Rudy Amanda Hurtado: “the Racist Narrative Seeks to Dehumanize in Order to Justify Violence”

Within the framework of the colloquium “Fanon 100 years: revolution and emancipation in the Third World” in Chile, the renowned anthropologist and professor of Afro-Latin American Studies at Harvard University, Rudy Amanda Hurtado Garcés, warned about how racist narratives operate as dehumanization devices that legitimize structural violence. From an Afro-feminist perspective, Hurtado questioned the limits of institutional multiculturalism and vindicated insurgent forms of Afro citizenship.

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