How are they Dying?: Politicizing Black Death in Latin America

The protests that have emerged in the United States under the banner Black Lives Matter are similar to decades-old movements in Latin America. At the core of all of this organizing, according to , is the same attempt to humanize black people. While those interested in inequality have tended to ask h...

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Published in:World policy journal 2016, Vol.33 (1), p.38-45
Main Author: Paschel, Tianna S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African American Studies and Black Diaspora
BLACK LIVES MATTER EVERYWHERE
Black people
Critical Ethnic Studies
Inequality
Latin American history
Postcolonial and Colonial Studies
Racism
Violence
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Summary:The protests that have emerged in the United States under the banner Black Lives Matter are similar to decades-old movements in Latin America. At the core of all of this organizing, according to , is the same attempt to humanize black people. While those interested in inequality have tended to ask how black people are living, black rights movement sacross the Americasare demanding that society confront a more difficult question: How are black people dying?
ISSN:0740-2775
1936-0924
DOI:10.1215/07402775-3545870