Colorism in the Latinx Community

By Abigail Hollie, with contributions from the RIDC Team

During Latinx Heritage Month and all the time, it’s important that we ask and explore the following:

How do we see these themes of colorism and internalized racism show up within the Latinx Community?

How does colorism play a role in hiring and promoting within the running industry?

Check out our research to investigate and challenge, or support, your findings.

We know that 1) Representation of Hispanic/Latinx employees in the running industry remains disparately low (8%) when compared to the US population (19%) and 2) only 3% of running industry senior management leadership positions are occupied by Hispanic/Latinx employees.

If you’d like to learn more about this topic, you can explore some resources linked below:

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Videos: 

• Pero Like. “Negrito? Blanquita? Latinos Talk Colorism” and Latinos Talk about Colorism Part 2

• MTV. “Colorism in the Latinx Community! Ft. Lee Chin”

• Pero Like. “Afro-Latinx Experts Talk About Racism Within Our Community”

• Pero Like. “Colorism and White Latinx Privilege”

Additional Readings: 

• The Problem With Calling All Latines Brown

• Dark-Skinned Black Women Are Missing from Afro-Latina Representation

• White Latinidad Is Not The Representation Win Hollywood Thinks It Is