the latest BE has a similar article that i thought was very interesting.
in the dc area i really am not encouraged that there will be definitive movement to forge coalitions between the groups, i could be wrong. from my experience there are a large number of people of latin decent who are foreign to the 'phenomenon' that is the Afro-latino. a number of people in my classes as an undergrad seemed very surprised that i was of puerto rican heritage because i didn't 'look' a certain way and i didn't speak spanish. i have also experience racist attitude from these same folks as did my sister because i didn't speak the language.
also, i think since both african-americans and latinos are fighting similar cultural battles that may pose a problem. in addition, each culture has a different approach to some of the social issues that exist.
in general we are all trying to achieve the same type of acceptance, successes, opportunities as our white counterparts and there may be underlying resentment that could occur. i really forsee a stronger movement in NY and perhaps California like steeltrap mentioned. personally, i know that at least in ny i won't get weird looks when i tell folks my last name
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