On this special installment of Practically Speaking, host Audra Wilson talks to Dr. Pancho McFarland about Polyculturalism, the Black presence in Mexican Culture, and more. We also hear music from:
Jesus C. Acosta & the Professionals, Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, Afro-Mexican vocalist Toña la Negra and others that reflect the give and take of Latin and African Cultures.
And speaking of Polyculturalism, we hear about Gaylon Alcaraz, a woman who is half Mexican and half Black, and grew up on the South Side of Chicago in the 1970s. The Mexican side of the family had a house on 76th and Loomis.