Discusses the coloniality of power

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In his article, "The Coloniality of Power and Eurocentrism in Latin America," Peruvian sociologist Anibal Quijano discusses the Coloniality of Power and the imposition of a hegemonic model of power rooted in the idea of race. How does he define the Coloniality of Power? What is the connection of the coloniality of power with the idea of race and the Doctrine of Discovery?What was the Caste System and how did it work in colonial Latin America? How did the Caste System enact the coloniality of power and racial control? Based on Professor Ben Vinson's discussion of colonial "castas," how did individuals in the "extreme castas," resist or negotiate their place in colonial society? How is Latin America's caste system different from or similar to the racial caste system described by Isabel Wilkerson? What are then legacies of the caste system today?

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