Dr. Hordge-Freeman and Edlin Veras co-authored “Out of the Shadows, Into the Dark: Ethnoracial Dissonance and Identity Formation in Afro-Latinx Families” in the journal for the Sociology of Race & Ethnicity (2020)
A 2016 Pew report reported that 24 percent of Hispanics identify as Afro-Latinxs, but researchers know very little about the significance of Afro-Latinx identity and how it develops. Using survey data administered to 94 self-identified Afro-Latinxs and in-depth interviews with selected survey respondents, the authors examine the socialization experiences that shape their identity formation. The…