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Article dans une revue Population-E Année : 2002

Measurement and Practices of Social and Racial Segmentation in Cali A Survey of African Colombian Households

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Should cultural diversity based on ethnic or geographical origins within one population be accepted, or even encouraged? For "integrationists" the answer is no, in the interest of preserving national unity; for "communalists" the answer is yes, because they refuse to ignore the diversity of identity and of historical experience. Political leaders in Colombia have chosen the second response. However, the implementation of policies adapted to the mechanisms of segregation and discrimination at work in society requires reliable information about the various groups involved. Here, Olivier B ARBARY examines the difficulties of estimating the population of African descent in the city of Cali (2 million people). He begins by questioning the scientific and political relevance of such categorization, and emphasizes the importance of relating it to socioeconomic and migration data. Colombia has the second highest concentration of blacks in its population for Latin America-behind Brazil and on a par with Venezuela. Despite its demographic importance-about 18% of Colombia's total population, or nearly 8 million people, according to recent statistical sources-and contrary to a long-standing tradition in the United States, Brazil and the Caribbean, the country's African-origin population has been the subject of little social and demographic research. However, the major political and legal changes associated with adoption of the country's new constitution in 1991 have fuelled a public debate over ethnic minorities in Colombia, focusing on recognition of society as multi-ethnic and, through the concrete legal measures embodied in Law 70, on the institutionaliza-tion of multiculturalism as a foundation of citizenship. In common with other Latin American countries, Colombia is trying to redefine the place of
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Olivier Barbary. Measurement and Practices of Social and Racial Segmentation in Cali A Survey of African Colombian Households. Population-E, 2002, 57. ⟨hal-02477823⟩
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