The traditional distinction between race and ethnicity is considered highly
problematic. In the literature, ethnicity is frequently assumed to be the cultural
identity of a group within a nation state while race is assumed to be the biological
and/or cultural essentialization/naturalization of a group based on a hierarchy of
superiority and inferiority related to the biological constitution of their bodies.
It is posited that, depending on the context of power relations involved, there are
‘racialized ethnicities’ and/or ‘ethnicized
races.’ The racialization of Puerto Rican identity in New York City is an
example of the former and the use of racial categories such as
‘black’ as an ethnic identity is an example of the latter. By
using the notion of coloniality of power, this article attempts to justify the use
of the notion ‘racial/ethnic identity’ rather than using these
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