Interview With ​Erika Denise Edwards

Erika Denise Edwards is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Texas at El Paso. She has conducted research about race and gender in Argentina and has been instrumental in reigniting the conversation of colorism and blackness in Latin America. She is the author of the book Hiding in Plain Sight: Black Women, the Law, and the Making of a White Argentine Republic published by the University of Alabama Press. In this interview with Héctor Rendón, Erika talks about the history of blackness in Argentina and some of the misleading myths about why there is a lack of black visibility in the country. She talks about colorism, white supremacy throughout Latin America, and much more. 
Interview ​by
Héctor Rendón
​5/28/2023
Héctor "Vale" Rendón (Mazatlán, México) is a publisher, writer, academic, and journalist. He currently works as Assistant Professor at the Newhouse School in Syracuse University. He has written three novels and has lived in five different countries. As a journalist, he has worked for more than a decade as editor, foreign correspondent, TV reporter, multimedia reporter, and editor-in-chief for several media outlets. His main areas of academic study are focused on media narratives about minorities in different social contexts. Throughout his life he has received several awards and grants that support both his academic and creative work.
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