On this episode, the LMC spends the hour with Joao Costa Vargas about how Brazil’s institutionalized anti-black hatred is more crucial in understanding the rise of right-wing politician Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency than his blatant fascist views. Joao Costa Vargas is the author of “The Denial of Antiblackness: Multiracial Redemption & Black Suffering.”
Category Archives: Beyond Latinx
March 15th, 2019: Undocumented & LGBTQ Pt 3
In part 3 of our Undocumented and LGBTQ series, the LMC spends the hour with Trans activist Jennicet Gutierrez to discuss the case of Roxsana Hernandez plus more. She is also the community organizer and advocate for Familia TQLM in Los Angeles.
February 8th, 2019: The Palestinian Diaspora In Latin America
The Palestinian diaspora in Latin America goes back to the late 1800’s at the beginning of the end of the Ottoman empire. Predating the modern-day Palestine/Israel conflict, predating the Nakba, predating WW I & II. Cecilia Baeza, a lecturer at the institute of political science in Paris, speaks with the LMC about the complicated & complex history of the half-million people of Palestinian descent throughout Latin America, one of the largest outside the Arab world.
