6 Black Shows That Were Holding it Down in the 90s
While I watched white TV shows growing up, it was the Black ones that made Latinxs like me feel part of something bigger. Thank you.
V. Alexandra de F. Szoenyi
V. Alexandra de F. Szoenyi is a Colombian-American writer on Latinx pop culture history. Her work has been in a number of publications including the San Francisco Examiner, Refinery29, HipLatina, Bob Cut Mag, 7x7, BoldLatina, and The Bold Italic. She is also a published poet, with work in The Minison Project, BoldLatina, and The Baram House, and is currently working on her first book. Check out more of her writing and bookish endeavors.
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