REI Latinx Challenges in Racial Justice
Virtual
Check-in at 8:45 am; workshop 9:00-5:00
Latinx Challenges Toward Racial Justice is a two-day workshop led by Dr. Raúl Quiñones-Rosado and María I. Reinat-Pumarejo designed for anyone who lives in or work with Latinx communities, and who seek to end racial disparities in our institutions and end racism in our society.
Latinx Challenges engages participants in a critical analysis of how racism disempowers Latino, Latina, Latinx people hindering both our personal well-being and our communities’ development. The workshop offers insights into the cultural backdrop of race and racism in Latin America that shapes our identity today regardless of our place of birth. We examine how people of Latin American origin, like people of all other ethnicities, have been racialized and racially situated in the US. We deconstruct how the US Census uses “Hispanic ethnicity” and “Race” as a political instrument to engineer racial demographics. Also, we highlight how our culture, identity and histories of struggle are vital sources of strength for Latinx individuals, families and communities. Throughout, we emphasize how racism divides Latinos and African Americans, undermining cross-racial solidarity required to create racial equity and to strengthen our growing multi-racial, multi-cultural, multi-generational movement for social transformation.
Among the topics addressed:
Race, Ethnicity, Nationality & the Layered Complexity of Latino Identity
Forces that Hinder Well-Being & Community Development (buen vivir)
Spain’s Casta System & the Construction of Race Throughout Latinoamérica
Race, Class & Empire: US’s “Manifest Destiny” and Beyond its Borders
Colorism, Anti-Blackness & Pro-White Bias and the Psycho-Cultural Impact of Racism
The Census as Social Engineering through Race Policy & the Future of Latinos
La cultura cura: The Healing Power of Culture and Community
¡Pa’lante, unidos! Organizing Together Toward Cross-Racial Solidarity
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This workshop is offered in English.
This workshop is sponsored by OAR Durham. Please contact oardurham@gmail.com with questions.