On the episode, the LMC tackles the inconvenient truths of anti-Black racism within the Latino community by spending the hour with Fordham School of Law Professor Tanya Ketari Hernandez. She is also the author of the book, “Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality.”
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March 25th, 2022: Cuban American Disinformation
How do we tackle the difficult issue of extremism and disinformation within the Cuban-American community in Florida without sounding prejudicial in the process? The LMC spend the hour tackling this issue by speaking with freelance writer Arturo Dominguez on his extensive research into disinformation within the Latino community while also dispelling the stigma that plagues Cuban-Americans as extremist.
February 11th, 2022: Elza Soares, Presente!!!
On a special music episode of the LMC, host Oscar Fernandez spends the hour with freelance writer and ethnomusicologist Felipe Maia to pay homage to Afro-Brazilian samba legend Elza Soares and how she overcame poverty, domestic abuse, sexism, and institutional racism in Brazil’s music industry.