http://www.latina.com/entertainment/celebrity/black-beautiful-celebration-afro-latinas
http://www.latina.com/entertainment/tv/exclusive-war-we-are-living-afro-colombian-story
Illmatical 4 comments collapsed
Vanessa,
You don't understand the plight of any African American. We're tired of opening doors up for others. We need assistance from other members of the diaspora.
You don't understand the plight of any African American. We're tired of opening doors up for others. We need assistance from other members of the diaspora.
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Oh my goodness. It is unfortunate that in this day and age there are so many hispanics that are still in denial about their race. Race and ethnicity/culture are two different things and as an Afro-Cuban I shake my head everytime I hear a latino say they are "dark" in aversion to Black or of African descent. It is a sad brainwashing where to many of us were taught to embrace the identity of our slavemasters from Spain and disavow our indigenous and African roots which make up most of our bloodline. And even worse are the cultural things that are African that we attribute to Spain. The music the food and the essence of who we are is African whether you like it or not and clearly you misunderstood the Article if you missed the fact that these women are PROUDLY declaring their african heritage and no trying to play it off as a deep tan. "In my country dark skinned were also slaves" Really that is more than a spin on reality. These "dark skinned" people were kidnapped from the continent of Africa and brought to latin america. Less than 2 percent of all slaves ended up in the United States which means the rest of us were in latin america and the caribbean. These are all BLACK PEOPLE. Our race did not change because our location did.
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Yes! It's finally time someone speak out on our behalf. Like the article said, being Black is a race while being Latina is a heritage/culture. Coming from an African American Father and a Puerto Rican Mother i am proud to be an Afro-Latina! The more afro-latina's/latino's that represent como zoe saldana, melissa de sousa, y laz alonso, the better :)!
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Elizabeth Garcia 2 comments collapsed CollapseExpand
In the Afro-Latin@ reader (the book mentioned in the article which was the main textbook in one of my college courses), you would read an article about how when Los Angeles was first settled by Mexicans, nearly 75% of the people were classified as being of African descent and eventually the term "negro" was phased out of the census records and replaced with "Indio" to highlight the indigenous heritage. If I'm not mistaken, the first free city in Mexico was founded by self-emancipated Africans.
I majored in Africana/Latino studies in college to educate myself about such issues.I proudly identify myself as Afrodominicana.
I think we also are our own best friends with articles like this which creates a stirring dialogue and emphasizes an oft-denied part of Latin@ heritage.
I've been reading Latina magazine since high school and I've always loved it for fully representing Latinasof all shades, hair textures, all nations and ethnicities.
I do want to see more of every kind of Latino in a wider medium. Our Indian, Spanish, Black and even Asians!
I majored in Africana/Latino studies in college to educate myself about such issues.I proudly identify myself as Afrodominicana.
I think we also are our own best friends with articles like this which creates a stirring dialogue and emphasizes an oft-denied part of Latin@ heritage.
I've been reading Latina magazine since high school and I've always loved it for fully representing Latinasof all shades, hair textures, all nations and ethnicities.
I do want to see more of every kind of Latino in a wider medium. Our Indian, Spanish, Black and even Asians!
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I am half African American and Half Mexican American. I consider myself to be afro latina. I will never forget the time when I went to an interview for a scholarship for latina students, and was looked at by the interviewer as if I didn't have a right to apply. I was pretty sure I wasn't going to get it just by the interviewers response to me, and i didn't. I always assumed i was looked at as african american but not until recent years have i been looked at as latina by other latinos. I guess i have a "cara latina" as i have been told. I just hate that there is a stereo type of what a "latino" should look like.
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Illmatical 1 comment collapsed CollapseExpand
This article is timely, however, it sheds light on the burgeoning problem that America has to deal with.
Immigrants, of the African diaspora, coming to the United States and bringing their distorted views on race with them.
This article is important. I applaud the Afro-Latina woman for speaking up about the overt racist comments that she hears.
As an African American man, who lives in New York City, I have seen the complexities that both Dominicans and Puerto Ricans have.
As far as Afro Latinos "looking down" on African Americans, I don't know if this is the case.
The struggle of African Americans is known throughout the world. Most African Americans know little to nothing about the the institutionalized racism that exist in some Latin countries. As the article pointed out, in places like Dominican Republic, the Afro Latinos were encouraged to identify as "Indio." Why? Find out who Trujillo was. Look into the "Parsley Massacre."
As far as celebrating culture. The entire world is celebrating African American culture every time a rap song is played. Every time a Jazz song is played.
The is NO group of Africans on the planet who are more influential culturally, nor financially. African American buying power is expected to reach 1 trillion dollars by 2015.
As far as Afro Latinos or brothers and sisters from the caribbean, many are identifying with immigrant status, so as to avoid the struggle of African Americans in this country.
This is why you see so much flag waving going on in New York City right now.
So many Afro Latinos have been brainwashed. Post slavery, in whatever country they were in, they were told that they were part of a new country, in which they helped create. For example, Puerto Rico.
The Africans where then kept in a state of subjugation. They wrapped themselves in the language of their slave masters. They were happy to be cut off from Africa.
When they arrive in the United States, they revel in their Euro language. Riding on the bootstraps of the Hispanic wave, they can enjoy being Hispanic or Latino.
Immigrants, of the African diaspora, coming to the United States and bringing their distorted views on race with them.
This article is important. I applaud the Afro-Latina woman for speaking up about the overt racist comments that she hears.
As an African American man, who lives in New York City, I have seen the complexities that both Dominicans and Puerto Ricans have.
As far as Afro Latinos "looking down" on African Americans, I don't know if this is the case.
The struggle of African Americans is known throughout the world. Most African Americans know little to nothing about the the institutionalized racism that exist in some Latin countries. As the article pointed out, in places like Dominican Republic, the Afro Latinos were encouraged to identify as "Indio." Why? Find out who Trujillo was. Look into the "Parsley Massacre."
As far as celebrating culture. The entire world is celebrating African American culture every time a rap song is played. Every time a Jazz song is played.
The is NO group of Africans on the planet who are more influential culturally, nor financially. African American buying power is expected to reach 1 trillion dollars by 2015.
As far as Afro Latinos or brothers and sisters from the caribbean, many are identifying with immigrant status, so as to avoid the struggle of African Americans in this country.
This is why you see so much flag waving going on in New York City right now.
So many Afro Latinos have been brainwashed. Post slavery, in whatever country they were in, they were told that they were part of a new country, in which they helped create. For example, Puerto Rico.
The Africans where then kept in a state of subjugation. They wrapped themselves in the language of their slave masters. They were happy to be cut off from Africa.
When they arrive in the United States, they revel in their Euro language. Riding on the bootstraps of the Hispanic wave, they can enjoy being Hispanic or Latino.
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