LibGuides: AFR 140-01 Professor Carl Paris: Introduction to Africana Studies: Week 12

Week 12: Monday: Afro-Latinx Identities: Introduce Concept of Afro-Latina/o (Latinx) Heritage and Identity

The Young Lords: A Reader. “Before they Called me a Spic, They Called me a Nigger”
Located halfway down page. Enck-Wanzer, Darrel. 2010. The Young Lords: A Reader. “Before they Called me a Spic, They Called me a Nigger” pp. 36-47. New York: New York University Press. John Jay library resource. Login using your John Jay email username and password.
“Afro-Latinos’ Mixed Identity can Leave Them out of the Mix”
Guadalupe, Patricia, and Suzanne Gamboa. 2014. “Afro-Latinos’ Mixed Identity can Leave them out of the Mix.” NBC News online February 27, 2014. Retrieved from ABC News website; use for educational purposes under Fair Use provision.
“Coming out as Black when you were Hispanic”
Vilorio, Elaine. 2013. “Coming out as Black when you were Hispanic.” National Public Radio Interview. Celeste Headlee host, June 6, 2013. Use for educational purposes under the Fair Use provision.
“Black, Brown, and Woman: Afro- Latinas and Legacies of Imperialism”
Watch (and/or read transcript): Mina-Rojas, Charo. 2015. “Black, Brown, and Woman: Afro- Latinas and Legacies of Imperialism.” “I Mix what I Like” series with Jared Ball (host), February 24, 2015. Retrieved from "The Real News Network". Use for educational purposes under the Fair Use provision.
Media: PBS "Black in Latin America": Episode 1
“Afro-Latinos” documentary; and/or first episode of “Black in Latin America” (PBS). Retrieved from YouTube. Use for educational purposes under Fair Use provision.
Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores how Africa and Europe came together to create the rich culture of Latin America and the Caribbean. The six nations featured in this four-part series are Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Brazil, Mexico and Peru. During his journey through the area, Gates discovers vivid stories and people marked by African roots.

Week 12: Wednesday: Slavery and Forced Migration in the Americas: Afro-Latinx Identities continued

“Epistemic Injustice and the Struggle for Recognition of Afro-Mexicans: A Model for Native Americans?”
Click on fifth article: Gallegos, Sergio. 2018. “Epistemic Injustice and the Struggle for Recognition of Afro-Mexicans: A Model for Native Americans?” The American Philosophical Association Newsletter “Native American and Indigenous Philosophy” Vol 18, No. 1 (Fall): 35-39. Use for educational purposes under Fair Use provision.
“Afro-Latin Studies: Reflections on the Field”
Wade, Peter. 2006. “Afro-Latin Studies: Reflections on the Field.” Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies Vol. 1, No. 1 (April): 105–124; Retrieved from Internet. Use for educational purposes under Fair Use provision.