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.
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October 9th, 2020: Black Lives Matter In Mexico
Often overlooked yet at the center in the fight against environmental racism, the LMC spends the hour with Jayson Porter and Yoalli Rodriguez on the Afro-Mexicano struggle for social and environmental justice. Jayson Porter is a PhD candidate of Mexican environmental history @ Northwestern University in Illinois and Yoalli Rodriguez is a PhD candidate in Latin American Studies @ the University of Texas in Austin.
October 2nd, 2020: Black Lives Matter In Colombia
Afro-Colombian attorney Dayana Blanco Acendra spends the hour with the LMC to discuss the Black Lives Matter movement through the eyes of Afro-Colombianos, the case of Anderson Arboleda, and the struggle against internal displacement. Dayana Blanco Acendra is also the founder of ILEX Accion Juridica based in Colombia.