Dr. Hordge-Freeman and Angelica LoBlack co-authored an article, “Cops only see the brown skin, they could care less where it originated”: Afro-Latinx Perceptions of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement” in Sociological Perspectives.

The increasing visibility of Afro-Latinxs in the United States has catalyzed interest among researchers about this group’s unique experiences of racialization. However, much less attention has been given to the relationship between Afro-Latinx identity formation and perceptions and/or participation in social movements. Drawing on web-based survey data with 115 Afro-Latinxs, we examine how Afro-Latinxs view the Black Lives Matter Movement with a focus on the extent to which they perceive that this explicitly anti-racist movement is relevant to their own lives.