The Indians of Africa, Ancestral Prejudices and the Constituent Process in Chile 2020-2022

The failed Constitutional Convention (2020-2022) reactivated the discussion about the recognition of people of African descent, which led to polarizing positions both in favor of and around their recognition. The main point of contention was related to their pre-existence and their right to be const...

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spelling I15-R225-article-1402024-11-20T20:48:32Z The Indians of Africa, Ancestral Prejudices and the Constituent Process in Chile 2020-2022 Los indios de África, los prejuicios ancestrales y el proceso constituyente en Chile 2020-2022 Campos, Luis Eugenio afrodescendencia reconocimiento Chile democracia prejuicios afro-descendant recognition Chile democracy prejudice The failed Constitutional Convention (2020-2022) reactivated the discussion about the recognition of people of African descent, which led to polarizing positions both in favor of and around their recognition. The main point of contention was related to their pre-existence and their right to be constitutionally recognized, which results in access to full rights as a people vis-à-vis the Chilean nation state. In the discussions of the constituents, supported by intellectuals from different areas, not only has information been lacking, but ancestral prejudices have been activated that, anchored in national history, propose that in Chile there were never black people and that their demand could never be equivalent to that of the indigenous peoples originating from the continent. When the exclusion of Afro-descendants was ratified in the second constitutional proposal, it was confirmed that racism, xenophobia and discrimination predominate in Chile, although for some the mere fact of having thought about including them and currently having materialized the incorporation of the question about Afro-descendants in the 2024 Census shed light that despite everything, unprecedented progress has been made in the recognition of Afro-descendants in Chile. La fallida Convención Constitucional (2020-2022) reactivó la discusión acerca del reconocimiento de los afrodescendientes lo que llevó a polarizar tanto posiciones a favor como en torno a su reconocimiento. El principal punto de discordia tuvo relación con su preexistencia y su derecho a ser reconocidos constitucionalmente, lo que tiene como consecuencia el acceso a plenos derechos como pueblo frente al estado nación chileno. En las discusiones de los constituyentes, apoyados por intelectuales de distintas áreas, no sólo ha faltado información, sino que se han activado prejuicios ancestrales que, anclados en la historia nacional, plantean que en Chile nunca hubo negros y que jamás su demanda podrá ser equivalente a la de los pueblos indígenas originarios del continente. Al ratificarse la exclusión de los afrodescendientes en la segunda propuesta constitucional se confirmó que en Chile predominan el racismo, la xenofobia y la discriminación, aunque para algunos el sólo hecho de haber pensado en incluirlos y en la actualidad haber materializado la incorporación de la pregunta sobre la afrodescendencia en el Censo 2024, entregan luces de que a pesar de todo se ha avanzado de manera inédita en el reconocimiento de los afrodescendientes en Chile. Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2024-07-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://claroscuro.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/140 10.35305/cl.vi22.140 Claroscuro. Revista del Centro de Estudios sobre Diversidad Cultural; No. 23 (2024): Africans and Afro-descendants: History and Present of their Presence in Latin America and the Caribbean; 1-20 Claroscuro. Revista del Centro de Estudios sobre Diversidad Cultural; Núm. 23 (2024): Africanos y afrodescendientes: Historia y actualidad de su presencia en América Latina y el Caribe; 1-20 2314-0542 spa https://claroscuro.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/140/138 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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topic afrodescendencia
reconocimiento
Chile
democracia
prejuicios
afro-descendant
recognition
Chile
democracy
prejudice
spellingShingle afrodescendencia
reconocimiento
Chile
democracia
prejuicios
afro-descendant
recognition
Chile
democracy
prejudice
Campos, Luis Eugenio
The Indians of Africa, Ancestral Prejudices and the Constituent Process in Chile 2020-2022
topic_facet afrodescendencia
reconocimiento
Chile
democracia
prejuicios
afro-descendant
recognition
Chile
democracy
prejudice
author Campos, Luis Eugenio
author_facet Campos, Luis Eugenio
author_sort Campos, Luis Eugenio
title The Indians of Africa, Ancestral Prejudices and the Constituent Process in Chile 2020-2022
title_short The Indians of Africa, Ancestral Prejudices and the Constituent Process in Chile 2020-2022
title_full The Indians of Africa, Ancestral Prejudices and the Constituent Process in Chile 2020-2022
title_fullStr The Indians of Africa, Ancestral Prejudices and the Constituent Process in Chile 2020-2022
title_full_unstemmed The Indians of Africa, Ancestral Prejudices and the Constituent Process in Chile 2020-2022
title_sort indians of africa, ancestral prejudices and the constituent process in chile 2020-2022
description The failed Constitutional Convention (2020-2022) reactivated the discussion about the recognition of people of African descent, which led to polarizing positions both in favor of and around their recognition. The main point of contention was related to their pre-existence and their right to be constitutionally recognized, which results in access to full rights as a people vis-à-vis the Chilean nation state. In the discussions of the constituents, supported by intellectuals from different areas, not only has information been lacking, but ancestral prejudices have been activated that, anchored in national history, propose that in Chile there were never black people and that their demand could never be equivalent to that of the indigenous peoples originating from the continent. When the exclusion of Afro-descendants was ratified in the second constitutional proposal, it was confirmed that racism, xenophobia and discrimination predominate in Chile, although for some the mere fact of having thought about including them and currently having materialized the incorporation of the question about Afro-descendants in the 2024 Census shed light that despite everything, unprecedented progress has been made in the recognition of Afro-descendants in Chile.
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