So Slaves in Latin America, came to this continent willingly, what an ignorant, Bruto!! Latin American is still in the american continent. The only difference between Afro Latin Americans and African American, is that in Latin American we don't have civil rights, nor did we have a civil right movement. Why? because Afro Latin American had other worries, like having a place to live, putting food on the table. We are Black, because our Ancestor came from the same place, Africa!!!
Am in love with that Couple, they sound like myself and my African american husband. To the Guy doing the interview how do you class yourself racially?
@ajahamza Native American. I was born in Peru of Quechua and Muchik ancestry mixed with European and probably African too but my roots, culture and heritage is mostly Indigenous, not Hispanic nor Latino.
in reality native american and african american whether from USA or caribean/lantin american are my sisters and brothers bec we all share common ancestors and we should be more united and stop discriminating against eachother.
CarlosDCblog, you're doing a great job! You're re-educating the Latino community on their Native American/First Nation roots, and you're also educating many in the African-American communities that lack an understanding of Latino history. I really enjoy watching documentaries, and that's what I consider your blogs.
we black americans went through a black revolution in latin america thay did not so thay dont have a sense of blackness and a sense of pride, like we did thats why black people in america are the way we are we've became proud and strong in our identity
Carlos is wrong about the term African American. African American only applies to people born in the U.S. of African descent. The term Afro American refers to people born in the Americas (North and South America) of African descent.
blacks are not latino or hispanic i dont care if you born in mexico your not a hispanic like we are afros dont have hispanic blood they have african blood so your not hispanic and you can never be latino
I don't like African American term and I don't believe in one drop rule. The Census, people should change from African American to black nationalities then allow people write it down where they were from. Too many black people in USA and people who are Cuban, haitian, bolivian, Dominican etc don't like USA label them African American. Jesse Jackson set this up.
1. Why is he allowing that man to babble on, spewing out stupidity? Black Americans know nothing! 2. Like the woman said, the "African-American" label only applies in the US. Blacks outside the US do not use such separatist labels, we actually know who we are and where we came from and so does the rest of the world. 3. Of course she has to identify as Black-Hispanic. She can't abandon he native(Panamanian) heritage. Like she said, she black first, but she still a latino.
@cyberbar20 How dare you insult Black people in America, you don't know jack about what we know. Using the word Latino is stupid and doesn't make any since. How could a person who isn't white use the words Latino or Hispanic labeling themselves after a dead language and culture, dumb! Your very misguided about the Black people in south and central America knowing who they are because they run from the Black African identity and embrace their slave masters culture, religion and language, slaves.
@cyberbar20 Latino is not a race , you are clueless about your own history watch HIDDEN COLORS,BLACK IN LATIN AMERICA,BRAZIL IN BLACK AND WHITE,When the Moors Ruled in Europe DVD and read Open Veins of Latin America. Educate yourself. Mulattoes are black people and you speak Spanish because European Spaniard took you ancestors as slaves and raped them and experimented with them by a racial process called "Lightening"
@cyberbar20 are you in the US,? then it applys to you, look you can deny your blackness all you want but the fact of the matter is you cant be any thing eles,what the hell are you talking about, blacks out side the US, know where thay come from, so do we, in fact we have a stronger sense of pride then most, unlike a lot of domenicans and other latinos who whould deny their black roots, accept for zoe saldana, she said in a magazine shes proud. you have know idea what the hell your talling about.
Y do some blck people in this generation always use the same phrase:We been through so much, slavery, segregation and so on as if they personally wnt through tht,sure our african ancestors went though that but they ddnt , i think we as black people need to get over IT if we perosnally ddnt experience slavery,& segregation & stop the victimized mentality & hurt ofsomething tht ddnt happen 2 us .but yes remember what happened 2 our ancestors; would make any person w/ a gentle & caring mind, mad
Cut and paste and add this video in the youtube search bar. It gives a good explanation of what a Latino is. It does state Latino is not a race & that is very debatable because the foundation and core is European. Remember Kings & Queens married Kings & Queens from other European countries so their are close ties to each other and you could even say relations.
latin people, hispanic latino is not a race,black, white latinamerica europe roman empire
Latinos came from Italy and established their presence in the Iberian peninsula. If you look at a old Roman maps they called Spain Roman Hispania If you take Italian and move around the letters you get Latin the language spoke by many of Romans territories. Romantico is derived from Roman and in English is Romance.
When the Spanish invaded the new world they were Spanish and eventually Criollo people meaning the people of Spanish decent but born in the new world. Now if you were born in the new world & not born in Spain you could be discriminated & not given high positions. The Hispanic/Latino was the new name of these people born in the new world that were born in the Americas of Spanish decent. It was just a way to trace your roots to where you were from originally
If you were noble origin many could trace their roots back to Rome in Roman Hispania and they called themselves the Latinos. Eventually it became one Hispanic/Latino but then the new Name became Espana when the Roman Empire fell and people just called themselves Spanish or espanoles.
Example if y0u say you are Hispanic and you are from the Americas you are saying your ancestors came from Spain & if you said Latino you are saying that your roots go all the way back to Italy. Really Spanish & Italian are super similar languages and if you speak one well then many of the words can be easily identified.
Now if you are saying that you can call Sammy Sosa & Felix Trinadad Latinos or even Hispanic you are saying that they can trace their roots to Spain or Italy & their family roots are European. Now if you say that of Selena Gomez, Ricky Martin, or Christopher Columbus it would actually make sense.
Just an example Christopher Columbus offspring would need a way to connect with the homeland of their ancestors so Latino would make this connection. A lot of Roman soldiers married women from Hispania and this is another reason people make the connection to Italy & the Spanish which is how Hispanic/Latino was derived.
Now if you say Afro Latino it makes the connection to African origin & you are from Latin America. Words are not just there they mean something. It is a way to identify where you are from.
Now Just because you eat Bannas and they are called Platinos or it chicken & rice or Arroz con pollo on the same Island doesn't mean you have the same roots. A good example of this is the Dominican Republic Sammy Sosa & Alfonso Soriano both have Spanish names but if you comapire them to Evan Longoria & Jorge Posada you see a difference.
MLB will call all of them Latin Player however it is not really correct. Example many of the MLB Players from Cuba actually avoid Latino and call themselves Afro Cuban so their is no confusion. Why because of the racism that existed in the island & never being accepted as a true Latino. Afro roots African & 2nd part from Cuba.
Now the difference in the Dominican Republic was they need to convince the Africans to fight for on the side of the Hispanic/Latinos by convincing them they were not African but Latinos.
Haiti was the first black independent nation and want to end slavery throughout the island. In order to form resistance you need man power & the rest is basically easy to figure out. This is why their is so much racism between Dominicans & Haitians. This is why Dominicans call themselves Latinos/Latinas & not Afro Dominicans.
Their is a saying that if you tell a lie enough times people will actually believe it. Example Rush Limbaugh/Glenn Beck/Shawn Hannity saying Barak Obama is a Muslim. This is incorrect he is a Christian however they continue to say it & ignorant & easily manipulated people believe it. Same with the birthers saying he was born in Kenya. Their are morons in the world that believe lies that are intended to manipulate them.
You see Tori Hunter was right Sammy Sosa is an Impostor but he has it the wrong way. If you bleach your skin to be lighter and put in green eye contacts you are then crossing the line & saying you are of a different origin. However if Tori Hunter is to stupid to understand history that is just ignorance & should maybe read a few more books about the African diaspora.
Tori's Ancestors just got sent to North America while Sammy Sosa stayed in the D.R or Hispaniola. tori doesn't have the exclusive rights to Blackness or is he the Spokesmen for Africans since he has not real knowledge of the history of Slavery. What he may want to do is do some research and get the facts before speaking about who is black and who is not black.
The reason Tori Hunter says Sammy Sosa is not black is because you will see Sammy Sosa attend the Latin Grammys and other Latin events however have u ever seen him attend the BET awards or other events that are for black people. Probably because he doesn't consider himself a black person.
However he is not the only one. Rosario Dawson, started a movement to vote Latino but what has she ever done to help Africans represent themselves not just in the U.S but Latin America where they are under represented and not even counted. Where racism is high and many people are not considered of Latin Orgin? The answer is nothing.
If you were to ask people what races Rosario Dawson & Zoe Saldana look you would get African & if you asked Selena Gomez & Demi Lovato you would get Hispanic/Latina Why? Well because their is a look closely or typically associated with both that goes back centuries
Also some Native Americans helped and Joined in rebelling against the ruling Native American class who sacrificed many indigenous people. When they had the chance the changed side to help Europeans change their society. Of course their were abuses and even unjustified acts that were uncalled for by the Spanish Conquistadors
In fact the Caribbean & Brazil had the highest amount of Slaves imported. Each has 4 to 5 million range where America only had around half a million. Slavery was already practiced in Africa when the Europeans or Portuguese came to Africa. The first slaves were captured in war and made to work but once they were sold or exchange to Europeans they could be kidnapped or stolen against their will.
If you were to DNA test Torri Hunter & Sammy Sosa you probably find their are more related to each other than. Sammy Sosa & Oscar De La Hoya or Sofia Vergara I just wonder how many Julius Caesers or I mean Julio Cesars were named after the after the Roman Emperor in Spain when he reigned over the Roman Empire?
That guy was being polite - Everyone knows that Latinos with African ancestors do not acknowledge their Black ancestors. Latinos with African roots don't call themselves Afro or Black Latinos. They call themselves Latinos straight out. I would never call them Afro/Black.
Carlos, what people need 2 understand (and yourself 2) that Jay n I went to a preview of the documentary: Latino in America. He's not denying that blacks went through slavery, discrimination, civil rights struggles, etc. in Latin-America. He's comments reference Latin-Americans in the US. It's true, Latin-Americans in the US did not go through what Native Americans and Blacks went through in the US. The documentary doesn't reference Latin-America because that's not what it was about.
@touggie2000 He was just having fun. Anyway, African-American is a term that for the most part identifies blacks born in the United States of America. So, I was just trying to express the difference between his culture and mine. Our ancestors all came from Africa!
@FullSwagSyceGame507 Actually, I learned English in Panama. My family is from Jamaican descent so they all speak English. My Afrocentrism didn't start in the US. My skin color didn't change when I came to the United States. I'm of African descent. I just happen to be born in Panama. I embrace my Latin American culture and I'm very active in the community. As far as my man goes, I know what I got and haters never prosper.
so do real Amaricans are white people only here? why not call them eropean-american, just like thet call blacks african-american and Us latin-american, if you were born in the American continent (not just in the USA) then you are an American. This assue is only here in the US, in mexico and like other southamerican and centralamerican contries there are black people and we don't have this kind of ussue, we all are equal, yes they call us negros (black) but not african-mexican.
Why African-Americans embrace their African ancestry is really simple: we have been taught to despise our Blackness, or anything remotely connected to Africa, that when the Civil Rights Movement began we realized that we should be proud of it. That the shame was in the denial and not the embracing of our Blackness.
I agree it's important to know your history. It's important to understand the roots of you being where you are, you know- gotta know where you're coming from to know where you're goin. You gotta also understand how being in the US affected your ancestors and their culture throughout American history. I'm black and I'm American, sometimes being American is a different thing for a black person than for someone else, but I am and will always be an American
WE STILL CONFUSED, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE CALL OURSELVES AFRICAN-AMERICANS THAT'S TWO DIFFERENT CONTINENTS. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE LIKE CARLOS SAY YOU HAVE HAITIANS THAT SPEAK FRENCH AND THAT NOT SAYING LATIN AMERICAN. ITS ALL DISTORTED TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF COLOR CAUSE WE HAVE LOST WHO WE REALLY ARE, WE NEED TO REALLY READ AND RESEARCH TO WHOM WE REALLY ARE SO IT COULD MAKE SENSE TO US ALL.
I agree it's important to know your history. It's important to understand the roots of you being where you are, you know- gotta know where you're coming from to know where you're goin. You gotta also understand how being in the US affected your ancestors and their culture throughout American history. I'm black and I'm American, sometimes being American is a different thing for a black person than for someone else, but I am and will always be an American
@carlos of course african americans arent latinos, we're AMERICANS...latino is just an ethnic label that shoves all from spanish speaking countries regardless of race into one....or did you download this clip and rename it to offset the idiots to think they are both african american? the woman is a black person from panama and in the US WOULD be latina spite her being black racially and no she isnt african american because she's from panama..african americans are US BLACKS only
@celph414 - I agree with you that that black panama lady is not black like us black americans. She is black latino. Blacks born in America from slavery are black americans...we are not immigrants because we built and invented this country up when there was no country. I am a proud black american.
@celph414 ? were AFRICANS! brought as slaves, in LATIN AMERICA. Well then, thats ur answer. Come on do ur RESEARCH! b4 u respond to any1. Ppl use African Amer, 4 idea proposes, if black ppl! in america, call them selfs A,Amer, The blacks from LATIN, AMERICA, are they not consider AFRICAN LATIN. Do their ancestors, not come from the ORIGINALLY place CALL'D AFRICA! u just hv the SLAVE MASTER language SPANISH! retrospect A Amer, ENGLISH! If a black man was born in the US nd another born in L,Amer
@MRFINESSESPEAKS your ancestors came from africa and you were born here in america therefore that makes us african american, regardless black is black dont matter where you came from, be black and be proud!!!
@MRFINESSESPEAKS WE ARE YSRAELITES!! NOT LATINO INDIAN NEGRO AFRICAN WE ARE HEBREW YSRAELITES. SIMEON, LEVI, NAPHTALI, JUDAH, EPHRAIM, ZEBULUN, RUEBEN, BENJAMIN, ASHER, DAN, GAD, ISSACHAR. OUR ANCESTORS ARE HEBREWS AND WE NOT AFRICANS. THM NAMES WERE DIVISIVE MADE BY EUROPEANS THEY DEFINE US & WE SPK THEY LANGUAGES. WE ARE HEBREWS. NO SUCH PLACE AS AFRICA EUROPEANS MADE THIS UP!!
THIS INTERVIEWER WANTS TO BE ONLY HISPANIC...BUT A REVISION OF HISTORY TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY. THIS IS HISTORY RE-WRITTEN AND FORCED DOWN TO GENERATION TO GENERATION.
400 YEARS OF FORCED RACE MISSING IN AMERICA, THE AMERICAS AND WORLD WIDE, WITH THE AFRICANS AND AFRICAN DESCENT MADE SLAVES. BUT STILL TODAY DARK SKIN BLACKS ARE STILL BEING BORN AND BREAD.......SO THE ONE COLOR THEORY IS OUT THE DOOR....THE ORIGINAL DOMINANT GENE AIN'T NEVER GOING NO WHERE..... IF ANYTHING CONTINUED RACE MISSING WILL ELIMINATE THE MORE RECESSIVE GENES....LOL
the usa may dictate who is what but haitians because they are darker and not as mixed as brazilians or dominicans or ricans they dont class the as such but they are ..technically speaking like it or not you are Latino by culture because for the most part you have been assimilated by blood and culture versus anglo america where it is imposed on you but you are isolated thats why people in HispanoAmerica go by culture too much admixture to sit there and be like I am 1/2 this 1/4
Whats wrong with an afro-latino identifying as latino? If they were raised or identified with their latino (Dominican,Mexican,etc..) culture, then I see no problem. I identify myself as American. My parents were from Mexico but Im American. Though Im extremely proud of my Mexican heritage, I identify more with the American culture. Obviously, its where I was born and raised, its what I know best.
@sduarte I agree. They should get to identify as Latino first and foremost if they are afro latino. But the problem is that other Latinos will not take them seriously if they say they are Latino and whites and even blacks will see them as black because of what they see. Ppl would think they were in denial or self hating and many ppl would laugh at them.
That is why when being black or afrodescent, that is something you can never run from. They should be able to say they are just Latino period
@chsn09 hi that is due to ignorance because most americans see mexicans and that type as hispanic in nyc we know better because seeing puerto ricans and panamanians and dominicans and more mulatto or triracial types you can see that here there is no real shock..lala vasquez mentioned something on that and so did zoe they will never be cast as latina despite being latina to the fullest. also afro americans are more conscious because of the one drop rule in latin america once you mix you arent bk
The guy asking the questions is confused...he only speaks Spanish because a European spaniard molested or raped his Native American female ancestor...
I am one who believes that Latino is not a race...it is simply people who are descended from former Spanish, Portuguese, and French colonizers who happen to have blood from the misogyny of those peoples, African slaves and Native peoples of the Central and South American continental region.
What is this black american talkin about, we as natives had a choice? As a black american he is the one that has a choice, he still has a home land were the majority is black and they still can be themselves. Natives are the ones who have less in the way of choices, he was taken from his homeland but the Natives had their lands and way of life taken, big difference.
@jb6591 The black american male seems to think of himself as separate from afro latinos by claiming different experiances. But their experiances are not so different, afro latino and black americans came to america as slaves and were from the most part from the same west african countries.
@rotena25 - there were no afro latinos here when black americans were brought here as slaves...they came straight from Africa and there were no spanish speaking people in africa and we have never spoke spanish in America and no original black americans have ever spoke spanish so cut the crap out that black latinos were slaves in america. Black latinos were africans brought to spanish countries to be slaves over there but not here.
@rotena25 Actually you probably mean African American! Black American technically is a term given to those that are of recent black immigrants or lineage from Africa or Caribbean, or Latin America or elsewhere!
But i get what you mean! I think in general Americans of USA just tend to be uninformed and not aware! Saying not too bright is a little harsh to say!
@jb6591 Yep there is clash w/ Eurocentric and Afrocentric sides! In educational systems of the USA there is a lot of Eurocentric mentality! They focus also on Asian and Middle Eastern civilizations! Little is learned about Africa and even the Aboriginal Australians!
@chsn09 - The slave trade in Africa was mild compared to the brutal Transatlantic system of the Europeans. Just as Europeans, African prisoners of war were kept by their captors as servants but could work their way up into higher classes and even marry into the upper classes. As in Roots, the slaves were kidnapped very few were sold by Africans.
Why would they pay an African when with their advanced weapons they could kidnap and enslave groups of villagers ?? no middleman needed
@jb6591 Africans still played a role in the African slave trade! Many did willingly give slaves to the Europeans for "relative" profit and for gaining things! I am definitely not excusing the Europeans for their part but we must also look at what the Africans did!
@chsn09 - It is not that smple . Africa was prosperous. They could have sold slaves among themselves. There are over 300 languages/ ethnic groups in Nigeria alone. They cannot be lumped together. I have not seen evidence of what the Africas did . The east India Trading company was a multi international business, 35,0000 trips were made, nearly 40 million Africans were captured. It is not just some guy in a village making chump change.
@chsn09 in the beginning SOME west africans rulers sold their slaves, but then the europeans mostly from portugal and spain started demanding more and the rulers couldnt keep up with it. so the europeans started capturing villages at once in different states and destroying them.
@chsn09 OMG! you're absolutely right it annoys me when people try to make out like the word African is a *RACE! LOL well in that case *American should be considered a race then XD
@afrolatinadamien LOL xD! I k r my friend! Ppl say that all the time! They say that Africa is a country or African is a race! African does not mean black either!
@supervirtuouswoman Fuck out of here with your Hebrew Israelites! Blacks, African Americans, Black Americans, Hispanics, Latinos, Caribbeans, West Indians, Antilleans! NONE OF US OR THESE GROUPS ARE HEBREW ISRAELITES!
What happen during slavery was white first tried to enslave poor white,but there was such and outcry and resistance from the poor whites that it didnt work.Then white's tries to enslave native americans but Native american knew the land to well and fought backT.hen whites of course enslaved African slaves.It made it easy that some africans were helping whites enslave other africans in exchange for goods. Also White made treaties with Indians to help them with slavery.
@brownmoreno75 -No that is not true. Very Little African help was needed to kidnap Africans because Europeans had advanced weaponry. They built ships in Liverpool England, The Belgiuns, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanairds and Americans competed/worked together after doing business with Africans for many , many years. West Africans fought wars againt the Europeans , but they eventually took over by force ,raped the continent and exploited land , people. approx.30 million kidnapp out of Africa
@jb6591 That is NOT true! The Africans traded slaves! Africans were in part responsible for the slave trade! Africans gave in and sent away many of their own ppl they deemed inferior to the Europeans and Arabs and other slave traders! Ppl seem to think Africans had no part in it, but Africans were at the basis of it!
@chsn09 - The europeans were scoping out Africa years before the slave trade. They did business together and traded in goods until the Europeans wanted more.
Africa is full of riches even today plenty of fruits and veggies, fresh fish , warm weather and beautiful scenery. Ghana and other African countries fout battles with European countries who also wanted their gold. European proifited not Africans, There were murders of tribal leaders by Europeans so they could control .
@jb6591 Well put it this way! both the Africans and Europeans were guilty! Africa is definitely a wealthy continent in terms of resources! Everyone is exploiting and ripping off Africa meanwhile the native Africans are making little to no profit off of it! Africa does have potential!
@chsn09 - Africa was wealth then. Several of their rulers who fought agains Eurpean domination were captured and exiled. They were taken over by a group of European nations.
@brownmoreno75 Not true. there was indentured servants in Ny. When they escaped the white ones had to repay but the Blacks were punished by servitude for life ( court ruling)
What the hell was this guy talking about? The man being interviewed. I don't think he ever addressed the questions. He was having a whole different conversation.
as a black man my friends and most people did'nt vote for obama cause he's black ,we voted for the lesser of two evils. come on could you really vote for sarah palin and mc cain and another 4 years of bush terminology? the fact , when obama won! we did show our pride, hell bra a purto rican could have ran and i bet you blacks and everyother race would have voted for him/or her. we would rather take a chance on new than what we already know.
OMG a bit Ignorant considering she is a Latina Ok !!
Slaves r Slaves No One had choices when brought to our islands. We all have Africano in Us Okay if your of latin decent ur Latino or Latina "Hispanic".The white man called Africanos ~ African American when they stop calling Us Nigga.
That is not a racist statement but it's just keeping it REAL.
Like Us Boricuas say "Punlo en el Caldero" put it in the Pot and Mix it con Mucho Savor.
Wow every time you think you got this 'race' thing figured out, curve ball! lol. It always seems to lead back to the same conclusion: Race is a social construct. Initially it was invented by Europeans to justify the enslavement and torture of people who looked different from them, but now it must be kept alive until the damage done by its creation is fully corrected.
american also refers to a european term. from amerigo vespucci so the interviewer needs to stop asking the wrong question. just like the black man refers to himself as african american the lady has the right to refer to herself as latin american just like i am a latino from central america.
African Americans know that the blacks in South America, Cuba and Puerto Rica are the descendants of African slaves that were brought to those countries to be slaves. We do not think that we were the only black that experience slavery...we know of the others.
@Makiba08 Intersting comment but many African Americans in fact do NOT know about blacks being brought to South Ameriac or Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Dominican Republic! Many of them just are not aware of this! Many AAs do know about blacks in Haiti and the English speaking West Indies, but things are changing as more are becoming more aware of the growing knowledge for the African diaspora!
@chsn09 Well they do not teach that part of history in America's schools. American barely discuss the history of slavery...I learned about african slaves being brought to America and all of the Hispanic countries because I am a reader of black history. I buy black history books. Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Haitians, West Indians, Dominicans etc in the EAST speaks of their African ancestry.
@Makiba08 I completely understand and agree with what you are saying, and yes this is not taught in many USA schools but things are changing! Also the Hispanic countries are ALSO part of the Americas! I read black history/African diaspora as well and had to teach myself many of these things! Also, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Haitians, and Dominicans are ALL West Indians as well! "LOL"!
@chsn09 Why do they not identify themselves as West Indians or as being associated with the West Indies? How are things changing? Are the people in power telling the TRUE HISTORY of the world or are they still forcing false European history down our throats. They are still teaching the false history of Christopher Columbus and the same subjects for hundreds of years.
@Makiba08 "LOL"! They do identify themselves as West Indians and as well as w/ the West Indies simaltaneously! West Indies is also a synonym for Caribbean(ite), and Antilleans etc! All are true West Indians! It is just that people often look at the term West Indians as an Anglocentric and regional lingustocentric term
and even an umbrella term for English speaking islands! Franco, Hispano, and Dutch Caribbean islands are often overlooked or not as widely mentioned!
@Makiba08 Wrong, many of the people you met may have said something else but it does not mean that they denied being West Indian! They may have just said something else in lieu of that! Remember that they have overlapping interesecting identities which are fully part of all and each! I will send you something on this to give you a better understanding!!
@Makiba08 Well things are changing as more awareness is being brought to these issues! A documentary about Afro Latinos which explores the African Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean is upcoming and has already taught people about their prescence and existence! More awareness is also being done as the need for international relations becomes more widely important!
@chsn09 The true history will never be revealed by the people in power because it would change everything they ever taught in this world...blacks must be made to look inferorior. Do you ever wonder why they say the Egyptians were white or Arabian. It is because of the Moses story if it is revealed that Egyptians are black then Moses have to be black so as to deceive Pharoah to keep from killing him.
@Makiba08 Egyptians are just culturly Arab regardless of race! North Africans are considered as part of Caucasian/Caucasoid group but however Caucasoid does not equal white! Also since when did necessarily mean black! African dies not equal black! I am not to sure if Egyptians were black or just black alone! You have to define black! Calling them black is the same thing as what people do claiming Egyptians as white or Arab(ian)
@chsn09 egyptians were all races but they started out black. and theyre are also different types of africans, not every blk african has the same features of west africans.
@tempman1000 You have to DEFINE black for me? YOu can't prove that egyptians started out black! There are debates over what egyptians really are! LOL again since when does African equate to or mean being so called black? African does NOT mean black! I said that AFRICA IS THE MOST DIVERSE INTRAPOPULATIONALLY! So therefore also you can't call every African native black! Aim higher in your analysis! Also why are you labeling every person you call a black african of different features black?
@chsn09 the term black is racist. every race on the face of this planet is named after their place of origin. asians- asia, caucasians caucus mountains (wiki) etc however although coming from africa the "negro" is named after the color of their skin. people you typically consider "black" are just an ethinic group within the african race. bruce lee and ghandi were both asians both from the same race.
btw the real egyptians are dead so we'll never know but chances are that they were africans.
@Viperveteran Um, you repeated everything I was trying to say earlier on here and thanks for that! And people from Europe are also called white! White and black are terms that both need to be eradicated! Black and white are simply colors! And African is not a race! Also Africa is the most diverse intrapopulatoinally! Egyptians were Africans because Egypt was and is an African civilization regardless! And scientists have debated over classifying ppl of India its own race!
@chsn09 I believe african is a race here is why based on what we know greek people look nothing like scottish people not even russians. but they are all classified as caucasians. for instance they may have differences like big noses, curly hair. however the "african" race is only considered to be "black" by euro terms if he looks like he comes from ethical group called the bantu. Thus any variation in the skin tone, hair texture automatically excludes that individual from being "black".
@Viperveteran There is NO biological or genetic basis to race! Race is nothing more than a social construct! It does NOT exist! And the fact that you even stated that you were following euro terms or Eurocentric standards further proves my points! Black and white are just colors and Eurocentric purist racialist terms!!
@Viperveteran ROTFLMFAO @ you when you said " Thus any variation in the skin tone, hair texture automatically excludes that individual from being "black". Are you serious? And then you said "looks like he comes from the ethical group called the bantu" SMFH! Not every African is a Bantu and not every African has the same exact features! Africa is the most diverse intrapopulationally! Africa does NOT equate to being black
@Viperveteran Also it is funny how you say all "black" Africans have the same features but there are "black" Africans that have thin lips straighter hair! Looks and features vary and even skin colors! But African does not mean or equate to being black!
@Viperveteran Also what part of Africa are you talking about! It is funny how you colorist Eurocentric/Afrocentric dolts think of Africa as one thing and that's it! Totally wrong on your part!
@Viperveteran You seem to leave out Ethiopia and Somalia and North Africa, areas in Africa in which ppl are classified as Caucasoid, which by the way does NOT necessarily equal white! You also forgot Cape Verde islands and Canary Islands and Mauritius and Madagascar and Mallorca and Azores and Madeira Islands! These places don't equate to black
@chsn09 secondly it has been established that the first humans were darkskinned africans the ones in africa being the ones who did not leave the continent it would ultimately mean that the native african is also a darkskinned african. since the notion is to name races by the continent/land that they are native to it is only right to call the racistly named "black people" africans. The total eradication of the notion of race is better but we both knw thatll never happen in our lifetime anyway.
@Viperveteran Now as for the first humans being dark skinned, that is true! But even still calling Africans as being black would not be accurate! Many groups native to Africa are not necessarily black! Black and white are Eurocentric terms and colors!
@Viperveteran But I do understand what you and contemporary simpleton society calls black but it is debateable though how we use these terms! Also you seem to think that dark skinned ppl have one homogenous look! Based on what you are saying many ppl that are considered black in this world are not black going by your logic! LMFAO and SMFH
@chsn09 u obviously don't because you have just made an argument that does not entirely match what I have just said you cant take things out of context evn if it is convenient. I did not say that only bantu's are africans. I highlighted the difference in the approach to the classification of caucs n the so calld "negroes". the former being considerably relxed while the latter being narrower i.e curly hair big lips noses, high cheek bones etc although these features are not conclusively african
@Viperveteran Oh okay! I thought you were making a generalization or one that was narrow minded but now that you changed up your argument or modified what you are saying then ok! I get you!
@chsn09 the 2ndpoint search YT for "The Incredible Human Journey - Out of Africa"
I said before I would prefer no races. the premises races are based on are hardly satisfactory but it would be unrealistic to expect the concept of race to be erased now.
so since we agree that the label negro is racist especially when we acknowledge that every other race is named after their place of origin what do you propose to call these so called "blacks" if not the place they are indigenous to?
@Viperveteran Oh same here! Race DOES NOT even exist anyway! Yeah I think the world could do fine without emphasizing races! Also if we were to push the idea of "pseudo absolutivity" of races then that would mean that all humans would have to identify as mixed race! Further proof of the relativity of race!
@Viperveteran True but my thing is black and white are the only color labels corresponded to race! Although yellow and brown and red have been used in other discourse!
I guess Afro and euro are better terms to refer to ppl that come from Africa and Europe because at least when you are saying those terms it does not bring up a color hue!
Because there are indigenous Africans that are NOT "black" theoretically and there are plenty of Europeans that are darker than other Europeans!
@chsn09 well the argument was the same when I wrote it but you just misunderstood it. the north africans is that they have already been classified as euros by euros this shows the integrity of racial classification
the notion that ethiopians are caucasoid highlights the narrow class that is placed on africans by anthropologists. it is easier for them to say that they are caucasoid than to widen the africoid class and acknowledge its true diversity.
@Viperveteran Nope! I DID NOT MISUNDERSTAND ANYTHING!
North Africans are NOT considered Europeans! They are considered CAUCASOIDS and North Africans are just as African as any other African!
Ethiopians and Somalians are CAUCASOIDS also as well just as you said! remember scientific racial terms are just describing physical features groupings NOT color because skin color does NOT justify race!
All of these racial groupings are all Eurocentric fabrications!
@chsn09 well if something is written and you answer in an inconsistent way that means you misunderstood.
ok so U R willing to accept that northen africans (who generally have an arab appearance) are not caucasoids while the people of ethiopia and somalia who have more in common with their west african counterparts are. please tell me that you see the inconsistency in that
Although skin colour does not justify race it is not completely irrelevant.
@Viperveteran No! I did NOT misunderstand anything! Maybe I interpreted it in a different way or went on a different angle or missed the way you were explaining it but that is understandable what you are saying!
Well have you seen EVERY North(ern) African?? Also what is Arab looking because Arab has become more of a cultural term plus many other groups and "black" Africans were taken to Arab regions and Arabized and identify as Arab!
@Viperveteran What I never denied that North Africans are CAUCASOIDS! They are Caucasoids! I was just saying that Caucasoid does NOT necessarily equal or mean or equate to white!
And yes Ethiopia and Somalia have been CONSIDERED Caucasoid! But what makes you say they have more in common w/ so called West African counterparts?
Yes skin color DOES NOT justify a race but yes it is interconnected and does intersect w/ race in a way!
@chsn09 so what is white and what is a caucasoid to you?
features include: afros lips and skin tone these are all non skeletal. for instance it is rare to have a non african with an afro that is afro's are considered to be an african trait. haile selassie had an afro and he considered himself to be african.
k'naan a somalian music artist quite similar to selassie
the problem is that the labellers have attempted to ignore these distinctive features.
@Viperveteran Good question! That is why I say Black and white are ambiguous! I feel features are important into what is included as white! Like think about it! black is usually inclusive of more ppl which is why you see ppl like Mariah Carey often being a representative of black beauty! But in reality that is mixed race although she could probably pass for white!
Exactly, these classifications are bullshit to begin w/! Many so called whites have curly hair and big butts and lips!
@Makiba08 True history will be revealed but it depends on what is looked on as the truth and especially in an unbiased manner! Interpretation of facts also changes things! I think many people deep down inside know the true history and that it would change everything they were taught in this world but it would be hard to change history and it's subsequent results and the present!
@Makiba08 Well the people in power still are based on the structure and spatial order of whites and lighter skinned peoples and those of historical superiority in power! Excellent point! History just like many other things and aspects can be looked at in many different ways which can often contradict and complicate matters of understanding and the truth!
@Makiba08 The history of Christopher Columbus is somewhat true and false at the same time! History has been taught in a Eurocentric view but never in the Afrocentric view! Many bash Afrocentrism as bad and as being a consequence of Eurocentrism and subsequent form altoghether!
@chsn09 It is not taught in school about how Columbus and his crew killed and mutilated Native people I got that history from Native Americans also they said that Pocahontas was around 9 years old when John Smith met the Powhatan tribe
@Makiba08 Yeah I am aware of these things! There is a good book that teaches and tells the true histories! It was pretty interesting! You are absolutely correct! And in some schools this things are taught!
@Makiba08 Well I can't say for sure if the real Egyptians or if the real Spaniards or Portuguese, or Moors or Italians or Olmecs or Jew or Israelites were all black but I have heard of these debates or studies! I can't say for sure because I have not studied this as much and black is a simplistic purist term and is hard to say if all of these groups or civilizations were black! African
damn this dude sounds so dumb. how do u think his wife's great great great great grandparents came over?the titanic thas afro well, our people down bottom have it waayyy worse than afro americans, half of them still are not aware that their black,theyre are still bein oppressed,u go to brasil,cuba,dr etc.black people are still goin thru the worst, and ima afroamerican sayin this,we was just the first to stand up but wit that we lost alot of our culture,while the afro latinos preserved alot of it
4:58 she say she assimilated that culture, not true, he african culture helped create the unique culture that panama and tmost latin-caribean countries have today rumba, santeria etc all are direct signs of true african culture in latin america
So Slaves in Latin America, came to this continent willingly, what an ignorant, Bruto!! Latin American is still in the american continent. The only difference between Afro Latin Americans and African American, is that in Latin American we don't have civil rights, nor did we have a civil right movement. Why? because Afro Latin American had other worries, like having a place to live, putting food on the table. We are Black, because our Ancestor came from the same place, Africa!!!
afrolatinagrl 2 weeks ago
Am in love with that Couple, they sound like myself and my African american husband. To the Guy doing the interview how do you class yourself racially?
ajahamza 2 months ago
@ajahamza He classifies himself as indigenous or Native American.
sportsmarvel 2 months ago
@sportsmarvel Thanks dude
ajahamza 2 months ago
@ajahamza Native American. I was born in Peru of Quechua and Muchik ancestry mixed with European and probably African too but my roots, culture and heritage is mostly Indigenous, not Hispanic nor Latino.
PeruanistaBlog 1 month ago
in reality native american and african american whether from USA or caribean/lantin american are my sisters and brothers bec we all share common ancestors and we should be more united and stop discriminating against eachother.
choclatemellons 2 months ago
Too much background noise.
jesushateswood 3 months ago
CarlosDCblog, you're doing a great job! You're re-educating the Latino community on their Native American/First Nation roots, and you're also educating many in the African-American communities that lack an understanding of Latino history. I really enjoy watching documentaries, and that's what I consider your blogs.
Great job!
MonsieurMercredi 3 months ago 11
we black americans went through a black revolution in latin america thay did not so thay dont have a sense of blackness and a sense of pride, like we did thats why black people in america are the way we are we've became proud and strong in our identity
blackimpressions 4 months ago
soo all blacks are the same just because of the color of their skin? you guys are idiots
aguichris 4 months ago
Carlos is wrong about the term African American. African American only applies to people born in the U.S. of African descent. The term Afro American refers to people born in the Americas (North and South America) of African descent.
DaBigSun 5 months ago
blacks are not latino or hispanic i dont care if you born in mexico your not a hispanic like we are afros dont have hispanic blood they have african blood so your not hispanic and you can never be latino
MrPa1310 5 months ago
I don't like African American term and I don't believe in one drop rule. The Census, people should change from African American to black nationalities then allow people write it down where they were from. Too many black people in USA and people who are Cuban, haitian, bolivian, Dominican etc don't like USA label them African American. Jesse Jackson set this up.
missexi718 5 months ago
@missexi718 Ok well why are they here, if they don't want to be labeled as just a Black (African) American??
DenmarkPrincess 1 month ago
1. Why is he allowing that man to babble on, spewing out stupidity? Black Americans know nothing! 2. Like the woman said, the "African-American" label only applies in the US. Blacks outside the US do not use such separatist labels, we actually know who we are and where we came from and so does the rest of the world. 3. Of course she has to identify as Black-Hispanic. She can't abandon he native(Panamanian) heritage. Like she said, she black first, but she still a latino.
cyberbar20 7 months ago
@cyberbar20 How dare you insult Black people in America, you don't know jack about what we know. Using the word Latino is stupid and doesn't make any since. How could a person who isn't white use the words Latino or Hispanic labeling themselves after a dead language and culture, dumb! Your very misguided about the Black people in south and central America knowing who they are because they run from the Black African identity and embrace their slave masters culture, religion and language, slaves.
ShabazzAllah1 6 months ago
@cyberbar20 Latino is not a race , you are clueless about your own history watch HIDDEN COLORS,BLACK IN LATIN AMERICA,BRAZIL IN BLACK AND WHITE,When the Moors Ruled in Europe DVD and read Open Veins of Latin America. Educate yourself. Mulattoes are black people and you speak Spanish because European Spaniard took you ancestors as slaves and raped them and experimented with them by a racial process called "Lightening"
Maxantium 4 months ago
@cyberbar20 are you in the US,? then it applys to you, look you can deny your blackness all you want but the fact of the matter is you cant be any thing eles,what the hell are you talking about, blacks out side the US, know where thay come from, so do we, in fact we have a stronger sense of pride then most, unlike a lot of domenicans and other latinos who whould deny their black roots, accept for zoe saldana, she said in a magazine shes proud. you have know idea what the hell your talling about.
blackimpressions 4 months ago
sorry to tell you mexicans who hate white people but you are half white
BoyChibi 7 months ago
Y do some blck people in this generation always use the same phrase:We been through so much, slavery, segregation and so on as if they personally wnt through tht,sure our african ancestors went though that but they ddnt , i think we as black people need to get over IT if we perosnally ddnt experience slavery,& segregation & stop the victimized mentality & hurt ofsomething tht ddnt happen 2 us .but yes remember what happened 2 our ancestors; would make any person w/ a gentle & caring mind, mad
HollywoodStarTV 7 months ago
This is all a distraction from the truth...i hate hispanic culture_something is off about them...
sexicapricorn86 8 months ago
@sexicapricorn86
What is off about Latino culture?
prjibaro1 7 months ago
@sexicapricorn86 SUch as?
wowzers57 5 months ago
@CarlosDCblog i would say its a tie with brazil and cuba
nigerianlove12 8 months ago
Cut and paste and add this video in the youtube search bar. It gives a good explanation of what a Latino is. It does state Latino is not a race & that is very debatable because the foundation and core is European. Remember Kings & Queens married Kings & Queens from other European countries so their are close ties to each other and you could even say relations.
latin people, hispanic latino is not a race,black, white latinamerica europe roman empire
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
Latinos came from Italy and established their presence in the Iberian peninsula. If you look at a old Roman maps they called Spain Roman Hispania If you take Italian and move around the letters you get Latin the language spoke by many of Romans territories. Romantico is derived from Roman and in English is Romance.
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
When the Spanish invaded the new world they were Spanish and eventually Criollo people meaning the people of Spanish decent but born in the new world. Now if you were born in the new world & not born in Spain you could be discriminated & not given high positions. The Hispanic/Latino was the new name of these people born in the new world that were born in the Americas of Spanish decent. It was just a way to trace your roots to where you were from originally
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
If you were noble origin many could trace their roots back to Rome in Roman Hispania and they called themselves the Latinos. Eventually it became one Hispanic/Latino but then the new Name became Espana when the Roman Empire fell and people just called themselves Spanish or espanoles.
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
Example if y0u say you are Hispanic and you are from the Americas you are saying your ancestors came from Spain & if you said Latino you are saying that your roots go all the way back to Italy. Really Spanish & Italian are super similar languages and if you speak one well then many of the words can be easily identified.
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
Now if you are saying that you can call Sammy Sosa & Felix Trinadad Latinos or even Hispanic you are saying that they can trace their roots to Spain or Italy & their family roots are European. Now if you say that of Selena Gomez, Ricky Martin, or Christopher Columbus it would actually make sense.
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
Just an example Christopher Columbus offspring would need a way to connect with the homeland of their ancestors so Latino would make this connection. A lot of Roman soldiers married women from Hispania and this is another reason people make the connection to Italy & the Spanish which is how Hispanic/Latino was derived.
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
Now if you say Afro Latino it makes the connection to African origin & you are from Latin America. Words are not just there they mean something. It is a way to identify where you are from.
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
Now Just because you eat Bannas and they are called Platinos or it chicken & rice or Arroz con pollo on the same Island doesn't mean you have the same roots. A good example of this is the Dominican Republic Sammy Sosa & Alfonso Soriano both have Spanish names but if you comapire them to Evan Longoria & Jorge Posada you see a difference.
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
MLB will call all of them Latin Player however it is not really correct. Example many of the MLB Players from Cuba actually avoid Latino and call themselves Afro Cuban so their is no confusion. Why because of the racism that existed in the island & never being accepted as a true Latino. Afro roots African & 2nd part from Cuba.
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
Now the difference in the Dominican Republic was they need to convince the Africans to fight for on the side of the Hispanic/Latinos by convincing them they were not African but Latinos.
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
Haiti was the first black independent nation and want to end slavery throughout the island. In order to form resistance you need man power & the rest is basically easy to figure out. This is why their is so much racism between Dominicans & Haitians. This is why Dominicans call themselves Latinos/Latinas & not Afro Dominicans.
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
Their is a saying that if you tell a lie enough times people will actually believe it. Example Rush Limbaugh/Glenn Beck/Shawn Hannity saying Barak Obama is a Muslim. This is incorrect he is a Christian however they continue to say it & ignorant & easily manipulated people believe it. Same with the birthers saying he was born in Kenya. Their are morons in the world that believe lies that are intended to manipulate them.
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
You see Tori Hunter was right Sammy Sosa is an Impostor but he has it the wrong way. If you bleach your skin to be lighter and put in green eye contacts you are then crossing the line & saying you are of a different origin. However if Tori Hunter is to stupid to understand history that is just ignorance & should maybe read a few more books about the African diaspora.
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
Tori's Ancestors just got sent to North America while Sammy Sosa stayed in the D.R or Hispaniola. tori doesn't have the exclusive rights to Blackness or is he the Spokesmen for Africans since he has not real knowledge of the history of Slavery. What he may want to do is do some research and get the facts before speaking about who is black and who is not black.
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
The reason Tori Hunter says Sammy Sosa is not black is because you will see Sammy Sosa attend the Latin Grammys and other Latin events however have u ever seen him attend the BET awards or other events that are for black people. Probably because he doesn't consider himself a black person.
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
However he is not the only one. Rosario Dawson, started a movement to vote Latino but what has she ever done to help Africans represent themselves not just in the U.S but Latin America where they are under represented and not even counted. Where racism is high and many people are not considered of Latin Orgin? The answer is nothing.
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
If you were to ask people what races Rosario Dawson & Zoe Saldana look you would get African & if you asked Selena Gomez & Demi Lovato you would get Hispanic/Latina Why? Well because their is a look closely or typically associated with both that goes back centuries
What race does Rosario Dawson look mostly?
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
Compaired to Selena Gomez & Demi Lovato who mostly got Hispanic/Latino or even Mexican. With Mexican their can be
a percent of Native American included depending on the person.
Example Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec was the first to have a union with a Native princess who was his translator and guide.
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
Also some Native Americans helped and Joined in rebelling against the ruling Native American class who sacrificed many indigenous people. When they had the chance the changed side to help Europeans change their society. Of course their were abuses and even unjustified acts that were uncalled for by the Spanish Conquistadors
What race are Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato?
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
In fact the Caribbean & Brazil had the highest amount of Slaves imported. Each has 4 to 5 million range where America only had around half a million. Slavery was already practiced in Africa when the Europeans or Portuguese came to Africa. The first slaves were captured in war and made to work but once they were sold or exchange to Europeans they could be kidnapped or stolen against their will.
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
If you were to DNA test Torri Hunter & Sammy Sosa you probably find their are more related to each other than. Sammy Sosa & Oscar De La Hoya or Sofia Vergara I just wonder how many Julius Caesers or I mean Julio Cesars were named after the after the Roman Emperor in Spain when he reigned over the Roman Empire?
sportsmarvel 8 months ago
They are Latino!!! they are from Panama at least us Dominicans havent lost our Dominicanidad.
gemenilaidback 8 months ago
That guy was being polite - Everyone knows that Latinos with African ancestors do not acknowledge their Black ancestors. Latinos with African roots don't call themselves Afro or Black Latinos. They call themselves Latinos straight out. I would never call them Afro/Black.
PurEiStal 8 months ago
Carlos, what people need 2 understand (and yourself 2) that Jay n I went to a preview of the documentary: Latino in America. He's not denying that blacks went through slavery, discrimination, civil rights struggles, etc. in Latin-America. He's comments reference Latin-Americans in the US. It's true, Latin-Americans in the US did not go through what Native Americans and Blacks went through in the US. The documentary doesn't reference Latin-America because that's not what it was about.
nilipty 9 months ago
@touggie2000 He was just having fun. Anyway, African-American is a term that for the most part identifies blacks born in the United States of America. So, I was just trying to express the difference between his culture and mine. Our ancestors all came from Africa!
nilipty 9 months ago
@FullSwagSyceGame507 Actually, I learned English in Panama. My family is from Jamaican descent so they all speak English. My Afrocentrism didn't start in the US. My skin color didn't change when I came to the United States. I'm of African descent. I just happen to be born in Panama. I embrace my Latin American culture and I'm very active in the community. As far as my man goes, I know what I got and haters never prosper.
nilipty 9 months ago
@nilipty I like your reply a lot.
CarlosDCblog 3 months ago
I'm sure that Latino isn't even a race.
SoulfulLova 10 months ago
so do real Amaricans are white people only here? why not call them eropean-american, just like thet call blacks african-american and Us latin-american, if you were born in the American continent (not just in the USA) then you are an American. This assue is only here in the US, in mexico and like other southamerican and centralamerican contries there are black people and we don't have this kind of ussue, we all are equal, yes they call us negros (black) but not african-mexican.
nandohdez 11 months ago
Why African-Americans embrace their African ancestry is really simple: we have been taught to despise our Blackness, or anything remotely connected to Africa, that when the Civil Rights Movement began we realized that we should be proud of it. That the shame was in the denial and not the embracing of our Blackness.
NapsRHair2Stay 1 year ago
@MRFINESSESPEAKS Ok, no need to yell now..
I agree it's important to know your history. It's important to understand the roots of you being where you are, you know- gotta know where you're coming from to know where you're goin. You gotta also understand how being in the US affected your ancestors and their culture throughout American history. I'm black and I'm American, sometimes being American is a different thing for a black person than for someone else, but I am and will always be an American
EmileA266 1 year ago
WE STILL CONFUSED, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE CALL OURSELVES AFRICAN-AMERICANS THAT'S TWO DIFFERENT CONTINENTS. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE LIKE CARLOS SAY YOU HAVE HAITIANS THAT SPEAK FRENCH AND THAT NOT SAYING LATIN AMERICAN. ITS ALL DISTORTED TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF COLOR CAUSE WE HAVE LOST WHO WE REALLY ARE, WE NEED TO REALLY READ AND RESEARCH TO WHOM WE REALLY ARE SO IT COULD MAKE SENSE TO US ALL.
SHALOM
MRFINESSESPEAKS 1 year ago
@MRFINESSESPEAKS Ok, no need to yell now..
I agree it's important to know your history. It's important to understand the roots of you being where you are, you know- gotta know where you're coming from to know where you're goin. You gotta also understand how being in the US affected your ancestors and their culture throughout American history. I'm black and I'm American, sometimes being American is a different thing for a black person than for someone else, but I am and will always be an American
EmileA266 1 year ago
@MRFINESSESPEAKS
stfu....afro-brasil....afro/african cuban same difference.. americans of african descent
celph414 9 months ago
@carlos of course african americans arent latinos, we're AMERICANS...latino is just an ethnic label that shoves all from spanish speaking countries regardless of race into one....or did you download this clip and rename it to offset the idiots to think they are both african american? the woman is a black person from panama and in the US WOULD be latina spite her being black racially and no she isnt african american because she's from panama..african americans are US BLACKS only
celph414 9 months ago
@celph414 - I agree with you that that black panama lady is not black like us black americans. She is black latino. Blacks born in America from slavery are black americans...we are not immigrants because we built and invented this country up when there was no country. I am a proud black american.
crazydaysful 8 months ago
@celph414 ? were AFRICANS! brought as slaves, in LATIN AMERICA. Well then, thats ur answer. Come on do ur RESEARCH! b4 u respond to any1. Ppl use African Amer, 4 idea proposes, if black ppl! in america, call them selfs A,Amer, The blacks from LATIN, AMERICA, are they not consider AFRICAN LATIN. Do their ancestors, not come from the ORIGINALLY place CALL'D AFRICA! u just hv the SLAVE MASTER language SPANISH! retrospect A Amer, ENGLISH! If a black man was born in the US nd another born in L,Amer
Tony461310 5 months ago
@MRFINESSESPEAKS your ancestors came from africa and you were born here in america therefore that makes us african american, regardless black is black dont matter where you came from, be black and be proud!!!
shaemonique2003 9 months ago
@MRFINESSESPEAKS WE ARE YSRAELITES!! NOT LATINO INDIAN NEGRO AFRICAN WE ARE HEBREW YSRAELITES. SIMEON, LEVI, NAPHTALI, JUDAH, EPHRAIM, ZEBULUN, RUEBEN, BENJAMIN, ASHER, DAN, GAD, ISSACHAR. OUR ANCESTORS ARE HEBREWS AND WE NOT AFRICANS. THM NAMES WERE DIVISIVE MADE BY EUROPEANS THEY DEFINE US & WE SPK THEY LANGUAGES. WE ARE HEBREWS. NO SUCH PLACE AS AFRICA EUROPEANS MADE THIS UP!!
24kingpinn 5 months ago
THIS INTERVIEWER WANTS TO BE ONLY HISPANIC...BUT A REVISION OF HISTORY TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY. THIS IS HISTORY RE-WRITTEN AND FORCED DOWN TO GENERATION TO GENERATION.
thugminican 1 year ago
400 YEARS OF FORCED RACE MISSING IN AMERICA, THE AMERICAS AND WORLD WIDE, WITH THE AFRICANS AND AFRICAN DESCENT MADE SLAVES. BUT STILL TODAY DARK SKIN BLACKS ARE STILL BEING BORN AND BREAD.......SO THE ONE COLOR THEORY IS OUT THE DOOR....THE ORIGINAL DOMINANT GENE AIN'T NEVER GOING NO WHERE..... IF ANYTHING CONTINUED RACE MISSING WILL ELIMINATE THE MORE RECESSIVE GENES....LOL
sherah1212 1 year ago
the usa may dictate who is what but haitians because they are darker and not as mixed as brazilians or dominicans or ricans they dont class the as such but they are ..technically speaking like it or not you are Latino by culture because for the most part you have been assimilated by blood and culture versus anglo america where it is imposed on you but you are isolated thats why people in HispanoAmerica go by culture too much admixture to sit there and be like I am 1/2 this 1/4
guapgueezee 1 year ago
@guapgueezee you are so right .
rs210 1 year ago
THE BLACK GUY LOOKS DEPRESSED. HE MUST HAVE HEARD THINGS HE DID NOT LIKE AT THAT CONFERENCE.
1980vince 1 year ago
Whats wrong with an afro-latino identifying as latino? If they were raised or identified with their latino (Dominican,Mexican,etc..) culture, then I see no problem. I identify myself as American. My parents were from Mexico but Im American. Though Im extremely proud of my Mexican heritage, I identify more with the American culture. Obviously, its where I was born and raised, its what I know best.
sduarte 1 year ago
@sduarte I agree. They should get to identify as Latino first and foremost if they are afro latino. But the problem is that other Latinos will not take them seriously if they say they are Latino and whites and even blacks will see them as black because of what they see. Ppl would think they were in denial or self hating and many ppl would laugh at them.
That is why when being black or afrodescent, that is something you can never run from. They should be able to say they are just Latino period
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 LATTTTTTTTTTTTTTI N O IS R ACE
elmagisian 1 year ago
@chsn09 hi that is due to ignorance because most americans see mexicans and that type as hispanic in nyc we know better because seeing puerto ricans and panamanians and dominicans and more mulatto or triracial types you can see that here there is no real shock..lala vasquez mentioned something on that and so did zoe they will never be cast as latina despite being latina to the fullest. also afro americans are more conscious because of the one drop rule in latin america once you mix you arent bk
guapgueezee 1 year ago
The guy asking the questions is confused...he only speaks Spanish because a European spaniard molested or raped his Native American female ancestor...
I am one who believes that Latino is not a race...it is simply people who are descended from former Spanish, Portuguese, and French colonizers who happen to have blood from the misogyny of those peoples, African slaves and Native peoples of the Central and South American continental region.
HaloedG 1 year ago
I love the accents in this video and they sounds so beautiful to my ears.
WhereYaBoss 1 year ago
Latino are not fuckin race!!
brownheartxxx 1 year ago
What is this black american talkin about, we as natives had a choice? As a black american he is the one that has a choice, he still has a home land were the majority is black and they still can be themselves. Natives are the ones who have less in the way of choices, he was taken from his homeland but the Natives had their lands and way of life taken, big difference.
shaybird76 1 year ago
Afro latino,Afro -America, Afro-European. Afro -Latinos are descendents of former slaves who worked onsugar plantations.
The slave mentality brainwashed some Blacks into a Eurocentric view of themselves so they may have self-hate
. She is Afro-Latino. Haitians are afro- Carribean. Africans arre Blacks . White South Africans are Europeans who colonized Africa. Eruo-African
jb6591 1 year ago
@jb6591 Haitians are Afro Latinos and Afro Caribbeans at same time!
chsn09 1 year ago
@jb6591 The black american male seems to think of himself as separate from afro latinos by claiming different experiances. But their experiances are not so different, afro latino and black americans came to america as slaves and were from the most part from the same west african countries.
rotena25 1 year ago
@rotena25 - there were no afro latinos here when black americans were brought here as slaves...they came straight from Africa and there were no spanish speaking people in africa and we have never spoke spanish in America and no original black americans have ever spoke spanish so cut the crap out that black latinos were slaves in america. Black latinos were africans brought to spanish countries to be slaves over there but not here.
crazydaysful 8 months ago
The black american is not too bright, afro latinos were also enslaved and oppressed.
rotena25 1 year ago
@rotena25 Actually you probably mean African American! Black American technically is a term given to those that are of recent black immigrants or lineage from Africa or Caribbean, or Latin America or elsewhere!
But i get what you mean! I think in general Americans of USA just tend to be uninformed and not aware! Saying not too bright is a little harsh to say!
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 -true our educational system teaches os very little of other cultures/countries. Kids in Europe know more Black history than kids in the USA
jb6591 1 year ago
@jb6591 Yep there is clash w/ Eurocentric and Afrocentric sides! In educational systems of the USA there is a lot of Eurocentric mentality! They focus also on Asian and Middle Eastern civilizations! Little is learned about Africa and even the Aboriginal Australians!
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 - The slave trade in Africa was mild compared to the brutal Transatlantic system of the Europeans. Just as Europeans, African prisoners of war were kept by their captors as servants but could work their way up into higher classes and even marry into the upper classes. As in Roots, the slaves were kidnapped very few were sold by Africans.
Why would they pay an African when with their advanced weapons they could kidnap and enslave groups of villagers ?? no middleman needed
jb6591 1 year ago
@jb6591 Africans still played a role in the African slave trade! Many did willingly give slaves to the Europeans for "relative" profit and for gaining things! I am definitely not excusing the Europeans for their part but we must also look at what the Africans did!
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 - It is not that smple . Africa was prosperous. They could have sold slaves among themselves. There are over 300 languages/ ethnic groups in Nigeria alone. They cannot be lumped together. I have not seen evidence of what the Africas did . The east India Trading company was a multi international business, 35,0000 trips were made, nearly 40 million Africans were captured. It is not just some guy in a village making chump change.
jb6591 1 year ago
@jb6591 But even still Africans played a role!
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 - What role . They were fighting for their lives as well.
jb6591 1 year ago
@chsn09 in the beginning SOME west africans rulers sold their slaves, but then the europeans mostly from portugal and spain started demanding more and the rulers couldnt keep up with it. so the europeans started capturing villages at once in different states and destroying them.
nigerianlove12 8 months ago
@rotena25 -They are not educated about the extent of the European exploitation
jb6591 1 year ago
@jb6591 I figured.
rotena25 1 year ago
@chsn09 OMG! you're absolutely right it annoys me when people try to make out like the word African is a *RACE! LOL well in that case *American should be considered a race then XD
afrolatinadamien 1 year ago
@afrolatinadamien LOL xD! I k r my friend! Ppl say that all the time! They say that Africa is a country or African is a race! African does not mean black either!
BTW I am NOT African but I am just saying!
chsn09 1 year ago
Fuck all Hebrew israelites
chsn09 1 year ago
You all are Hebrew Israelites. Read Dueteronomy the 28th chapter. that is our true black history.
supervirtuouswoman 1 year ago
@supervirtuouswoman Fuck out of here with your Hebrew Israelites! Blacks, African Americans, Black Americans, Hispanics, Latinos, Caribbeans, West Indians, Antilleans! NONE OF US OR THESE GROUPS ARE HEBREW ISRAELITES!
Gett outta here w/ that nonsense please! Peace!
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 You know nothing.
supervirtuouswoman 1 year ago
@supervirtuouswoman Excuse me? What do you mean by "You know nothing"? Please explain!!!!
chsn09 1 year ago
What happen during slavery was white first tried to enslave poor white,but there was such and outcry and resistance from the poor whites that it didnt work.Then white's tries to enslave native americans but Native american knew the land to well and fought backT.hen whites of course enslaved African slaves.It made it easy that some africans were helping whites enslave other africans in exchange for goods. Also White made treaties with Indians to help them with slavery.
brownmoreno75 1 year ago
@brownmoreno75 -No that is not true. Very Little African help was needed to kidnap Africans because Europeans had advanced weaponry. They built ships in Liverpool England, The Belgiuns, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanairds and Americans competed/worked together after doing business with Africans for many , many years. West Africans fought wars againt the Europeans , but they eventually took over by force ,raped the continent and exploited land , people. approx.30 million kidnapp out of Africa
jb6591 1 year ago
@jb6591 That is NOT true! The Africans traded slaves! Africans were in part responsible for the slave trade! Africans gave in and sent away many of their own ppl they deemed inferior to the Europeans and Arabs and other slave traders! Ppl seem to think Africans had no part in it, but Africans were at the basis of it!
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 - The europeans were scoping out Africa years before the slave trade. They did business together and traded in goods until the Europeans wanted more.
Africa is full of riches even today plenty of fruits and veggies, fresh fish , warm weather and beautiful scenery. Ghana and other African countries fout battles with European countries who also wanted their gold. European proifited not Africans, There were murders of tribal leaders by Europeans so they could control .
jb6591 1 year ago
@jb6591 Well put it this way! both the Africans and Europeans were guilty! Africa is definitely a wealthy continent in terms of resources! Everyone is exploiting and ripping off Africa meanwhile the native Africans are making little to no profit off of it! Africa does have potential!
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 - Africa was wealth then. Several of their rulers who fought agains Eurpean domination were captured and exiled. They were taken over by a group of European nations.
jb6591 1 year ago
@chsn09 - Read about the war over the golden stool between British and Ghana
jb6591 1 year ago
@brownmoreno75 Not true. there was indentured servants in Ny. When they escaped the white ones had to repay but the Blacks were punished by servitude for life ( court ruling)
jb6591 1 year ago
What the hell was this guy talking about? The man being interviewed. I don't think he ever addressed the questions. He was having a whole different conversation.
arudolph22 1 year ago
@chsn09 Thumbs up!
BlueHerself 1 year ago
@BlueHerself Mil gracias mi amiga! Que pendejos son!!!!
chsn09 1 year ago
In latin-america they call black people negra-morena and never hispanic or latino.
choclatemellons 1 year ago
as a black man my friends and most people did'nt vote for obama cause he's black ,we voted for the lesser of two evils. come on could you really vote for sarah palin and mc cain and another 4 years of bush terminology? the fact , when obama won! we did show our pride, hell bra a purto rican could have ran and i bet you blacks and everyother race would have voted for him/or her. we would rather take a chance on new than what we already know.
bigboize 1 year ago
OMG a bit Ignorant considering she is a Latina Ok !!
Slaves r Slaves No One had choices when brought to our islands. We all have Africano in Us Okay if your of latin decent ur Latino or Latina "Hispanic".The white man called Africanos ~ African American when they stop calling Us Nigga.
That is not a racist statement but it's just keeping it REAL.
Like Us Boricuas say "Punlo en el Caldero" put it in the Pot and Mix it con Mucho Savor.
nisaria 1 year ago
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nisaria 1 year ago
beautiful couple
ginoccat 1 year ago
Wow every time you think you got this 'race' thing figured out, curve ball! lol. It always seems to lead back to the same conclusion: Race is a social construct. Initially it was invented by Europeans to justify the enslavement and torture of people who looked different from them, but now it must be kept alive until the damage done by its creation is fully corrected.
blkcul 1 year ago
american also refers to a european term. from amerigo vespucci so the interviewer needs to stop asking the wrong question. just like the black man refers to himself as african american the lady has the right to refer to herself as latin american just like i am a latino from central america.
gustamole09 1 year ago
African Americans know that the blacks in South America, Cuba and Puerto Rica are the descendants of African slaves that were brought to those countries to be slaves. We do not think that we were the only black that experience slavery...we know of the others.
Makiba08 1 year ago
@Makiba08 Intersting comment but many African Americans in fact do NOT know about blacks being brought to South Ameriac or Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Dominican Republic! Many of them just are not aware of this! Many AAs do know about blacks in Haiti and the English speaking West Indies, but things are changing as more are becoming more aware of the growing knowledge for the African diaspora!
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 Well they do not teach that part of history in America's schools. American barely discuss the history of slavery...I learned about african slaves being brought to America and all of the Hispanic countries because I am a reader of black history. I buy black history books. Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Haitians, West Indians, Dominicans etc in the EAST speaks of their African ancestry.
Makiba08 1 year ago
@Makiba08 I completely understand and agree with what you are saying, and yes this is not taught in many USA schools but things are changing! Also the Hispanic countries are ALSO part of the Americas! I read black history/African diaspora as well and had to teach myself many of these things! Also, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Haitians, and Dominicans are ALL West Indians as well! "LOL"!
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 Why do they not identify themselves as West Indians or as being associated with the West Indies? How are things changing? Are the people in power telling the TRUE HISTORY of the world or are they still forcing false European history down our throats. They are still teaching the false history of Christopher Columbus and the same subjects for hundreds of years.
Makiba08 1 year ago
@Makiba08 "LOL"! They do identify themselves as West Indians and as well as w/ the West Indies simaltaneously! West Indies is also a synonym for Caribbean(ite), and Antilleans etc! All are true West Indians! It is just that people often look at the term West Indians as an Anglocentric and regional lingustocentric term
and even an umbrella term for English speaking islands! Franco, Hispano, and Dutch Caribbean islands are often overlooked or not as widely mentioned!
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 not any I have met
Makiba08 1 year ago
@Makiba08 Wrong, many of the people you met may have said something else but it does not mean that they denied being West Indian! They may have just said something else in lieu of that! Remember that they have overlapping interesecting identities which are fully part of all and each! I will send you something on this to give you a better understanding!!
chsn09 1 year ago
@Makiba08 Well things are changing as more awareness is being brought to these issues! A documentary about Afro Latinos which explores the African Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean is upcoming and has already taught people about their prescence and existence! More awareness is also being done as the need for international relations becomes more widely important!
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 The true history will never be revealed by the people in power because it would change everything they ever taught in this world...blacks must be made to look inferorior. Do you ever wonder why they say the Egyptians were white or Arabian. It is because of the Moses story if it is revealed that Egyptians are black then Moses have to be black so as to deceive Pharoah to keep from killing him.
Makiba08 1 year ago
@Makiba08 Egyptians are just culturly Arab regardless of race! North Africans are considered as part of Caucasian/Caucasoid group but however Caucasoid does not equal white! Also since when did necessarily mean black! African dies not equal black! I am not to sure if Egyptians were black or just black alone! You have to define black! Calling them black is the same thing as what people do claiming Egyptians as white or Arab(ian)
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 egyptians were all races but they started out black. and theyre are also different types of africans, not every blk african has the same features of west africans.
tempman1000 1 year ago
@tempman1000 You have to DEFINE black for me? YOu can't prove that egyptians started out black! There are debates over what egyptians really are! LOL again since when does African equate to or mean being so called black? African does NOT mean black! I said that AFRICA IS THE MOST DIVERSE INTRAPOPULATIONALLY! So therefore also you can't call every African native black! Aim higher in your analysis! Also why are you labeling every person you call a black african of different features black?
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 the term black is racist. every race on the face of this planet is named after their place of origin. asians- asia, caucasians caucus mountains (wiki) etc however although coming from africa the "negro" is named after the color of their skin. people you typically consider "black" are just an ethinic group within the african race. bruce lee and ghandi were both asians both from the same race.
btw the real egyptians are dead so we'll never know but chances are that they were africans.
Viperveteran 1 year ago
@Viperveteran Um, you repeated everything I was trying to say earlier on here and thanks for that! And people from Europe are also called white! White and black are terms that both need to be eradicated! Black and white are simply colors! And African is not a race! Also Africa is the most diverse intrapopulatoinally! Egyptians were Africans because Egypt was and is an African civilization regardless! And scientists have debated over classifying ppl of India its own race!
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 I believe african is a race here is why based on what we know greek people look nothing like scottish people not even russians. but they are all classified as caucasians. for instance they may have differences like big noses, curly hair. however the "african" race is only considered to be "black" by euro terms if he looks like he comes from ethical group called the bantu. Thus any variation in the skin tone, hair texture automatically excludes that individual from being "black".
Viperveteran 1 year ago
@Viperveteran There is NO biological or genetic basis to race! Race is nothing more than a social construct! It does NOT exist! And the fact that you even stated that you were following euro terms or Eurocentric standards further proves my points! Black and white are just colors and Eurocentric purist racialist terms!!
chsn09 1 year ago 10
@Viperveteran ROTFLMFAO @ you when you said " Thus any variation in the skin tone, hair texture automatically excludes that individual from being "black". Are you serious? And then you said "looks like he comes from the ethical group called the bantu" SMFH! Not every African is a Bantu and not every African has the same exact features! Africa is the most diverse intrapopulationally! Africa does NOT equate to being black
chsn09 1 year ago
@Viperveteran Also it is funny how you say all "black" Africans have the same features but there are "black" Africans that have thin lips straighter hair! Looks and features vary and even skin colors! But African does not mean or equate to being black!
chsn09 1 year ago
@Viperveteran Also what part of Africa are you talking about! It is funny how you colorist Eurocentric/Afrocentric dolts think of Africa as one thing and that's it! Totally wrong on your part!
chsn09 1 year ago
@Viperveteran You seem to leave out Ethiopia and Somalia and North Africa, areas in Africa in which ppl are classified as Caucasoid, which by the way does NOT necessarily equal white! You also forgot Cape Verde islands and Canary Islands and Mauritius and Madagascar and Mallorca and Azores and Madeira Islands! These places don't equate to black
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 secondly it has been established that the first humans were darkskinned africans the ones in africa being the ones who did not leave the continent it would ultimately mean that the native african is also a darkskinned african. since the notion is to name races by the continent/land that they are native to it is only right to call the racistly named "black people" africans. The total eradication of the notion of race is better but we both knw thatll never happen in our lifetime anyway.
Viperveteran 1 year ago
@Viperveteran Now as for the first humans being dark skinned, that is true! But even still calling Africans as being black would not be accurate! Many groups native to Africa are not necessarily black! Black and white are Eurocentric terms and colors!
chsn09 1 year ago
@Viperveteran But I do understand what you and contemporary simpleton society calls black but it is debateable though how we use these terms! Also you seem to think that dark skinned ppl have one homogenous look! Based on what you are saying many ppl that are considered black in this world are not black going by your logic! LMFAO and SMFH
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 did you read what I said m8? I think you should reread it.
Viperveteran 1 year ago
@Viperveteran Huh? I understand what you were trying to say but I was just challenging the ideas of race! But I understand where you are coming from
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 u obviously don't because you have just made an argument that does not entirely match what I have just said you cant take things out of context evn if it is convenient. I did not say that only bantu's are africans. I highlighted the difference in the approach to the classification of caucs n the so calld "negroes". the former being considerably relxed while the latter being narrower i.e curly hair big lips noses, high cheek bones etc although these features are not conclusively african
Viperveteran 1 year ago
@Viperveteran Oh okay! I thought you were making a generalization or one that was narrow minded but now that you changed up your argument or modified what you are saying then ok! I get you!
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 the 2ndpoint search YT for "The Incredible Human Journey - Out of Africa"
I said before I would prefer no races. the premises races are based on are hardly satisfactory but it would be unrealistic to expect the concept of race to be erased now.
so since we agree that the label negro is racist especially when we acknowledge that every other race is named after their place of origin what do you propose to call these so called "blacks" if not the place they are indigenous to?
Viperveteran 1 year ago
@Viperveteran Oh same here! Race DOES NOT even exist anyway! Yeah I think the world could do fine without emphasizing races! Also if we were to push the idea of "pseudo absolutivity" of races then that would mean that all humans would have to identify as mixed race! Further proof of the relativity of race!
chsn09 1 year ago
@Viperveteran True but my thing is black and white are the only color labels corresponded to race! Although yellow and brown and red have been used in other discourse!
I guess Afro and euro are better terms to refer to ppl that come from Africa and Europe because at least when you are saying those terms it does not bring up a color hue!
Because there are indigenous Africans that are NOT "black" theoretically and there are plenty of Europeans that are darker than other Europeans!
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 well the argument was the same when I wrote it but you just misunderstood it. the north africans is that they have already been classified as euros by euros this shows the integrity of racial classification
the notion that ethiopians are caucasoid highlights the narrow class that is placed on africans by anthropologists. it is easier for them to say that they are caucasoid than to widen the africoid class and acknowledge its true diversity.
Viperveteran 1 year ago
@Viperveteran Nope! I DID NOT MISUNDERSTAND ANYTHING!
North Africans are NOT considered Europeans! They are considered CAUCASOIDS and North Africans are just as African as any other African!
Ethiopians and Somalians are CAUCASOIDS also as well just as you said! remember scientific racial terms are just describing physical features groupings NOT color because skin color does NOT justify race!
All of these racial groupings are all Eurocentric fabrications!
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 well if something is written and you answer in an inconsistent way that means you misunderstood.
ok so U R willing to accept that northen africans (who generally have an arab appearance) are not caucasoids while the people of ethiopia and somalia who have more in common with their west african counterparts are. please tell me that you see the inconsistency in that
Although skin colour does not justify race it is not completely irrelevant.
Viperveteran 1 year ago
@Viperveteran No! I did NOT misunderstand anything! Maybe I interpreted it in a different way or went on a different angle or missed the way you were explaining it but that is understandable what you are saying!
Well have you seen EVERY North(ern) African?? Also what is Arab looking because Arab has become more of a cultural term plus many other groups and "black" Africans were taken to Arab regions and Arabized and identify as Arab!
chsn09 1 year ago
@Viperveteran What I never denied that North Africans are CAUCASOIDS! They are Caucasoids! I was just saying that Caucasoid does NOT necessarily equal or mean or equate to white!
And yes Ethiopia and Somalia have been CONSIDERED Caucasoid! But what makes you say they have more in common w/ so called West African counterparts?
Yes skin color DOES NOT justify a race but yes it is interconnected and does intersect w/ race in a way!
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 so what is white and what is a caucasoid to you?
features include: afros lips and skin tone these are all non skeletal. for instance it is rare to have a non african with an afro that is afro's are considered to be an african trait. haile selassie had an afro and he considered himself to be african.
k'naan a somalian music artist quite similar to selassie
the problem is that the labellers have attempted to ignore these distinctive features.
Viperveteran 1 year ago
@Viperveteran Good question! That is why I say Black and white are ambiguous! I feel features are important into what is included as white! Like think about it! black is usually inclusive of more ppl which is why you see ppl like Mariah Carey often being a representative of black beauty! But in reality that is mixed race although she could probably pass for white!
Exactly, these classifications are bullshit to begin w/! Many so called whites have curly hair and big butts and lips!
chsn09 1 year ago
@Makiba08 True history will be revealed but it depends on what is looked on as the truth and especially in an unbiased manner! Interpretation of facts also changes things! I think many people deep down inside know the true history and that it would change everything they were taught in this world but it would be hard to change history and it's subsequent results and the present!
chsn09 1 year ago
@Makiba08 Well the people in power still are based on the structure and spatial order of whites and lighter skinned peoples and those of historical superiority in power! Excellent point! History just like many other things and aspects can be looked at in many different ways which can often contradict and complicate matters of understanding and the truth!
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 The truth does not contradict or complicate only falsehoods follow that rule
Makiba08 1 year ago
@Makiba08 The truth or what people may argue as being true can contradict what people may argue as false or true and vice versa!
chsn09 1 year ago
@Makiba08 The history of Christopher Columbus is somewhat true and false at the same time! History has been taught in a Eurocentric view but never in the Afrocentric view! Many bash Afrocentrism as bad and as being a consequence of Eurocentrism and subsequent form altoghether!
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 It is not taught in school about how Columbus and his crew killed and mutilated Native people I got that history from Native Americans also they said that Pocahontas was around 9 years old when John Smith met the Powhatan tribe
Makiba08 1 year ago
@Makiba08 Yeah I am aware of these things! There is a good book that teaches and tells the true histories! It was pretty interesting! You are absolutely correct! And in some schools this things are taught!
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 and if Moses is black then you have to look further then you must realize that the original Israelites were black.
Makiba08 1 year ago
@Makiba08 Well I can't say for sure if the real Egyptians or if the real Spaniards or Portuguese, or Moors or Italians or Olmecs or Jew or Israelites were all black but I have heard of these debates or studies! I can't say for sure because I have not studied this as much and black is a simplistic purist term and is hard to say if all of these groups or civilizations were black! African
does not neccessarily mean black!
chsn09 1 year ago
damn this dude sounds so dumb. how do u think his wife's great great great great grandparents came over?the titanic thas afro well, our people down bottom have it waayyy worse than afro americans, half of them still are not aware that their black,theyre are still bein oppressed,u go to brasil,cuba,dr etc.black people are still goin thru the worst, and ima afroamerican sayin this,we was just the first to stand up but wit that we lost alot of our culture,while the afro latinos preserved alot of it
tempman1000 1 year ago
Latinos are a mixture of different races. Latino's did not exist before slavery. African Native indian,and Europeans.
macadamien11 1 year ago
UMMM HATIANS ARE LATINOS DUMB FUCK and brizilans are too. but they are not hispanic. this guy is a dumbass.
netuber12 1 year ago
4:58 she say she assimilated that culture, not true, he african culture helped create the unique culture that panama and tmost latin-caribean countries have today rumba, santeria etc all are direct signs of true african culture in latin america
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