Event Description
Over the last two decades, Latin American states have abandoned color-blind approaches to counting their populations on national censuses. This talk will explain why Latin American states have embraced ethnic and racial classification of their citizens and discuss broad implications for the politics of diversity and development in the region.
Speaker
Mara Loveman is an associate professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley. Her book, National Colors: Racial Classification and the State in Latin America, will be published this spring.