of African-American & Latinx People”, held by Cañada College on January 28 via a Zoom video conference. During the event, Najera, award-winning writer and leader of the cultural...

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