Category: Caribbean/Latin America

  • More Than Just Party Music: New Book ‘Remixing Reggaetón’ Mines the Complicated Racial Politics of the Genre Remezcla 2015-10-21 Walter Thompson-Hernández Los Angeles, California For centuries, the complexities of racism in Latin America have been overshadowed by the false perception that high rates of racial mixture have created a racially democratic Latin American society. In…

  • Afro-Mexicans Are Pushing For Legal Recognition in Mexico’s National Constitution Remezcla 2015-11-09 Walter Thompson-Hernández Los Angeles, California The myth of the Latin American racial democracy, scholars believe, began in Brazil following the abolishment of slavery in 1888, when government officials declared that high rates of racial mixing had officially absolved the nation of its racial…

  • Cachita’s Streets: The Virgin of Charity, Race, and Revolution in Cuba Duke University Press 2015 376 pages 27 illustrations Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8223-5918-0 Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8223-5937-1 Jalane D. Schmidt, Associate Professor of Religious Studies University of Virginia Cuba’s patron saint, the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre, also called Cachita, is a potent symbol of Cuban…

  • “I am a woman. I’m from the periphery. But I still have an advantage: I’m white” – The recognition of white privilege and racism Black Women of Brazil: The site dedicated to Brazilian women of African descent 2015-11-05 Source: Geledés Instituto da Mulher Negra, “Sou mulher. Suburbana. Mas ainda tô na vantagem: sou branca” Camila…

  • Race Relations In Brazil Odyssey 2015-10-12 Evan Mextorf Is racial democracy real? If one was to ask a member of the Brazilian government if racism exists within the country, they would more than likely say no. They might say “Brazil is a racial democracy. Sure, there are social factors such as gender and class that…

  • La melaza que llora: How to Keep the Term Afro-Latino from Losing Its Power Latino Rebels 2015-10-16 Jason Nichols, Lecturer in African American Studies University of Maryland Me quiere hacer pensar/ que soy parte de una trilogía racial/ donde todo el mundo es igual/ sin trato especial/ se perdonar/ eres tú que no sabe disculpar/…

  • The Spectacle of the Races: Scientists, Institutions, and the Race Questions in Brazil, 1870-1930 (review) Bulletin of the History of Medicine Volume 75, Number 1, Spring 2001 pages 152-153 DOI: 10.1353/bhm.2001.0014 J. D. Goodyear, Senior Lecturer and Associate Director, Public Health Studies Program Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland Lilia Moritz Schwarcz. The Spectacle of the…

  • Black Mexico: The African Roots in Mexico Western Connecticut State University Student Center Theater 181 White Street Danbury, Connecticut Wednesday, 2015-10-28, 10:50 EDT (Local Time) Gloria Arjona, Lecturer in Spanish California Institute of Technology, Pasadena In Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month Dr. Gloria Arjona, a lecturer at CalTech Pasadena and University of Southern California, will…

  • Blackness and Mestizaje in Mexico and Central America Africa World Press 2013 176 pages ISBN: 978-1592219339 Edited by: Elisabeth Cunin, Sociologist Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France Odile Hoffmann, Geographer Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France American configurations, because of their originality, force us to adopt plural visions, toward the margins, with particular…

  • This book identifies and engages with an analysis of racism in the Caribbean region, providing an empirically-based theoretical re-framing of both the racialisation of the globe and evaluation of the prospects for anti-racism and the post-racial.