In Plain Sight

For our BFA Senior Thesis, my class chose the theme “HOME.” We were asked to write an essay related to that topic, which would then be expanded into a larger design project. For my project, I cast a critical eye on my home region and wrote an essay exploring the roots of anti-Blackness in Latin America. I turned my essay and research into a magazine that uses Latin American art as a case study that exposes the “hidden” racism behind the social concept known as Latinidad, which leaves many Afro-Latinos isolated from their countries of origin and cultures.

In Plain Sight puts a spotlight on how Latinidad has done a near flawless job at systematically erasing Black people from every aspect of Latin American history, society, and culture. Thanks to this legacy of elitism and erasure, Afro-Latinos only exist at the margins of the regional establishment, and are not center, left, or near any stage when most think of “Latino” people or culture.

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