Anti-Black Latino racism in an era of Trumpismo

Abstract

This article describes the Latino population that voted for the current president and overview reasons as to why they voted for the current president. I purposefully center the anti-Black racism within the Latino community and focus specifically on recent political and nationwide events that are connected to anti-Black Latino racism. Additionally, I articulate two propositions for researchers to take into consideration in regards to the study of Latinos. The importance of articulating these assumptions is threefold: First, to bring light to the endemic nature of anti-Black Latino racism; second to allow for more nuanced representations of Latinos in empirical research; third and finally, to provide fertile ground for extending scholarly work to recognize the manifestations of anti-Black Latino racism.

Keywords:

• Latino
• Trump
• critical race theory
• Afro-Latino

Acknowledegments

The author thanks Dr. James Morris-King and the anonymous reviewers for their advice and generous feedback on this article.