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PBS Black in Latin America airs tonight on Cuba

Henry Louis Gates Jr. Goes to Cuba for 'Black in Latin America'

By Mariela Rosario | 04/26/2011 - 15:30 | 0 Comments

When we asked Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr. about why so many Latinos get confused about race, specifically when filling out forms like the recent U.S. census, he tell us it may be because Latino "is not a race in and of itself."

"The way people self-identify is very subjective and very cultural-specific," he continued. "And I don’t blame people...

Black in Latin America

Henry Louis Gates Jr. Explores What It Means to Be 'Black in Latin America'

By Mariela Rosario | 04/19/2011 - 16:45 | 4 Comments

We recently spoke with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. about his new documentary series for PBS entitled Black in Latin America to find out what he discovered about the racial experience of Afro-Latinos in the region.

We wanted to know what compelled Prof. Gates to take his groundbreaking Black In series to Latin America and...