Chapter Introduction:

Challenging Racial and Ethnic Inequalities

By: Kiana González Cedeño | PhD Student | Department of English
Michigan State University

As a Puerto Rican woman, I am well aware of the wonderful diversity within our Latin
American countries. We embrace our histories with pride, yet we fail to recognize the
exclusionary nature of the mestizo project, which looks to erase Black and Indigenous
communities from Latin American Identity. The national narratives disseminated
across Latin America rely on the Eurocentric tellings of history, without ever
recognizing the dark history… go to publication >

Gonzalez-Cedeño, Kiana, and Ariana Costales Del Toro. “Ballrooms and the Sacred Runway: Intimate and Public Lamentations in Queer Communities of Puerto Rico.” Centro: Journal of the Center of Puerto Rican Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, forthcoming 2024.