CNN Latino in America - Afro Dominicans

Reactions from people who attended to the Preview screening of CNN's "Latino in America" at the Newseum, in Washington, DC.

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Washington, DC, October 8, 2009.

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[AhavaYah]

she's not that light. wtf is wrong with her ?

[SEFARAD2K4]

They sound like confused Americans, not Dominicans.

[abcaligirl]

okay..so.....when you consider or classified yourself as latino...are you representing both race or just the hispanic or spanish side? i hear alot of latinos said that they are of african decent but they classified themselves as latino...i guess just hispanic??? idk...let me know something...

[dominican23princesa]

Bitch is lyin I deal with mad racism in my country don't let the shit fool you D.R is very beautiful love it there it just some people their treat you like dirt like in america but in the south

[dominican23princesa]

@404boricua yea you're so right I don't deny myself as a whole :-)

[Amalfrida]

@209Faceoff why so mad? they are mulattoes, black and european and yes they are latinos. they speak a latin language which is hispanic, you get over the fact of being black and trying to compare these women with yourself.

[SunsetSideVet]

Mexicans dont trip on that, we hardly got any blacks.

Dominicans have the right to see who they are, but cant deny whats in them.

I know alot of PR who deny they got African in them.

[404boricua]

Wow... The first lady seemed a little confused about what the hell Hispanic is! And second, there should be NO dominican saying they dont have african in them.... Lol

[CosmicGrounds]

CNN Self-hate in America.

[holloween2011]

lol she is light skinned... im white i can tell. although the american media projects the beyonces and chris browns, (light skin blacks with thin features) thats not how the typical, african american looks nd lived all over the US. unless your mixed, african americans typically are dark skin, course hair (courser than the girl in this video), &have strong african facial features, 70% according to statistics. dominicans have 75% mixed with 11% pure african. been there plenty can vouche for that:)

[Sethrod8]

You know I've lived in Puerto Rico and have been to the Dominican Republic and my race never came up I felt like I was seen as a person and not a color

[bcta302]

NO Offense to my black people here in the U.S.

BUT, there's is indeed a lot of difference between how blacks from Dominican Republic and U.S. look, and that's because of the fact that in Dominican Republic MORE than %60 of blacks are mixed with either white or Tainos(Native Americans from Dominican Republic)

It's way TOO easy to differentiate most black Dominicans from the blacks of the U.S.