Karamo Brown recently sat at the Red Table Talk: The Estefans to talk about colorism within the Hispanic and Latinx community, sharing the heartbreaking moment he experienced racism as an Afro-Latino.Brown, who is of Cuban descent, told Lili, Emily, and Gloria Estefan that he feels uncomfortable referring to himself as Latino because his family members made him feel like an outsider. “Growing up, I felt very embarrassed.
Even today, to be honest, talking to the producers and talking to people every time they refer to me as Afro-Latino or Latino, I get very uncomfortable.
Still to this day,” he reveals.In the episode called “Black and Latin: Racism Within,” Gloria explains that being Latino is not a race. “There are Black Latinos, white.
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