Invited Session - Racism and Antiracism in the Multicultural Turn: Perspectives from the Americas

Session Submission Type: Workshop

Abstract

In Latin America (and with a different temporal frame, in the United States as well), we are witnessing a marked slow-down of the two-decade expansion of black and indigenous collective rights. In some cases this “end of expansion” has been abrupt, evidenced in a dramatic reversal in the record of respect for, and implementation of, these rights; in others, it is subtler. How do we account for this closure? How is structured racial inequality reproduced in the current moment? What alternative means to contest racial hierarchy and pursue empowerment are emerging beyond the rights paradigm? The purpose of this round table is to bring together a group of people that, from their own unique perspectives, have being engaged and participated in answering this questions.

Sub Track

• Invited Panels

Session Organizers

• Irma A Velazquez Nimatuj, Oxlajuj

• Emiko Saldívar Tanaka, University of California/Santa Barbara

Presenters

• Rigoberto Queme Chay, Centro Universitario de Occidente, CUNOC

• Melesio Peter-Espinoza, Universidad Iberoamericana

• Jurema Werneck, CRIOLA, Brazil

• Marilyn Machado, Proceso de Comunidades Negras

• Leith P Mullings, Graduate Center, City University of New York