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For so many racialized others, assimilation or accommodation seem to be among the few ways to adapt or flourish. Torres Colón deftly explores how some communities develop distinctive styles within “racial niches” in order to flourish and celebrate their collective culture. Although these embodied strategies can both reproduce or contest racial orders, each community analyzed marshals their agency, and autonomy to craft a style that creatively challenges societal expectations. -- Lee D. Baker, author of <i>From Savage to Negro: Anthropology and the Construction of Race, 1896-1954</i> Torres Colón creates an intellectually, ethnographically, and methodologically robust account for antiracist theorizing and action. This is a highly accessible and wholly engaging book for scholars and students alike. -- Agustín Fuentes, author of <i>Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You: Busting Myths about Human Nature</i>

For so many racialized others, assimilation or accommodation seem to be among the few ways to adapt or flourish. Torres Colón deftly explores how some communities develop distinctive styles within “racial niches” in order to flourish and celebrate their collective culture. Although these embodied strategies can both reproduce or contest racial orders, each community analyzed marshals their agency, and autonomy to craft a style that creatively challenges societal expectations. -- Lee D. Baker, author of <i>From Savage to Negro: Anthropology and the Construction of Race, 1896-1954</i>

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Gabriel Alejandro Torres Colón is assistant professor of anthropology at Vanderbilt University. He is a coauthor of Genetic Ancestry: Our Stories, Our Pasts (2021).

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