Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

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Check Both! Afro-Latin@s and the Census

2015-11-22

Check Both! Afro-Latin@s and the Census NACLA: Reporting on the Americas Since 1967 2010 Miriam Jiménez Román Earlier in 2010 a series of public service announcements circulated on the Internet in anticipation of the U.S. Census. The three short videos, produced and disseminated by the afrolatin@ forum, a New York–based educational nonprofit, urged Latin@s to…
Queridos Blanquitos: The Hidden Racism of Nuestra América

2014-11-24

Queridos Blanquitos: The Hidden Racism of Nuestra América NACLA Report on the Americas New York, New York 2014-11-19 Ed Morales Columbia University, New York, New York In Justin Simien’s debut film Dear White People, a passing comment about Puerto Ricans exposes the contradictory status of mixed-race people in the “post-racial” Americas. There is a moment…
Let’s Talk About Race (in Latin@ Communities)

2014-11-24

Let’s Talk About Race (in Latin@ Communities) NACLA Report on the Americas New York, New York 2014-10-16 Melissa M. Valle, Ph.D. candidate Columbia University, New York, New York While many trivialize race in Latin@ communities as abstract and irrelevant, Afro-Latin@s are still fighting a definitive racial hierarchy. They say that the Devil’s greatest trick is…