This interdisciplinary online course examined the indigenous and Black experience, resistance, and rebellions in Latin American history, society, and culture from the time of slavery to the present day. It looked specifically at European and U.S. colonialism, neo-colonialism, and imperialism while presenting also ongoing decolonial, feminist, migrant, and anti-racist struggles and networks of solidarity. It emphasized various socio-cultural and political contributions of Afro-Latin Americans and the implications of these manifestations for the formation of a transnational Afro identity.
“No Más Discriminación” – Kombilesa Mí
One more time I invite you
To our population
Where discrimination
We left her without direction
I don’t care about your color
Not your religion
The only thing that matters is that you think like me
That because the other is different
You are not going to infect their environment
Dirty is enough
And stop
Don’t you see that what you do is humiliate
The one in front of you, Men
My population is of great admiration
Regardless of discrimination
For all his songs full of emotions
That comes out of the heart, like an invasion
Considering conservation
and tradition
Palenque is my biggest attraction
The main means of racism are
Language and education
(Black I am, black I will be
black I was born, black I will die) [x2]
I am black
Because I consider myself a palenquera
Black, let the whole earth listen to me
Well I will always be and I will never forget my identity
Much less the truth that surrounds us
a thousand times damn
Like I’m a black man made with tar
Listen well and see
So I’ll stay even if you get diarrhea
Listen well and see
Listen to my lyrics
I don’t come looking for violence
What I want is that black and white
Look at each other with decency
And not be out there discriminating
And to the last of his conscience …
(Disappear)
And may I never ever come back
I turn off the word racial discrimination
The whole race one world family
No one to make fun of another
Because of the way they talk
Or because of its color
All the world in one corner
(Hey, we are the same, we are the same, we are the same) [x2]
(No more discrimination
Blacks and whites in one corner
We are the same even if we change our color
We are the same, with the same heart
Although sometimes the world separates us for no reason)
Afroneto Ri Palenge Represent
This song comes in the form of protest
Looking for a proposal
For discrimination
It is something that affects
This planet
Like earthquakes
Because there are guys who make fun of us
Either because of the way we speak or because of our face
Because of our skin color
Or because of our way of being before others
All I want is for you to think clearly
And with reason, because you are white
You think you better than me?
(Full stop, but with the permission of my friends
This song I will end
I come to say that we are being run over by racism
It shouldn’t be like that if the color of human blood is the same
Mulattoes, mestizos, gringos, hands up
In this world, I do not want more discriminated
They are my company wherever they participate
All ethnicities to shout as much as they can …
… Discrimination to hell with it [x4]
(Hey, we are the same, we are the same, we are the same) [x2]
Group Discussion
What did you learn in our class?
What was your favorite topic/reading/film/author/assignment?
What was difficult this semester and how you overcome that obstacle?
Chat Discussion
What tips would you give your classmates to finish the semester successfully? Send some words of encouragement