I am Alexis V. Ojeda-Brown and I am a junior English and History double major with a minor in creative writing and a certificate in African American Studies at UMD. As an Afro-Latina at a PWI, I was trying to find my place on campus and I use to find myself choosing between my identities, as if they were both mutually exclusive. Once I realized that my Blackness was no less Black because of my brown identity and they were, in fact, inseparable, I was able to cultivate a better understanding of myself and a better understanding of Blackness in general. I am no less Black for being Peruvian and I am no more Black for being African-American. From salsa music to Trap music, from Tacu Tacu to Jollof, Black culture spans across the world and is different
