A Region in Denial: Racial Discrimination and Racism in Latin America

Racism (and racial discrimination) is, to a certain extent, alive and well in every society, country, and region of the world.1 It can appear in a variety of forms depending on the culture or context in which it occurs and the period of history during which it rears its head. Nonetheless, one common thread that seems to be woven throughout almost every culture, country, and region is that people deny that racism even exists.KeywordsIndigenous PeopleRacial DiscriminationDominican RepublicRacial IdentityPeriodical ReportThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.