Poet José Olivarez Discusses Anti-blackness and Toxic Machismo

Josè Olivarez
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Josè Olivarez
Courtesy / Courtesy of Josè Olivarez

Poet José Olivarez Discusses Anti-blackness and Toxic Machismo

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José Olivarez is a Chicago-based author. His recently released poetry book, Citizen Illegal, talks about some of his experiences as a Mexican-American. Worldview’s Viviana Garcia-Blanco talks with José Olivarez about issues of anti-blackness and toxic machismo attitudes in the Latinx community. Olivarez will also read some of his poems.