Free City Radio
Tuesday February 11th, 2025 with Stefan Christoff
Tania Islas Weinstein speaks on Beyond Mestizaje - Contemporary Debates on Race in Mexico

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from author and educator Tania Islas Weinstein speaking on the recently published collective work "Beyond Mestizaje: Contemporary Debates on Race in Mexico." The book is described this way: "Racism has historically been a taboo topic in Mexico. This is largely due to the nationalist project of mestizaje which contends that because all Mexicans are racially mixed, race is not a salient political issue. In recent years, however, race and racism have become important topics of debate in the country’s public sphere and academia. This book introduces readers to a sample of these diverse and sometimes conflicting views that also intersect with discussions of class. The activists and scholars included in the volume come from fields such as anthropology, linguistics, history, sociology, and political science. Through these diverse epistemological frameworks, the authors show how people in contemporary Mexico interpret the world in racial terms and denounce racism." Info on the project: www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/4m90dz09n This interview series is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.