‘Racialization works differently here in Puerto Rico, do not bring your U.S.-centric ideas about race here!’
This title is a variation of a statement I have heard during the last two decades as a professional anthropologist.
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On Faithful Witnessing
Today we’re featuring a guest post by Yomaira Figueroa, assistant professor of Afro Diaspora Studies in the Department of English
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What Obama’s Trip to Havana Revealed about Race in Cuba and the U.S.
During his groundbreaking visit to Havana last month, President Barack Obama suggested that the embrace of U.S.-style democracy and capitalism
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Thinking About the ‘X’
As the year winds down, I find myself, like my AAIHS colleague Noelle Trent, reflecting on 2015, on conversations that
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