The experience of Alechia Williams is a story that is echoed throughout many black latinas/latinos, growing up in NYC or any other area with mostly minorities is different than anywhere else. Its minority led and ran, i can’t speak for everyone but myself and others around me have always felt a sense of unity here. So I can only imagine the culture shock she went through moving to a Predominantly white area. This is a conversation I feel is rarely spoken on yet so many deal with the issue of not being “latina enough not being black enough”. Boxing people into what ethnicity they are due to their skin color is something I’ve never been able to understand. I can only imagine the identity crisis some must go through hearing that. “The power  of identity politics” Garza spoke on the encounters they’ve had with white people saying racially insensitive things and bringing up unrelated racial topics simply because they know a black person is in the room. It reminds me of the uncomfortableness Williams felt and how simply because of your skin color people feel a need to alienate you and make you feel small