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  • Is race mixture an antidote to racism?

    Is race mixture an antidote to racism? Monitor: Global Intelligence on Racism 2018-12-03 Monica Moreno-Figueroa, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Cambridge; Fellow in Social Sciences at Downing College, Cambridge Peter Wade, Professor of Social Anthropology University of Manchester There is a tendency for commentators situated towards the political right to claim that…

  • “We Are Not Racists, We Are Mexicans”: Privilege, Nationalism and Post-Race Ideology in Mexico

    “We Are Not Racists, We Are Mexicans”: Privilege, Nationalism and Post-Race Ideology in Mexico Critical Sociology Published online before print 2015-06-18 DOI: 10.1177/0896920515591296 Mónica G. Moreno Figueroa, Lecturer in Sociology University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Emiko Saldívar, Associate Project Scientist Department of Anthropology University of California, Santa Barbara This article analyses the conflicting understandings surrounding…

  • Colloquium – Mónica Moreno Figueroa on “Naming Ourselves: Recognising Racism and Mestizaje in Mexico”

    Colloquium – Mónica Moreno Figueroa on “Naming Ourselves: Recognising Racism and Mestizaje in Mexico” Auditorium of King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center New York University 53 Washington Square South New York, New York Monday, 2011-09-12, 18:00-20:00 EDT (Local Time) Mónica Moreno Figueroa, Lecturer in Sociology Newcastle University Discussant: Frances Negrón-Muntaner Hosted by the Center…

  • Distributed intensities: Whiteness, mestizaje and the logics of Mexican racism

    Distributed intensities: Whiteness, mestizaje and the logics of Mexican racism Ethnicities Volume 10, Number 3, September 2010 pages 387-401 DOI: 10.1177/1468796810372305 Mónica G. Moreno Figueroa, Lecturer in Sociology Newcastle University By analysing racist moments, this article engages with debates about the existence of racism in Mexico and how whiteness, as an expression of such racism,…

  • The Complexities of the Visible: Mexican Women’s Experiences of Racism, Mestizaje and National Identity

    The Complexities of the Visible: Mexican Women’s Experiences of Racism, Mestizaje and National Identity Goldsmiths College, University of London 2006 Monica Moreno Figueroa, Lecturer in Sociology Newcastle University, United Kingdom The thesis analyses the contemporary practices of racism in relation to discourses of mestizaje in Mexico. It focuses on the qualities of women’s experiences of…