A great woman has passed. Thanks to Repeated Islands for sharing details of her life. “Remezcla listed her as one of 8 Afro Latinos Who Made Important Contributions to US History. “
When she was growing up, people from the Caribbean were categorized either as Latino or Black in the US, not both. There was a whole Afro-Latin culture and history that was ignored. Miriam Jiménez Román sought to change that and brought that missing piece to national attention.
Her scholarship, especially in editing the The Afro-Latin@ Reader brought focus on an important but previously invisible community. I have a copy of the book on order and will report back here to Fake Flamenco when I have perused its depths.
Gracias for visiting Fake Flamenco! I appreciate your comments. ¡Olé! –Rebecca
Fake Flamenco 
Thank you for sharing Rebecca. May she rest in piece. Looking forward to your report.
Stay safe
Gabriela
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Thank you for your comment, Gabriela. I am waiting for it to arrive at our local feminist bookstore, when it does I’ll have hours of enlightening reading ahead of me.
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My pleasure. I can’t wait to hear your opinion about. I am going to check on Amazon. They must have. If they do I will order it.
xoxo
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I look forward to your report on the book. She sounds like a very interesting person.
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Thanks for your comment. I hope it arrives this week!
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