Racial Innocence

Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality

Racial Innocence
Tanya Kateri Hernandez
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Hardback
h216 x 140mm - 208pg
23 Aug 2022 US
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9780807020135
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"Profound and revelatory, Racial Innocence tackles head-on the insidious grip of white supremacy on our communities and how we all might free ourselves from its predation. Tanya Kateri Hernandez is fearless and brilliant . . . What fire!"-Junot DiazThe first comprehensive book about anti-Black bias in the Latino community that unpacks the misconception that Latinos are "exempt" from racism due to their ethnicity and multicultural backgroundRacial Innocence will challenge what you thought about racism and bias and demonstrate that it' s possible for a historically marginalized group to experience discrimination and also be discriminatory. Racism is deeply complex, and law professor and comparative race relations expert Tanya Kateri Hernandez exposes "the Latino racial innocence cloak" that often veils Latino complicity in racism. As Latinos are the second-largest ethnic group in the US, this revelation is critical to dismantling systemic racism. Basing her work on interviews, discrimination case files, and civil rights law, Hernandez reveals Latino anti-Black bias in the workplace, the housing market, schools, places of recreation, the criminal justice system, and Latino families. By focusing on racism perpetrated by communities outside those of White non-Latino people, Racial Innocence brings to light the many Afro-Latino and African American victims of anti-Blackness at the hands of other people of color. Through exploring the interwoven fabric of discrimination and examining the cause of these issues, we can begin to move toward a more egalitarian society.
"Tanya Hernandez is one of the nation' s foremost scholars regarding racial beliefs among Latin Americans, here and abroad. With nuance and care, her latest book drags into the light the explosive and critically important topic of Latino anti-Blackness. " -Ian F. Haney Lopez, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Public Law, University of California, Berkeley "A critical race theory tour de force for understanding Latino anti-Black bias, from the most important Afro-Latina voice on civil rights today. " -Kimberle Williams Crenshaw "Dr. Hernandez is a brilliant scholar who provides critical analyses of the complexities of race and anti-Black bias as it operates throughout the Americas. Her insights are essential for understanding our contemporary sociopolitical landscape. " -Imani Perry, author of Breathe: A Letter to My Sons "Profound and revelatory, Racial Innocence tackles head-on the insidious grip of white supremacy on our communities and how we all might free ourselves from its predation. Tanya Kateri Hernandez is fearless and brilliant, and her work is exactly what we need in this challenging times. And that final chapter! What fire!" -Junot Diaz, author of This Is How You Lose Her "The racial fantasy is over! In this wonderful yet painful book, Professor Hernandez skillfully exposes Latinos' anti-Blackness. With an impressive command of sources, data, and cases, she stitches together the thick story of racial exclusion, maltreatment, and discrimination against Blacks by people who claim to be racially mixed and ' color-blind. ' Her book made a Black Puerto Rican man like me cry and get angry (too many memories) but also realize that airing our ' dirty laundry' is vital to fight this unacknowledged racism. Bravo, Professor Hernandez for daring to address this taboo subject!" -Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, author of Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States
Tanya Kateri Hernandez is an internationally recognized comparative race law expert and a professor of law at Fordham University School of Law, where she teaches anti-discrimination law, comparative employment discrimination, and critical race theory. A Fulbright scholar, Princeton and Rutgers fellow, and former scholar in residence at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, she specializes in comparative race relations and anti-discrimination law. Hernandez is the author of multiple books, including Multiracials and Civil Rights- Mixed-Race Stories of Discrimination.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780807020135
Published: 23 Aug 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Beacon Press
Publisher: Beacon Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 208

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