...Cultural Democracy in the Racial Metropolis ...

... exposition history narrative radio racial democracy ...

... racial democracy African diaspora reggaetón Latin Grammys Puerto Rico blackness ...

... The introduction begins with an anecdote about reggaetón performance by Los 12 Discípulos at the Sixth Annual Latin Grammys. It provides background on Puerto Rican race relations, including definitions of discourses of racial democracy, an overview of the history of slavery on the island...

... The conclusion explores the links between genomic science and ideas of progress (toward racial democracy, health, freedom) and then looks at ideas about Latin America as a racial exception and as a useful resource for genomic science and its progressive agenda. It then argues that in fact...

... Oficial” exemplifies how underground artists drew upon diasporic resources to contest persistent racism within Puerto Rico’s so-called racial democracy. Finally, the chapter details the debates that ensued after an unsuccessful attempt to censor underground in order to demonstrate how the music’s racial...

... critique of the disparagement of blackness that is part and parcel of dominant discourses of racial democracy. This chapter shows how Calderón draws from diasporic resources from throughout the Americas to express a black diasporic identity that refutes discourses of racial democracy in Puerto Rico...