The Roots of Antiblackness in the US and Brazil
At its core The Denial of Antiblackness: Multiracial Redemption & Black Suffering by João Vargas proposes an intriguing methodological question: Is
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Brazil
Brazilian Politics and the Rise of the Far-Right
On October 28, Brazil elected its 38th President, Jair Bolsonaro, making a core of his 57 million supporters extremely happy
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Recognizing Black Elderhood
In Pedagogies of Crossing, writer M. Jacqui Alexander asks us to observe the sustenance that lies sometimes in plain sight.
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Afro-Latin American Studies: A New Book on an Emerging Field
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Afro-Brazilians and Contemporary Lynchings in Brazil
In historical understandings of racial violence against African Americans in the United States, lynching typically summons imagery of white crime
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