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Whiteness Studies, Politics

Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality

Author

Tanya Kateri Hernandez

Genre

Anthropology, History, Politics, Behavioral Science, Whiteness Studies, Gender

Theme

Racial Innocence excavates the otherwise silenced voices of the Afro Latino and African American victims of Latino anti-Blackness from the case files of discrimination charges with the first comprehensive national analysis of Latino anti-Blackness and what it means for the pursuit of racial equality.

Gist

The book’s narratives show examples where: Latino workplace supervisors deny both Afro Latinos and Blacks access to promotions and wage increases; Latino homeowners turn away Black prospective tenants and home purchasers; Latino restaurant workers block Black customers from entry and refuse to serve them; Latino students bully and harass Black students; Latino educators belittle Black students; Latino police officers assault and kill Blacks; and, most heinous, Latinos who join violent white supremacist organizations and harm Blacks.

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