Afro-Latin@s and Census 2010 - Y TU ABUELA?

CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE THE AFRO-LATIN@ COUNT ON THE 2010 CENSUS

By proclaiming Check Both!/¡Chequea las dos! the bilingual spots produced by the afrolatin@ forum, a NYC-based non-profit highlight the importance for Latin@s of African descent to self-identify as such on the Census.

The implications of the count are far-reaching, determining how $400 billion in federal funds are distributed to local governments each year. Over 10 years, a community could lose a projected $1.2 million of federal funding for housing, health and education programs for every 100 persons that are not counted, according to the NAACP. Studies have established that despite a higher educational level Black Latin@s have the highest rate of unemployment and are more likely to live below the poverty level than other Latin@s.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Afro-Latinas
• Afro-Latinos
• Black Latinas
• Black Latinos
• Census 2010
• Negros
• Negras
• Check both!
• Chequea
• las
• dos!

[SimplyD81]

I like the effort to get people to acknowledge ALL of their heritage/ background/ ethnicty. What I don't care for is the statement the grandmother made about her not liking the boy to play with "black" kids. What kind of statement is that?? Especially since a few seconds later she claims to be both black and latina. That sentiment is contradictory and unprogressive.

[DatBlackAmerican]

@afropana1 lol....no i aint talikin about that at alll....thats not kool....all im trying to say is that you could be both black and latino which is clearly evident by this video....black is a race by the way you look...whereas latino is more of a cultural classification...

[MsEliseo20]

@DatBlackAmerican i completely agree, i'm from england and latinos are a small minority here, mainly columbians. when i saw oh but my mums family afro-cuban so yeah i class myself as part latina. people are like hold up but latinas are white.

[QBRikan77]

@soymiguelalejandro23 LMFAO. I prefer your mother should have used a Hanger during the first month. LOL

[QBRikan77]

@SimplyD81 She was showing the hypocracy of Afro Latinos being racist against African Americans.

[DatBlackAmerican]

@sangreafrolatino yea that is true...i cant lie...i dont look 100% african...i look zambo..or griffe...or whatever they used to call blacks that were 75% black and 25% other...so sometimes i call myself a mixed Black person..lol..but at the same time when i define black to include people of mixed race which historically for the most part always has then i can comfortably say im Black.it includes physical aesthetics that vary from those who look like christina milian to those who look like akon

[sangreafrolatino]

What's the name of this song btw?

[sangreafrolatino]

@DatBlackAmerican I agree to identify as how you look and that's why I don't say I'm black because I look obviously mixed race. If you look like an unmixed Yoruba or an Ewe or a Bantu than you're obviously black.. if you look like Beyonce than you're obviously mixed. Simple as that.

[sangreafrolatino]

@DatBlackAmerican the problem is.. do you really look black like a west african or like a new world black that looks obviously mixed race. you bring up Christina Milian and Zoe Saldana but both of these girls are obviously mixed so from that statement you're showing us an American view of what is black. I look more African that Christina Milian but I still look obviously mixed race which makes sense since my mom is white Cuban..

[SimplyD81]

@TheClarkShow235 and @y0maris I get it, thanks.

[y0maris]

@SimplyD81 It was a skit, like someone else mentioned. To show the common scenario a lot of Afro-Latinos have gone through. The acting skit was over when she began to speak and show support for blackness and latinidad.

[balantaasante]

EXCELLENT VIDEO!! IT ALSO SHOW THE TRADITIONAL RACIST MENTALITY IN LATIN AMERICA...ESPECIALLY "EL BLAQUEAMIENTO" OF THE SPANISH SPEAKING CARIBBEAN..PA'LANTE MIS NEGROS!!! DEFIENDANSE!!!