Patterns of antiblackness and movements against anti-black racism in the Caribbean and Latin America

Abstract

This report, authored by sociologist Agustín Laó-Montes, invites us to confront a reality that has profoundly shaped our societies: antiblackness. By tracing a trajectory from the legacies of slavery to contemporary forms of violence and exclusion, the document demonstrates that antiblackness is neither a problem of the past nor confined to a single nation. Rather, it is a global structure that continues to affect the lives of millions of Black people around the world. With a specific focus on Latin America and the Caribbean — particularly Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, and Colombia — the report reveals recurring patterns such as institutional racism, state violence, the denial of rights, and the silencing of knowledge. Equally important, it highlights the struggles, forms of resistance, and proposals that Black communities have developed to defend life, dignity, and the pursuit of justice.