The Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America Proyecto sobre Ethnicidad y Raza en America Latina Projeto sobre Etnicidade e Raça na América Latina
Edward Telles author of the new book “Pigmentocracies: ethnicity race and color in Latin America,” Telles is a Professor of Sociology at Princeton University and teaches courses in race, ethnicity with a special emphasis on Latin America and Latinos in the United States. The book is the fruit of the multiyear Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America (PERLA)– a richly revealing analysis of contemporary attitudes toward ethnicity and race in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, four of Latin America’s most populous nations. To listen to the show press or type the link into your address barhttp://bit.ly/1xqmN6T
Juan Flores Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and director of Latino Studies at New York University. He is co-founder, along with Miriam Jimenez Roman, of the Afro-Latino Forum. Juan discusses the three day Afro-Latino international conference in NYC entitled “AfroLatinos Now.” The gathering provided a unique opportunity to examine the structural and ideological barriers to full Afro-Latino representation. To listen to the interview press or type this link into your address bar.http://bit.ly/1pMMevo
