On this episode, the LMC welcomes Jose Santana to discuss the development of the extreme right in the Dominican Republic and how it uses anti-Haitian racism to cover its capitalist motives. Jose Santana is an economist and research fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Category Archives: Afro Diaspora
September 2nd, 2022: Anti-Black Latino Bias
On the episode, the LMC tackles the inconvenient truths of anti-Black racism within the Latino community by spending the hour with Fordham School of Law Professor Tanya Ketari Hernandez. She is also the author of the book, “Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality.”
August 5th, 2022: Marighella
On a special film review episode, the LMC speaks with Brazilian film producer Talize Sayegh and Afro-Diaspora International Film Festival cofounder Diarah N’Daw-Spech on the new Brazilian film, Marighella, and the challenges of Brazilian films breaking into the American market.