Intra-Latina/o/x dynamics are fundamental to the negotiation of Latina/o/x identity, especially as Latina/o/xs communities in US cities become increasingly diverse. How Latina/o/xs try to differentiate themselves from one another is a salient, but often overlooked, part of their lived experiences. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Philadelphia, this article explores articulations of Colombianidades through the framework of assertions of differentiation, which centers how Colombiana/o/xs express that their experiences, perspectives, and characteristics are distinct and inherently different from those of other Latina/o/xs. I explore assertions of differentiation to reveal how conceptions of race are produced and enacted across transnational, national and local scales as they are anchored within material conditions and scarce resources. I argue that the production and negotiation of difference rework Latin American geopolitics, US-Colombia relations, local racial dynamics of Philadelphia, and US and Latin American racial ideologies, as Colombiana/o/xs attempt to avoid being positioned at the bottom of the racial hierarchy.

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主张差异：费城哥伦比亚人的种族化表达

拉丁裔内部/o/x 动态是拉丁裔/o/x 身份协商的基础，尤其是在美国城市的拉丁裔/o/xs 社区变得越来越多样化的情况下。拉丁裔/o/xs 如何试图将自己与彼此区分开来是他们生活经历中一个突出但经常被忽视的部分。本文基于费城的民族志田野调查，通过分化断言的框架探讨了哥伦比亚人的表达方式，该框架以哥伦比亚人/o/xs 如何表达他们的经验、观点和特征与其他拉丁裔/o 人的不同和内在差异为中心/xs. 我探索差异化的断言，以揭示种族概念是如何在跨国、国家和地方范围内产生和制定的，因为它们以物质条件和稀缺资源为基础。