By Bruno Gaston

International Editor

ATLANTA, July 15, 2007, 12:20 p.m.

Afro-Latino communities in the United States may be just as invisible to the average American as they are hidden in their many countries of origin. Now, more than ever, their voices are grabbing the attention of the American government and challenging the concept of race and identity in Latin America.

Robert Asprilla, executive director of the Afro-Latino Development Alliance in Washington D.C., spoke to Redding News Review about the historical advances made by Afro-Colombians at home through the efforts of the Diaspora in America.

"White Colombians have traditionally migrated to Miami and Queens," Asprilla said. "Afro-Colombians went Houston and Chicago."

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