
The Making of a Transnational Movement
Allpamanda! Kawsaymanda! Jatarisun! (For our land and our life, we shall arise!) These Quichua words echoed in the streets as ...

Racial Politics, Racial Identities Race and Racism in the Americas, Part III
Racial Politics, Racial Identities, the third report of our Race and Racism in the Americas series, explores the ways oppressed ...

Venezuela: Washington Suffers a Setback
We have been concerned with some of the actions of Venezuelan President Chávez and his understanding of what a democratic ...

Book Review Essay: Racism in a Racial Democracy: The Maintenance of White Supremacy in Brazil
Why are you importing a U.S. problem into our society? We are not black, or white, or Indian. We are ...

The Road to Durban-and Back
Afro-Latino activists and development workers had long harbored high hopes that the UN World Conference on Racism, held late last ...

Nueva York – Diaspora City: U.S. Latinos Between and Beyond
Back in 1999, New York magazine was renamed Nueva York, at least for the week of September 6. The Spanish ...

Music and the Formation of Black Identity in Colombia
During my fieldwork in Colombia, I found that music and dance were important to understanding patterns of racism and racial ...

Rap and Revolution: Hip-Hop Comes to Cuba
Half an hours drive east of Havana is the suburb of Alamar, home to 300,000 Cubans. Built in the early ...