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The fallacy of a raceless Latinidad: Action guidelines for centering Blackness in Latinx psychology

Source: Journal of Latinx Psychology

Resource Type: Documents and Publications

Focus Population: BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color), Immigrant and Migrant Populations

Topics: Behavioral Health Organizational Guidance Docs, Culturally Specific Strengths and Resilience, Trauma-informed

The authors draw attention to the dominance of a raceless narrative applied to all Latinos that renders invisible both Balckness and the oppressive structures of anti-Blackness that impact many Latinos. They introduce a framework that underlines the role of race, ethnicity and ethnocentrism in the study of Latins and provide five practice guidelines.