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My Pitch

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 Here are the two pitches. "The struggles of Afro Latinos in the Western World." "The struggles of Afro Latinos in the Hispanic World" First, I would be interested in making both. I do not have the resources to pursue the second one. However, I can gather quite a lot of info for the first one. I chose these pitches as a way to both have fun and speak about issues I care about. I also chose the first one because I can also speak from personal experience being Afro- Latino . I can also speak to family members and friends about their experiences too. I also decided to go with a much narrower scope and just saying the Western World. This way I can be intentionally focused on certain countries within reach. I want to outline the experience from the following countries: Cuba. Puerto Rico, the D.R., and Mexico. In a sequence I will have them say a one line opening into experiences they have had being black and Latino. If it is simply them being profiled or being rejected f

Starting the Final Task

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 Hola! My name is Raymond Adderly and I am in 11th grade. I have decided to work alone. I have decided to work alone because the content of my film will come from a deep place of study. I want to highlight Afro-Latino achievement which might not be of interest to many people. This is because a lot of latinos within the white community can care less about afro latinos. Thus, this is why I am taking it upon myself to film a opening for this topic. I have said many times that it is not a monolith to be Afro- Latino and my film will do that in its opening. Also, since it is just me I believe my blogs will be pretty unique to this topic. Each blog will be meticulous in addressing not only the issues in the afro latino community but how I encounter them everyday. My blogs will also potentially  grow in length as I begin to address and talk about other issues outside of the instructional material. The  ultimate plan is to create this blog into a ranting platform. This is also going to be a ve