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We invite friends and colleagues of the Wabash Center from across North America to contribute periodic blog posts for one of our several blog series.
Contact:
Donald Quist
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Educational Design Manager, Wabash Center
Miguel A. De La Torre is Professor of Social Ethics and Latinx Studies at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver. The American Academy of Religion bestowed on him the 2020 Excellence in Teaching Award. He has published forty-three books (five of which won national awards). A Fulbright scholar, he served as the 2012 President of the Society of Christian Ethics and was the co-founder/first executive director of the Society of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion. He also wrote the screenplay for the documentary Tails of Hope and Terror (https://www.trailsofhopeandterrorthemovie.com/).
Terrible, prejudicious article that disconsiders that Latino is not a race. Latinos come in different shades and forms. Suggesting that every Latino has a predominant indigenous background leads to the exclusion of Afro-Latinos and White Latinos. Latin American countries, as former colonies, have all sorts of people, including a huge amount of White citizens (from various backgrounds, not only from the Iberian Peninsula – this includes large German-Brazilian and German-Argentine populations). This obviously reflects on the population of US Latinos, including 1,000,000 Brazilian-Americans. White professors should teach Latinx studies as well as non-White professors.