🗒️🗣️ INTERVIEW | Meyby Ugueto-Ponce: ‘Afro-Venezuelan Ancestral Knowledge Embodies Memory and Resistance’
Afro-Venezuelan activist, dancer, and researcher Meyby Ugueto-Ponce discusses structural racism in Venezuela, restorative justice, food racism, and the impact of the Bolivarian Revolution.
Ugueto-Ponce argues that racism operates not only through individual interactions but also through institutions, public policies, cultural practices, and everyday life. She also highlights ancestral food, health, and agricultural knowledge as forms of memory and resistance.
“Racism is systemic because it circulates through the arteries of the state.”
Read our full interview here 👉🏾 https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/meyby-ugueto-ponce-the-ancestral-knowledge-of-afro-venezuelan-communities-embodies-memory-and-resistance/
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Meyby Ugueto-Ponce: ‘Afro-Venezuelan Ancestral Knowledge Embodies Memory and Resistance’ - Venezuelanalysis
Activist and researcher Meyby Ugueto-Ponce discusses Venezuela's structural racism, restorative justice, and the present challenges for Afro-Venezuelan communities.
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