Whiteness In Puerto Rico

Guillermo Rebollo Gil is a writer, sociologist, translator, and attorney. He is the author of several academic, poetry and creative non-fiction books, in both English and Spanish, including Writing Puerto Rico: Our Decolonial Moment (2018).

Guillermo Rebollo-Gil’s Whiteness in Puerto Rico is a remarkable reflection on the hegemonic, but not monolithic, power of whiteness in Puerto Rico. Clear, crisp, and beautifully written, Rebollo-Gil’s auto-ethnography achieves a level of creativity, honesty, and intimacy that is rare, refreshing, and admirable, without ever falling on trite anti-racist posturing. Mandatory reading for anyone interested in understanding how white privilege operates in so-called “racial democracies,” and developing effective anti-racist collective projects in Puerto Rico and beyond.

• Acknowledgements1. A Noose2. White Privilege en español3. A Small Book4. Dedication5. A Problem6. How Blanquitos Belong7. Scandal8. Scandal, too9. Assorted Lessons on and around White Privilege in Puerto Rico10. Whiteness for the Rest of US11. The Ugliness of Whiteness: Three Variations12. Two Poems13. How Blanquitos Belong, a Reprise14. Black Lives Matter en español15. Go Home16. Erasure17. For Life18. Translation at a Loss19. Ransacked20. On Audacity21. A Modest Proposal for White Antiracism in Puerto Rico22. To Resist and Rescind23. Sons of MaríaReferencesIndex