A Lesson on Blanqueamiento

A question about the lack of Black players on Argentina’s national futbol team between colleagues, sparks a conversation about blanqueamiento. Blanqueamiento is a racial whitening practice that occurred in some previously-colonized countries in the Americans and Caribbean. This practice of idealizing and preferring European features, continues to this day throughout the world.

Show Notes

A question about the lack of Black players on Argentina’s national futbol team between colleagues, sparks a conversation about blaqueamiento. Blaqueamiento is a racial whitening practice that occurred in some previously-colonized countries in the Americans and Caribbean. This practice of idealizing and preferring European features, continues to this day throughout the world. 

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We discuss race, identity, social justice and culture in a region grappling with demographic changes