Translating Blackness

Date

February 11, 2020

Time

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Location

754 Schermerhorn Extension

What historical, cultural, and intellectual processes explain the transnational migration of blackness through other ethno-racial identifications since the nineteenth century? How do these communities of color translate hegemonic terms into networks of inclusion that can help them challenge the colonial legacies of oppression?

Join CSER and IRAAS in welcoming professor Lorgia García Peña as she presents Afro-Latinidad as a framework for understanding the historical intersections of race, ethnicity, migration, and citizenship that have led to the present-day production of minoritized citizens of color.