** 2020 Census:
62.1 Million Latinos — 18.7% of US Population
41.1 million African Americans — 12.4% of US Population

** There are 103.2 million Black & Brown people in the United States; 31.1% of the U.S. population in 2020; projected to be 40% by 2040

** 10 Black Cities in 2020: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Baltimore, Memphis, Los Angeles, New Orleans, St. Louis, Washington DC

** 10 Latino Cities in 2020: Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, San Diego, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Las Vegas

** Both African Americans and Latinos influenced and define America’s food, music, technology, culture, education, commerce, sports, and politics.

** In the African American community, class differences are often based on colorism. With Latinos, they are often based on immigration status.

** The most common points of contact and interaction for the two groups are: K-12 schools, colleges/universities, neighborhoods, prisons and the criminal justice system, the workplace (both blue collar & white color jobs)

** Latinos and African Americans aren’t natural allies, but nor are they automatic enemies. Neither group seems to spend much time thinking about the other. They are both too busy thinking about their most complicated relationship: White people. While Latinos and African Americans aren’t enemies, they are competitors — for the attention of White people.

** The groups also appear to lack empathy for some of the challenges faced by the other. When African Americans battle police violence, or Latinos navigate an archaic U.S. immigration system, they do it alone — without support from the other. Also, each group tends to think their experience in the United States is unique and impossible to replicate.