Event Description
After decades of denying racism and underplaying cultural diversity, Latin American states began adopting transformative ethno-racial legislation in the late 1980s. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research, Paschel shows how black movements in Latin America went from marginalized to institutionalized, and how the strategic actions of a small group of black activists successfully brought about change.
Speaker
Tianna Paschel is an assistant professor of African American Studies at UC Berkeley. Her work focuses on the intersection of racial ideology, politics, and globalization in Latin America.