#blaxicansofla
Walter Luis Thompson-Hernández’s Instagram project titled Blaxicans of LA @BlaxicansofLA was created as part of his research on the subject. The hashtag Blaxicans of LA: #blacxicansofla captures some of the posts on Instagram that emerged as a visual space to highlight this dual identity by people in general. These are just samples of these photos. Below, there is a video with a presentation at Claremont McKenna College titled “Blaxicans of L.A.: Then and Now,” by Walter Luis Thompson-Hernández.
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