Latinidad and Blackness are socially constructed as mutually exclusive

Evidence

One common occurrence for AfroLatinx individuals was the rejection of Blackness as part of Latinidad, meaning that Latinidad and Blackness were perceived as mutually exclusive, across their different communities. For Afrolatinx individuals, these messages influenced the way they viewed themselves and their belonging and membership to Blackness and Latinidad (Hordge-Freeman and Veras, 2020). On the other hand, some AfroLatinx individuals reported that they were told by grandparents to identify as Black, because African Americans have fought longer and harder and experienced less discrimination in the community (Romo, 2011). — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 115

Categorization

• XREF: The grandparent exception (urging Black identification on strategic/legitimacy grounds) is a striking inversion of the usual pattern and relevant to the solidarity-threshold question. — connects to: Latino and Black identities can supplement rather than replace each other — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2508; Mixed-race blackness destabilizes both black and Latino literary categories; Racial hierarchy in Latin America produced no separate subaltern cultures or critical consciousness — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3607 (+2 more)

Related

• Latino and Black identities can supplement rather than replace each other (similarity 0.87)
• Racial hierarchy in Latin America produced no separate subaltern cultures or critical consciousness (similarity 0.81)
• Latinx communities’ anti-Blackness makes AfroLatinx members feel inferior and unwanted. (similarity 0.81)
• Celebrating multiracial identity does not reduce racial inequality in Latin America (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Latino and Black identities can supplement rather than replace each other #contradicts (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2508
• Latino and black racial categories supplement rather than replace each other #contradicts (0.95)
• Mixed-race blackness destabilizes both black and Latino literary categories #complicates (0.80)
• Blackness is a social location, not actual skin pigmentation #complicates (0.72) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 460
• Racial hierarchy in Latin America produced no separate subaltern cultures or critical consciousness #complicates (0.70) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3607