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Title: Centering Black Latinidad: A Profile of the U.S. Afro-Latinx Population and Complex Inequalities

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Publication Year: 2023

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Abstract: For many Afro-Latinxs, the simultaneity of phenotype, culture, parent’s birthplace, and language create a unique experience relegated to the margins of “Latinidad” and “Blackness.”1 The term Afro-Latinx most often refers to people of visible or self-proclaimed African descent from Latin America and the Caribbean, whether they currently live in the Caribbean, the Americas, or elsewhere. As Flores and Jiménez Román write, “[Afro-Latinxs] are the group that typically falls between the cracks of prevailing classifications, and yet at the same time stands to serve as the most significant bridge across a growing, and increasingly ominous, social divide.”2 Despite the unique situatedness of Afro-Latinxs and their substantial growth rate over the last decade,3 few studies have attempted to quantify4 and center their lived experiences using Census Bureau data.5 In this brief, we use the 2015-2019 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) microdata to analyze the U.S. Afro-Latinx population, including their unique trends in education, employment, and homeownership.

Url: https://latino.ucla.edu/research/centering-black-latinidad/

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Authors: Galdamez, Misael; Gomez, Moris; Perez, Rocio; Salome, Lupe Renteria; Silver, Julia; Dominguez-Villegas, Rodrigo; Zong, Jie; Lopez, Nancy

Publisher: UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Housing and Segregation, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Race and Ethnicity

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