CFP: Ideas of Race in Latin America
Many countries in Latin America have fashioned themselves as racial democracies or nations free from racism and with fluid racial
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Latin America
The Mystique of Chica da Silva
“La negra tiene tumba’o, nunca camina de la’o.” -Celia Cruz In 1985, West German band Boney M. released its eighth album, Eye Dance,
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The Role of Black Women in the Making of a White Argentine Republic
“The discovery of personal whiteness among the world’s peoples is a very modern thing,” observed W.E.B. Du Bois, “a nineteenth
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Black Deaths and Black Mourning in the Time of Coronavirus
That coronavirus (COVID-19) is “the great equalizer” has quickly become an old and tired adage, rightly critiqued by scholars and
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‘Racialization works differently here in Puerto Rico, do not bring your U.S.-centric ideas about race here!’
This title is a variation of a statement I have heard during the last two decades as a professional anthropologist.
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