The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Abstract:
Despite the ongoing criminalization and racist persecution of African tradition, from the criminalization of Vodou to restrictions against Gagá, Afro-Dominican culture persists.
Topic:
Culture, Racism, Tradition, Criminalization, and Vodou
The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Abstract:
Apartheid and genocide in the occupied territories hold up a mirror to the racist exclusion of Haitians and Black people in the Dominican Republic. Anti-imperialist solidarity is imperative.
Topic:
Apartheid, Genocide, Solidarity, Exclusion, Racism, and Anti-Imperialism
Political Geography:
Middle East, Palestine, Latin America, Caribbean, and Haiti
The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Abstract:
The quest for white dominance has required undermining Haiti’s freedom and demonizing its people. A transnational response is necessary to foster solidarity and challenge the notion of U.S. exceptionalism.
Topic:
Immigration, Solidarity, Xenophobia, and Racism
Political Geography:
Latin America, Caribbean, Haiti, and United States of America
The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Abstract:
From the United States to the Dominican Republic to the Bahamas, the collective scapegoating and mass deportation of Haitians for political gain lays bare a particular kind of anti-Blackness.
Topic:
Migration, Xenophobia, Racism, and Anti-Blackness
Political Geography:
Latin America, Caribbean, Haiti, Dominican Republic, United States of America, and Bahamas
Born in 1821, Mexico is one of the oldest nation-states in the world. Mexico
is characterized by a strong national identity that is well-known outside of its
borders. This identity defines it as a proudly independent nation with a distinct
mixed-race Mestizo population.
This article will criticize two central elements of the image that Mexico
has built for itself as an independent nation. The first element presents Mexico
as a post-colonial state that constructed a new republican order for its popula-
tion, treating all individuals as equal. The second element presents Mexico as
a Mestizo nation, its population and culture being the result of a confluence
between its original Indigenous and Spanish communities, transcending the
racism inherited from its colonial past. However, different voices and groups in
contemporary Mexican society are challenging these definitions and fighting
against internal colonialism and racial discrimination.
Topic:
Discrimination, Colonialism, Identity, Racism, and Post-Colonial
The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Abstract:
Recent acts of anti-Haitian violence and discrimination are not isolated events, but part of a long history of anti-Blackness in the Dominican Republic.
Topic:
History, Discrimination, Violence, and Racism
Political Geography:
Latin America, Caribbean, Haiti, and Dominican Republic