Abstract

ALVAREZ, Wllliam. "Put your hands against the Wall... nigro!" Periphery and ethnic/racial discrimination in Cartagena de Indias. memorias [online]. 2023, n.50, pp.35-61.  Epub Nov 06, 2023. ISSN 1794-8886.  https://doi.org/10.14482/memor.50.025.001.

This text is part of an investigation that ethnographically explored the world of gangs, youth and urban violence in the outskirts of Cartagena-Colombia. My goal here is to present a segment of that project focused on the various manifestations of racial discrimination that young people from the periphery experience in their journeys through the city and territories. To achieve this end, I present fragments of stories and life experiences that I collected during almost 4 years of participant observation in one of the most dangerous and densely populated neighborhoods by the Afro-descendant population of Cartagena. Through these interlocutors, I present a socio-historical hypothesis that seeks to understand the phenomenon of racism and ethnic/racial segregation through, especially, three categories: racial state, structural violence, world-system. In parallel, I reflect on the violence experienced by young people from a necropolitical perspective.

Keywords : youth; police; everyday racism; periphery; marginality.

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