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The latest segments from The TakeawayReplay: Afro-Latino Representation in Children's BooksOriginal Air Date: October 6, 2021
With the exception of the unforgettable voice of Afro-Latina, Cubana and Salsera, Celia Cruz, how many other Afro-Latinos can you name? How many can your children name? This is why representation matters. It matters so people feel seen and heard.
Many Afro-Latinos are taking up the call to make sure the next generation sees representations of themselves in one of the first places they experience images and stories, in children’s books.
The Takeaway talks with Sulma Arzu Brown, author of "Pelo Malo, No Existe" (Bad Hair Does Not Exist...2023-05-1718 minThe latest segments from The TakeawayReplay: Afro-Latino Representation in Children's BooksOriginal Air Date: October 6, 2021
With the exception of the unforgettable voice of Afro-Latina, Cubana and Salsera, Celia Cruz, how many other Afro-Latinos can you name? How many can your children name? This is why representation matters. It matters so people feel seen and heard.
Many Afro-Latinos are taking up the call to make sure the next generation sees representations of themselves in one of the first places they experience images and stories, in children’s books.
The Takeaway talks with Sulma Arzu Brown, author of "Pelo Malo, No Existe" (Bad Hair Does Not Exist...2023-05-1718 min
Too Dope Teachers and a Mic114. Pelo malo no existe/Bad Hair Doesn’t Exist with author Sulma Arzu-BrownSulma Arzu-Brown is the perfect bridge between Black History Month and Women\’s History month. Brilliant, spirited, creative, and lively, Sulma carries her Afro-Latina and Garifuna pride with her daily.
Like so many of us, becoming a parent renewed her commitment to cultural maintenance and pride. When her child came home having learning the concept of \”pelo malo,\” or \”bad hair,\” Sulma acted. She wrote the beautiful book El pelo malo no existe/Bad Hair Does Not Exist. She made sure that her children would love their hair, their culture, and their language, and resolved to bring those gift...2023-03-0500 min
Too Dope Teachers and a Mic114. Pelo malo no existe/Bad Hair Doesn't Exist with author Sulma Arzu-BrownProduced by Gerardo A. MuñozEdited and mixed by Gerardo A. MuñozMusic composed and performed by Kevin AdamsToo Dope Teachers and a Mic is a TooDope Production.Copyright 20232023-03-0500 min
VSWhat the Water Carries?Show Description
Can any label or identity explain our freedom, our community or history? How do you identify and what does it mean? In this special episode with Jasminne Mendez, Darrel Alejandro Holnes and Raina J. León explores the fluidity of terms and identity as Black Latinx,o,e,a people from the diaspora. Work featured by Toni Morrison, Aracelis Girmay, Alan Pelaez Lopez and Elizabeth Acevedo. Episode produced by Cin Pimentel. Transcription by Victor Jackson.
Show Notes
Social Media for Darrel - @blackboytraveljoy (Insta) and darrelholnes.com (website)
Books: Stepmotherland (No...2022-01-1858 minVSRoll Call: What the Water Carries?Show Description
Can any label or identity explain our freedom, our community or history? How do you identify and what does it mean? In this special episode with Jasminne Mendez, Darrel Alejandro Holnes and Raina J. León explores the fluidity of terms and identity as Black Latinx,o,e,a people from the diaspora. Work featured by Toni Morrison, Aracelis Girmay, Alan Pelaez Lopez and Elizabeth Acevedo. Episode produced by Cin Pimentel. Transcription by Victor Jackson.
Show Notes
Social Media for Darrel - @blackboytraveljoy (Insta) and darrelholnes.com (website)
Books: Stepmotherland (No...2022-01-1858 min
Café with ComadresLatinidad: Race and Colorism | Episode 2In this week’s episode, la comadre Karen sets up the table. We discuss race, latinidad, and the anti-blackness that runs deep in our communities. We also talk about the dreaded “C” word--that’s right: colorism in Latinx communities.
Resources mentioned in today’s episode:
Bad Hair Does Not Exist / Pelo Malo No Existe by Sulma Arzu Brown, illustrations by Isidra Sabio
The Color Complex: The Politics of Skin Color in a New Millennium by Kathy Russell, Midge Wilson, and Ronald Hall
2021-09-2230 min
Ruta5 PodcastT1:E18 Sulma Arzú-Brown: su voz influye en los Afro-Latinos de EEUUConoce a Sulma Arzú-Brown, una exitosa garífuna en Nueva York, quien con su reciente colección de 7 libros ha impactado a la comunidad Afro-Latina de Estados Unidos, con más de 10,000 copias vendidas, y muchas menciones en medios como Oprah Daily de Oprah Winfrey. Un episodio, patrocinado por www.crystalnuts.com (A Nutty Experience).
®2021. Todos los Derechos Reservados.R5. 2021-06-2736 min
Check It Out! PodcastRead Across America | Diversity & InclusionWAYS TO MAKE SUNSHINE by Renée Watson/Nina Mata - ORDINARY PEOPLE CHANGE THE WORLD by Brad Meltzer - ESCAPE: ESCAPE FROM THE HOLOCAUST by Uri Shulevitz - BAD HAIR DOES NOT EXIST/PELO MALO NO EXISTE by Sulma Arzu-Brown/Isidra Sabio - LALANI OF THE DISTANT SEA by Erin Entrada Kelly - TY'S TRAVELS by Kelly Starling Lyons - HOSEA PLAYS ON by Kathleen M. Blasi/Shane Evans
2021-03-0220 min
Found In Translation With Ray CollazoSpilling The Tea…D’Que Latino!Found In Translation/Bomba Live! crossover is back with Hosts Ray Collazo and Vanessa Maria Graber. Collazo and Graber are "spilling the tea" on the State of Play on the election, the perspective of Latino voters and mobilizing strategies during the final election stretch. Collazo and Graber also call out #LaComai and Rev. Samuel Rodriguez for unacceptable behavior this week. “D’Que Latino!” writer and producer Sulma Arzu-Brown along with cast members Rhina Valentin, Marilyn Camacho and Julia Caras-Linares join us to discuss their cutting edge web series that addresses issues of colorism and other sensitive issues impact...2020-10-191h 06
Truth Serum SeriesTruth Serum | BLACK GIRL MAGIC: Proper Terminology For HairJoin us for a conversation on how the natural hair movement became a civil rights issue. The journey of Black women wearing their natural hair in professional environments. Changing the future through legislation and teaching youth self-acceptance.
Truth Serum with Aida Rodriguez is an interactive weekly wrap up show covering the week’s hottest topics, where inclusivity and diversity are a standard, not an initiative.
Giving it to you straight...no chaser.
A visual/audio podcast airing live Fridays at 12 PM (PT)/ 3 PM (ET) YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Twitch. Listen on ITunes, Spotify and Soundcloud.
Guests:
Adjoa B. Asamoah: @adjoabasamoah
Ma...2020-09-101h 08
The Global Advocate Career PodcastMeet Sulma Arzu-Brown, Author - "Pelo Malo No Existe/Bad Hair Does Not Exist" and "My Hair Comes with Me"Meet Sulma Arzu-Brown a proud Garifuna, Latina, Black, Immigrant, and short woman raised in Hunts Point the Bronx.
Sulma is the self-published author of the award-winning book “Bad Hair Does Not Exist/ Pelo Malo No Existe” , "My Hair Comes With Me-Shifting the Paradigm of What Success Looks Like" and “My Best Friend Likes Boys More Than Me.” The books are not about hair or hairstyle, it's about the human experience that connects us all.
Her experience as a checker of many boxes on many applications, her corporate experience, community advocacate, mother and wife led her to write award winning books that raises c...2020-06-3052 min
The Nancy Ruffin ShowRacism In America: A Conversation with Sulma Arzu BrownAs we navigate through this critical moment in history it's important to have the difficult conversations about race, systemic racism, and how even in the midst of our greatest storms, God is always with us.
In this week's episode, I sit down with award winning children's book author Sulma Arzu Brown to discuss racism in America. During our conversation we talk about what it means to show up, ally-ship from our white community, loving like Jesus loved, and how we hold companies accountable for true diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
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Found In Translation With Ray CollazoRP217: Bad Hair Does Not Exist With Sulma Arzu-BrownRays Talk Show Episode 217: Ray Collazo is joined by author and activist Sulma Arzu-Brown to discuss her recently published children’s book “Bad Hair Does Not Exist/Pelo Malo No Existe.” Sulma and Ray talk about what inspired her to create a book that affirms the beauty of our children, regardless of skin tone and hair texture. Sulma shares her journey from concerned mother to author and best practices on developing creative marketing strategies for independent publishers. Sulma, Ray and guest Raquel Mangual ‘go there’ with real talk on how race impacts Latino identity, self-esteem and relationships. Purc...2016-07-151h 02
Dudes of DisruptionEpisode 45: Don’t Judge The Book: What Is Beauty?We are in an image conscious society. Every day we're bombarded with images and ideals that culturally are the accepted norms for what beauty is. The way others appear on the outside has us immediately forming an opinion about them, without knowing anything about them as a person. Their weight, skin color, clothes, hair or height all come into play and have a judgment attached to them, and that judgment is automatic, without realizing we do it.
We have it that women and men should look a certain way. But what way is that?
In this week’s show The...2016-02-2248 min