Afro-Latinx, Hispanic, and Latinx Identity

Understanding the Americas

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ID2960564
AuthorsEric Bayruns García (0000-0001-5362-2311, McMaster University, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume13
Issue1
Pages95-120
Publication date2025-01-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Philosophy of Race (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2165-8684 • E-ISSN: 2165-8692
PublisherThe Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5325/critphilrace.13.1.0095
OpenAlexW4407624811
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited39

This article argues that (C) the term "Afro-Latinx" is more apt than "Hispanic" or "Latinx" in a significant number of cases. Three premises support this conclusion. The first premise (P1) is that use of "Afro-Latinx" provides subjects with understanding of how certain events depend on anti-Black racism, US society's racially unjust structure, and US colonial policy. The second premise (P2) is that neither the term "Hispanic" nor the term "Latinx" provides subjects with this understanding of how certain events depend on anti-Black racism, US society's racially unjust structure, and US colonial policy. The third premise (P3) is that the term "Afro-Latinx" provides subjects with more understanding of these events than the terms "Hispanic" and "Latinx." To motivate the argument, the article presents the case of Jose "Kiko" García's murder by the New York City police and the uprising that ensued

Aesthetics · Art · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Identity (music · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · History · Race, History, and American Society · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

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