My first session on Day 2 (Tuesday) was about Latinx (you will learn this term in the video below) Racial Identity. WOW. I learned I have a LOT to learn about how we (White people) racialize Latinx people in the United States. And by "racialize" I mean, attribute socially constructed meaning to who they are as people of color. We didn't watch the video below in my session, but I think it does a great job of illustrating many of the issues we discussed.
The second video, one that we watched excerpts from (hey! pay attention Global Students-- these are great "documentary" making methods as well) comes from a documentary opinion series (doc-ed) in the New York Times. There are all kinds of interesting topics they explore (including a Conversation with Police About Race...) but I wanted to post this particular piece as a powerful model for how to talk about race in a personal way. (Also pay attention because your turn is coming!)
Finally, to add to the conversation, I offer the following piece from The Pew Research Center. It explores the way in which US (Federal policy and social construction) doesn't really merge well will how the Latinx community defines itself racially and ethnically. Pew Research on Hispanic Racial Identity
"Do Hispanics consider their Hispanic background to be part of their racial background, their ethnic background or both?
A new Pew Research Center survey of multiracial Americans finds that, for two-thirds of Hispanics, their Hispanic background is a part of their racial background – not something separate. This suggests that Hispanics have a unique view of race that doesn’t necessarily fit within the official U.S. definitions."
What a day it was and this was just the morning! Part 2 of this blog post is coming up soon!
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