Graffiti in Inwood (Photo by Pedro A. Regalado)

Dismantling Anti-Blackness Together

Two struggles—Black liberation and immigrant rights—are intertwined and must be confronted together, which means acknowledging there is racism in the project ...
Guerrilla women march down Calle El Conde, Santo Domingo, April 1965. The dark-skinned Black woman marching in the front line (center) is Agustina Rivas, aka Tina Bazuca. (Fondo Milvio Pérez, Archivo General de la Nación, Dominican Republic)

Afro-Dominicanas Against Death

Erased from the archive, the remarkable story of one Afro-Dominican revolutionary illuminates the Dominican colonial desire for whiteness at the ...
Along the border, a bridge connects the Dominican town of Dajabón with Ouanaminthe in Haiti (European Union / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

The Institutionalization of Anti-Haitianism in Dominican History and Education

Recent acts of anti-Haitian violence and discrimination are not isolated events, but part of a long history of anti-Blackness in ...
Black Lives Matter demonstrators protest the Biden administration's immigration policies in Los Angeles, September 21, 2021. (Ringo Chiu / Shutterstock)

Why Haiti Advocacy Needs New Strategies

As the Biden administration continues to ignore Haitian civil society proposals for a pathway out of crisis, confronting white supremacy ...
An action for justice for Marielle Franco earlier this year in São Paulo (Eduardo Figueiredo/Mídia Ninja).

Lingering Trauma in Brazil: Police Violence Against Black Women

Black women disproportionately experience the trauma of police aggression in Brazil. Understanding how requires complicating and expanding our definitions of ...
A march in protest of racism, violence and invisibilization of black women in Brasilia, Brazil, in 2015. (Janine Moraes, Ministério da Cultura/Flickr).

Antiblackness and the Brazilian Elections

The ascent of Jair Bolsonaro to the highest executive office in the world’s fourth-largest democracy and former slave state reflects ...