The present work focuses on the identity constructions of Haitian immigrants in Chile. We conducted a qualitative study based on in-depth semi-structured interviews analyzed through thematic content analysis, and an intersectional analysis, to understand the identity constructions of the participants, in the course of their migratory trajectories from Haiti to Chile. We present results associated with work and social experiences of the participants, revolving around the articulation of sex-gender and ethnic-racial axes, as well as other emergent differences, such as religion, nationality, social class and immigrant status. We found that the articulation of dimensions of oppression in Chile configures a worker-migrant-Haitian identity positioned as radical otherness, and incipient changes in sex-gender identities are reported, emerging from subordinate social positions and as adaptation strategies in an adverse context.
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