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2. Dr. Henry Louis Gates: The 'Black in Latin America' Interview
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Williams,Kam (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- Apr 28-May 4, 2011
- Published:
- Memphis, TN
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Tri - State Defender
- Journal Title Details:
- 18 : 10
- Notes:
- KW: Dr. Karanja Ajanaku, (executive editor of the Memphis Tri-State Defender, says: "You seem to be making the point that in the U.S., we are mostly unaware, substantively, of "blacks" in Latin America. Would you speak to how aware or unaware, substantively, "blacks" in Latin America are of African Americans? HLG: No, I didn't see any sign of that, because most of those folks' first identity is a national one, as a Brazilian or a Cuban, not as a black person. For instance, in the Dominican Republic episode, Juan Rodriguez says he never even thought of himself as black until he visited New York. One of the points of the series is that identity is a very complex and ever-shifting matter. We might think that these people are obviously black, but they might not identify themselves that way.