Latonya Pennington

Latonya Pennington is a freelance contributor and poet. Their work has discussed pop culture through the lens of race, gender identity, and queerness and can be found online at Into More and Popverse, among others. Check out more of their work on their website Words From A Penn.

Tyler and Miriam from "Turning Red" in front, Ron Yuan, Alain Uy, and Mykel Shannon Jenkins from "The Paper Tigers" in back.

When Pro-Asian American Feels Anti-Black

Writer Latonya Pennington says that as a Black Asian person, she can’t enjoy the racist undertones in many prominent Asian American films