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#MestizajeUndone: Afro-Latinx Voices of Digital Resistance

In the U.S., those who identify as Afro-Latinx, do so at the intersection of a Latinx community that often rejects them and an African American community that often does not understand them. I examine the relationship between Afro-Latinx identity and the #BlackLivesMatter movement via social media. By employing a combination of twitter analysis and in-depth interviews with social media users, I reveal how Afro-Latinxs navigate dual erasure by centering their own narratives within racial justice movements like Black Lives Matter.