An AfroLatinx Experience
Latinx Therapy
Adriana Alejandre
4.8 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2018
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
My guest today for episode 7 is Jersey Garcia. In this episode, she talks to us about her realities of identifying as AfroLatinx, and looking more of African descent than Latinx, a struggle often society is too afraid to bring up, but is much too common. There is a saying “no soy de aqui, ni soy de alla” that refers to: I’m neither from here, nor there.
She opens up about the discrimination she has faced due to her skin color, and the mental health effects of racism and colorism. We also go into the mentality that the Latinx race must be “improved” by dating someone of a lighter skin complexion.
She provides us with the unique perspective of the insecurities of being AfroLatinx as a mental health professional. Jersey ends the segment by providing a beautiful message to anyone that is feeling split between two identities.
Get to know her: Jersey Garcia is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Relationship Coach, and Family Mediator living in south Florida, who enjoys helping Black and Latinx women and couples, travel the human experience of relating from a space of honesty, happiness, and connectedness. Her preferred pronouns are she/her and the 5 things that usually bring a big smile to her face are: bed cuddles with her children; podcasts; slang words in Spanish; reggaetón music; and some soft mangú with fried cheese on top.
Resource:
- Learn more about Jersey and the services she provides by visiting: www.jerseygarcia.com
- 7 Afro-Latinx Writers Whose Books We Should Be Reading- According to Fierce: https://fierce.wearemitu.com/fierce-boss-ladies/7-afro-latina-writers-whose-books-you-should-be-reading/
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Latinx Therapy. |
| 0:05.3 | The information shared in this podcast is not a substitute for seeking help from a licensed mental health professional and is not a substitute for psychological diagnosis or treatment. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm your host, Adriana Alejandra Alejandre, licensed marriage and family therapist. |
| 0:21.4 | Hello, hello, hello. Welcome back to episode seven. |
| 0:25.8 | Last week, there were some scheduling difficulty so the episode wasn't able to go out, |
| 0:31.3 | so I'll have to owe that episode to you all. |
| 0:33.6 | But for today, my guest is Jersey Garcia, and we talk about her experience with being |
| 0:40.3 | Afro-Latinx. In this episode, she talks to us about her realities of identifying as Afro-Latinx |
| 0:48.0 | and looking more of African descent than Latinx. A struggle often society is too afraid to bring up, but is much |
| 0:57.0 | too common. There's actually a saying, no so I'm here, and I'm also a song that is called that. |
| 1:04.5 | But that refers to I'm neither from here nor there, which is something that people who identify |
| 1:10.7 | as Afro-Latin X really struggle |
| 1:12.4 | with and other individuals as well. But for this topic, we're focused on identifying as Afro-Latinx. |
| 1:19.4 | She opens up about discrimination she has faced due to her skin color and the mental |
| 1:25.1 | health effects of racism and also colorism. |
| 1:28.8 | We also go into the mentality that the race must be improved, quote unquote, by dating lighter |
| 1:35.4 | skin complexions. |
| 1:36.9 | She provides us with her unique perspective of the insecurities of being Afro-Latinx as a mental |
| 1:43.6 | health professional. |
| 1:45.0 | Jersey ends this segment by providing a beautiful message to anyone that is feeling split |
| 1:50.9 | between two identities. I want to share some facts that I collected from research. |
| 1:55.9 | One study actually found that adolescent black Latinas have higher levels of depressive symptoms than do their |
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