I’m half indigenous and half mestizo. There is a huge difference between the way my lighter skinned family is treated vs the way my indigenous side is treated.
The difference is America at least acknowledges it. And the people who are Black at least are vocal at dispelling racism. In latin American, many Black people are not self identifying, so they never really get a chance of being vocal against racism. That's why they continue to be on the bottom, because of the lack of action of self identifying as Black or Afro Latino/a.
@BEEN BRACKIN i don't see the problem being rejection, i think it's because they don't teach treatment to hair with textures, curls, and coils. Telling me you won't do my hair is doing me a favor.i rather go to someone that knows how to do my hair not bluffs and ruins my crown
Can you please explain why there are no racial riots in Latin America as there are in the USA? I mean, if Afro Latinos were being mistreated as they are in the USA, then one would expect the same outrage. But such intense outrage simply does not exist among Afro Latinos. Also, there is absolutely no barrier that prevents any Afro Latino from being 100% Latino. because afro Latinos share enough of Latino Culture to qualify as Latinos and therefore have always been considered as such.
@@quwandathornton most Black Americans are mixed and are still black. Your race also has to do with societal treatment based on societal categorization based on first impression. She’s black.
Golden Voice I was dating a Dominican guy who was very light skin and had a brother who was darker. His mom would say about my bf “he’s my favorite, he’s so white” and she would call her other son “brother darkness” 😲😲😲😲 She would say other things too, random comments about color. I felt so bad for his brother It was very uncomfortable and I rarely visited him at his home.
@@src3360 I'm a Dark/Brown Black American but I was lucky I knew who I was at a very young age so the overt racism from both sides didn't affect me ( Getting ready to retire now from a long and successful career) however this bigotry hasn't gone away and I find that very sad.
In Brazil i am what we call "Parda" which means mixed but not just white and black but with heritage thatsometimes we can't even explain because we lost so much of it's influence due to racism, colorism, xenophobia and etc, my great-grandmother was indigenous but so little was passed down to us and it is so sad both my grandfathers were black born and raised in Brazil but i don't know much about them, people in my country hardly talk about racism but it is very much alive and it is a huge problem people refuse to deal with as a result if you are black or pardo (or just anything other then white or fair skinned) you are deemed less important, not even relevant enough to be acknowledged.
As a Marine I've been to a lot of different countries....you can find hate for black skin all over the world. Maybe I missed something but I'm still trying to figure out where all the hate for us came from.
@@johnnyflores5954 Blacks are just professional victims. Theres no such thing as anti-blackness in the so-called "latino" community. People judge blacks not by their race or color but by the foul content of their character. Africanos simply use the race card and exploit an outdated victim narrative as a ploy in order to stigmatize and discredit evryone as racist, to gain political power, to gain an undeserved moral support, to silence and censor others, and to manipulate public opinion. Africanos are the most racist and privilidged group at a par with the whites becasue africanos egt to practice their vile racism not only against Mexicans but against all other races and cultures with impunity becasue they feel protected and are financed by their jooish associates
Anti-blackness originated in the Talmud created by Rabbis. It's called "The Curse Of Ham". The Jewish merchants of Europe used this "Ham curse" to justify the lucrative transatlantic slave trade then Jim Crow and apartheid. White-Jews taught the idea that black skin is a curse to other races.
@@johnnyflores5954 but it’s in places where there was no European colonialism as well even in places that didn’t make contact with Europeans til The 20th century
" If you do not understand the system of White Supremacy, what it is, and how it works. Everything else you understand will only confuse you. - Neely Fuller Jr.
White Supremacy is not the only reason why people are nasty. Most of the nastiness I have encountered in life has been from people who are not white supremacists. It has been mainly from black supremacists and belligerently-inclined Puerto Ricans who don't give a rat's fat ass whether I am from their same island or not. My uncle was killed for fourteen dollars by NYC blacks, not white supremacists. I had all my property stolen from my house by Puerto Ricans, not white supremacists. In fact, in comparison to Puerto Ricans and blacks, I can honestly say that Anglo Americans have been much less of a problem in my case.
I met this guy who I really don’t talk to anymore who insisted on constantly telling me that he is “Puerto Rican, but a white puerto Rican”. Like every time I was around him, he would always bring it up. I never asked him anything about his ethnicity…but he would just feel compelled to always remind me. So I’m just sitting there like “😐 okayyyy??? Does that make you better or something??”…asking myself why he keeps insisting on explaining his racial identity every time I’m around. Like bruh…I heard you the first 3 times…and I still DONT CARE. I think it’s really weird how some Latinos will go out of their way to tell you they are everything but African…Be darker than Taye Diggs, but be out here talking about “I’m Spanish, Taino, Portuguese, European, Native American, extraterrestrial, blah blah blah…but will never claim African ancestry. Thank god for social media because a lot of that bullshit is being exposed and many of them have to face it because everyone is privy to it. The self hate in Latin communities is REAL and shameful. I think it’s kinda funny because the same way they discriminate against black people who stand in their blackness is the same way white people discriminate against them.
its out of insecurity meanwhile black and indigenous people created all of the culture all that rhythm and color in latin America comes from them yet these people be whitewashing everything. lmao
I'm afro Brazilian and born and raised was adopted to America and the hate here is real no one would think I'm Brazilian because I'm not white looking I'm glad this is coming to the surface
I live in Brazil. There is absolutely no such thing as AFRO Brazilian. That's a pure Anglo saxon term. People in Brazil are just Brazilian! Afro Latino, Euro Latino, Mestizo Latino... pure made up Anglo saxon non sense
"outside of Nigeria, Brazil is the location with the highest percentage of people of African descent" ???? i think Tanya Hernandez meant highest POPULATION, not highest percentage... cause if she really meant percentage, well I'm pretty sure all 54 African countries have higher percentages of Africans than Brazil. and when she says "we had many more people of African ancestry", who is "we"? and "more" than what? confusing
Yap, she got it so wrong. But most of the african descendents in Brazil are mixed race, aka they also have European and even Southern native American ancestry. So, it's kinda confusing, in many ways. There is even people already mixed with Arabs,.Indians and Japanese, because Brazil has really a very diversified population.
By we she meant the Caribbean and Latin American.Only 4% of slaves that left Africa went to the US(which at that time only consisted of the 13 colonies)
she is right I think she meant in Latin America lol I heard from my Brazilian friends (also there are statistics) that there's a big percentage of black people in Brazil, the thing is they also have white people but the high population of black people is there
I hate that this video was made by a US citizen . If it had been made in Mexico, they would have shared how Mexico its transforming itself to honor and represent the ingenious communities. Also the word ' Latin ' might mean something in the US, but not to Spanish speaking part of America.
I'm 🇭🇹 and we are black, we identify as BLACK. No Haitian person is running around calling themselves Latino. Considering how hard Hatians fought for their independence being the first BLACK ( not Latino) nation to be independent then to turn around and be called Latino. Sounds like some type of erasure. Hatians are BLACK not LATINOS.
Clarah Valme Extremely proud to hear you state this, Haiti has always served as a great inspiration to African Americans and many other right minded black ppl across the globe. Black First Sister!!
You apparently don't watch the Spanish-language Networks (telemundo, etc). If you did, it would be impossible not to notice that virtually ALL of the actors and actresses, news reporters, and people in the commercials project eurocentric appearances and images. One could count on (no more than) two hands, the number of Afro-Latinos shown in any of these categories, after all these years. Is this just a coincidence?
@@DavidRamirez-ue8gv How about these for starters: Azteca America, Bandamax , Cine Mexicano, Centroamerica, EstrellaTV, Univision? Is this some f'ing test? For your sarcastic-assed information, I have studied Spanish for most of my adult life and speak the langauge (admittedly with some difficulty). Furthermore, I spend at least 1 - 2 hours every day of the week practicing it and use the networks to enhance my ability to understand the language as spoken in practical situations. So the next time you try sarcasm, you should have a clue about the validity of your sarcasm. How many Spanish-language many networks can you name? The tone of your message sounds like you're one of those who claims to be "Spanish" when your ancestry is clearly indigenous and African because you so badly want to be identified as white.
Most Latinos reject the description "latinx". In fact Spain and Argentina banned the word due to it violating the rules of the language. Spanish is a gendered language like German, French, and Italian. LatinX comes across as a progressive anglo white label.
I remember one time I was flirting with this girl from the DR at her moms restaurant, and she was flirting back it was cool. Then somebody said “y’all look like your about to make a baby” or something, and her little pre-teen brother said “for the the baby to be black like that tire?”. Obviously because Im a bit darker than her. They’re trained young to hate dark skin and want to lighten the bloodline. It’s sick. I still hit tho. 🙃
I once entered an office full of Anglo Americans with my Puerto Rican co-worker and all the Anglo Americans immediately began asking him why he was several shades darker than me. "What the hell happened?"" They asked.
Thank you for this video. I'm showing this to my students who are primarily from Spanish Speaking Caribbean countries--mostly from DR. This will help unpack a juicy discussion.
As a Latina, I think it’s fine as long as you’re not telling them to forsake their culture, language, and make them choose a side. They should embrace their African Roots, and acknowledge the Colorism problems within the community, without hating their Latino culture. As long as that is respected I’m sure it will be a positive experience for them.
Sometimes it's not anti- blackness, it's more anti- black Afro-americans, where, say Dominican and Cuban and. Boricuas do not want to lose their cultural identity which is more than skin color. It's about ways of interacting with others
Very educational and useful information. I’m an educator who aspires to be more aware and inclusive about racial and ethnic groups and their history in the Americas. Thanks for this great content. We have much work to do as black folx to acknowledge and celebrate all our diversity.
Even in Africa people are bleaching their skin. We have every right to call out the unwarranted hate and disrespect we receive but we have to love and respect ourselves/each other first. Ados fba and similar movements are toxic. Diaspora wars won't get us anywhere.
ADOS centers the Black American ethnicity and calls for specificity. Folks who label it “toxic” tend to view Black Americans as political mules, a resource to expand redress to unaffected groups, and maintain a domestic stigma against Black Americans for their own gain. The Diaspora enjoyed decades of resource mining and replacement, that time is over.
Ironic you mention “white latino” racism against afro-latinos yet you leave out Belize’s discrimination against the Maya peoples. So it’s only racist when “white latinos” discriminate but when black belizeans do it it’s not even worth mentioning, right?
It *IS* always _bad_ when the Amerindios/Mestizo and/or Afro-Latinos-as are racist with the criollos-as/castizos-as (btw, *NONE of these terms are in actual use today* ). That's perfectly acceptable. Nobody cares. Because I am _suuure it neeeeever happens._ You did *_NOT_* know that?! 🙃
@@copeyano718Latinidad is a legitimate Spanish word but Latinx is gringo shit that breaks basic Spanish grammar rules and is very widely hated by the people it was supposed to represent.
Hahahaha Jlo: Camilla cabello, and Sofia vergara are not white, their Mestizo’s, mixed indigenous and European descent. White Latinos would be someone like, Anya Taylor-Joy and Sara Paxton.
Camilla cabello, white who you kidding, does she look anything like, Jennifer Lawrence: Emma Stone, Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Sayfried, margot, or Katie McGrath.
For starters, there was barely any talk about Indigenous or anti-indigenous within the community. There are very dark indigenous too and with distinct features not just “Afro-Latinos”. Also, the creating of all these new terms like “Afro-Latinos” create a divide within, not the countries or nations nor race, but within the culture that is so diverse already. No need to create more divide or par-tide between all people within the community. There’s no one look or type of Latino. It’s also an ethnicity not a race and that’s the difference and being informed/educated on the terminology. Yes we do need more representation of all different looking types of Latinos in the media but hats all types not just certain ones more than others. Con mucho amor!
@@brandonmoncada7610 They already mangled the word Latino by placing an X. One little step leads to the next and before you know it, it's all over. Try to do the same to them and they literally go berserk.
Lantindad to my knowledge is pride in being Latino. Latin x is a new term for those who feel left out from the looks of it. The mistake people have made us to think being Latino is a race. We’re a culture. The host is right she’s black but if she would deny being Latina that would be due to her life experience being negative on some level with that. Being Ecuadorian is your ethnicity and he country your from (I’m assuming you were born there or your parents are from there) in the US you’re looked at in group form before specifics or individually. People from north ,“central” , South America and the Caribbean are not the only ones affected by European colonialism. Everyone has pretty much. In the black community this is self evident in a variety of forms but sticking to the bad hair term how many black women do you see with their natural hair? I find it hypocritical to talk black pride when you don’t even realize you lack it. That’s not a reference to the host cause that may very well be her hair but there’s plenty of other women that fall into that category. As for the lady she’s interviewing she’s spot on with what she’s saying though it’s a different understanding from the US and those countries. I’m assuming the host is from here and that’s why she views it how she does. Also those of mixed “race” which is the majority of “Latinos” tend to not acknowledge all of their backgrounds saying I’m black or I’m white when in fact they are both or native, Asian etc etc. This is particularly true in the US. In Ecuador and other Spanish colonized countries I think moat people just look at them selves as Ecuadorian, Colombian, Dominican, Cuban, Honduran etc and not as a race. That’s the big difference between the US and those places. Some will tell you I’m not black I’m Ecuadorian but that’s just a lack of knowledge so to speak.
Fernando Bravo I go for Ecuadorian because of the arbitrary criteria that people use to merge Latinx people. And particularly because it’s culture related. I’m too ethnically ambiguous for me to have a generalized experience as being white, black, Asian, native, etc. that’s precisely why I rather just say Ecuadorian. It doesn’t matter if I say mixed race because you’ll judge me on what you see
Bryan Guevara I hear you I would answer just like you have. But being born here I recognize being Latino. As far as race I would just answer latino even though it’s a culture kind of like when you hear someone say there Jewish. In truth race wise I’m mixed. Racially ambiguous pretty much means your mixed. I don’t prescribe to Latin x cause that term is mentally off.
Hate is a byproduct of just how weak someone is internally. You cant get me to be so conditioned to be so disenchanted with someone being lighter or darker than me, that i'll react positively or negatively towards them. This is because i deem myself as a true leader and one who cuts against the grain.
I just identify as Puerto Rican but I was foolish to think that all people knew that PUERTO Ricans are mixed with African. European, and Native ancestry. I never say I'm all 3 and that was based on the assumption that people should know.
But not all PR are all 3 and honestly most PR have hardly any to no Native ancestry because the natives of the island died off very quickly at the start of colonialism. Most PR are different degrees of African and European mix, with a lot being just black and a lot being just white.
@@JD-ny3vz Well, it sounds like you took a dna survey of all PR's?...My PR wife will disagree with you, she's at least 36% NA, her family is mostly white skin or light brown. Don't believe all the UTube crap you read. ✌
Stevo Devo and a lot of Puerto Ricans don’t know that, some say there’s no such thing as dark puerto rican’s, im not even dark, im light skin. an my family is African/ Taino
And some Puerto Ricans are straight up of Black African descent (or close to it). I have met these people, and they still try to deny their African heritage. This denial is not limited to Puerto Rico; it is prevalent all of the Latin countries and territories that have a population of African descendants. It is a mental pathology brought on by centuries-long subjugation by the European colonizers.
Why do you care so much if they want to be Latino, Dominican, Puerto Rican. Etc. If they don't want to be black , then why try to force it. They are all Mixed. Also maybe yal will learned N and S America was all Spanish Empire. Not British . SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE accounted for over 90%. Not US.
This discussion kills me ... the influence of american culture to create a black white dichotomy in latin america is really unrealistic in latin spaces especially when you leave out the native american component which is equally as ignored and when you realize a majority of latin americans are mixed race despite apperances making our problem a colorism issue and class problem more than just afro latinoes (who are also usually mixed with native and european) and the rest....you see i cant say black and white the way inwould in america where the average white person is just that
I'm a white boricua and in my 40 years I've never ever witnessed the bs you posted. It's always the darker members of my family talking about racism and discrimination that I've never seen in my life. Maybe some people are just sensitive, and that needs to be talked about. I've been called "hincho" by my brown and black family members, and you don't see me crying like a baby princess.
I never ever heard the term pelo in reference to african hair. I hear it for the very first with the so called latino from the Caribbean three Spanish speaking ONES when i heard it from them the first it puzzling to me. Since on main land latin America we know our hair as crespo which is much better than referring to black hair as pelo malo to me all pelo are good pelo. Just remember all hair came from THE ALMIGHTY SPIRIT GOOD
Tiene cojones que los gringos traigan todos sus prejuicios y clasificaciones al mundo latino para decirnos cómo tenemos que comportarnos para arreglar nuestros problemas. Que existe racismo y discriminación en América Latina ? ... es cierto, nadie sensato puede negarlo. Pero tampoco nadie puede negar que existe una convivencia y mezcla racial muy superior a la que tuvo jamás USA. A tal punto que un latino puede tener cualquier tono de color de piel y se reconoce como tal. Dejen que arreglemos nuestros asuntos a nuestro modo ... y la señora garífuna podría haber explicado cómo y porqué llegaron sus antepasados a las costas de Belice, Honduras o Nicaragua y de quién huían, y dónde consiguieron establecerse formando una comunidad. Tiene cojones que vengan dando lecciones estos del norte ...
Race is viewed differently in Latin America than the United States because it wasn’t just black and whites but white, mixed, brown, and black. ethnic identity is very important to us which this video is ignoring the ethnic barrier between us because I noticed Latinos don’t like being connected to the other countries. Probably due to the history and blood spilled for their ethnic identity is very strong and sometimes stronger than race. An example, would be when you confuse each other from another country and they will very annoyed. Afro Latinos also do this with the black community of the USA. Also, this video ignored the enslavement and genocide of Indigenous people in Latin America. 90% of natives died from disease and many more were enslaved hence some areas don’t have high black populations like other areas because the native population was the enslaved work force in that area. For example the Andean regions and the Amazon. Enslavement of natives even happened until the 20th century hence this belief of black people being slaves isn’t unique to them, but in the United States black culture that is a very strong part of their identity. Latin America is very complicated because the biggest issue isn’t racism but just corruption and poverty. It’s hard to say a particular race is dominating when you see many of that racial group in the slums. To say lighter skin people have it easier has some truth, but it’s not like their living first world lives.
@@radrook7584 In Latin America depending on the country because the institutions don’t oppress minorities like in the USA because a lot of the time the governments have fallen apart and been replaced with other governments that also been ineffective. Therefore, if a Latin American country had try to implement Jim Crow laws then it wouldn’t have work because the governments also doesn’t work. The society however will vary because some countries societies will have more racism than others but if you ever notice it’s more often in the urban areas than suburban. This is because urban areas is where rich White people live and the look down on everyone that aren’t white or rich. Also, these countries are very mixed while in America they followed the one drop rule and the attitude of intermixing wasn’t good so culture didn’t mesh together cause of segregation. This one is probably the most important one is that everyone is poor, so to say a certain race is privileged is weird especially when everyone is living in shitty situations. Hence, class is more important to them because everyone is desperate for money, so if you Black and have money then they love you
@@brotherjay4614 The reason why Jim Crow was never attempted in Latin America was because Latin Americans had a completely different view of slavery than the Anglo Americans did To the Latinos, slavery was merely a misfortune that could befall anyone. In contrast, Anglo Americans considered it a curse on the black race uttered against Noah's Son Ham. Latin Americans viewed slaves as human beings. Anglo Americans viewed them as mere property. Latin Americans had laws protecting slaves from being separated from their close family members. Slaves were also allowed to work to earn their freedom. Anglo Americans had no such provisions. Of course, to Anglo Americans, Jim Crow was merely an extension of a previous belief of black innate inferiority. In contrast, Latin Americans could not institute Jim Crow because they viewed blacks as fellow human beings which needed to be treated as such. .
You made some valid points though this subject is many layered. Who said Zoe Saldana Isn't considered Latina. She's always been that Dominicana flaquita. And I for one, feel there's a push to have us embrace ONLY African American culture.
@@radrook7584 blacks were viewed differently In Latin America because the Spanish were not as tribalistic like Britain. British were so tribal that the island next them, the Irish, were seen as second class and inferior. While the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal) had more relations with African and Arabs. Some Africans were in the Iberian peninsula with wealth and even joined the conquistadors conquering indigenous. However, the Spanish were still racist like everyone else in the world at the time and still placed African descendants at the bottom of the hierarchy of the colonies. Though, the racial caste allowed lighter skin indigenous and blacks to be respected more. Also, with the indigenous being included into the Spanish society unlike British tactics of removal and genocide, the Spanish would use blacks to be in charge over natives in many situations like soldiers. Like I said before Latin America is a mess where you could find various points where different groups become the most abused and switch to another.
I had a bunch of classmates who were Brazilians but all of them spoke Spanish except for one classmate. she only spoke portuguese and she was the only one in my high school who spoke that language. So the other latinos and latinas would always have to translate for her. But she knew how to read and write in English i thought she was taking ESL class but apparently she wasn't. The few times any none latino or latina would ask what she was she would just say latina from Brazil. 😂 My high school only had latino and latina. Blacks aka African American i only wrote black because when asked people usually just referr to them self's as black. The less then one percent of students were Filipino,chinese,indian, Egyptian and literally like 3 Koreans
Some of us were already here. Not all brown people were slaves. There were some indigenous brown Americans as well as carribeans. The truth shall come to the light
Latino means one who speaks Latin (the Romans), or a Latin derived language, like Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French. Interesting that this person links Hispanic to Spain but leaves out linking Latino to Europe...
@@user-zd5hy6bn7uIn Latin America we are mostly mixed, even those who have more indigenous, black or Caucasian ancestry is to have something in common and build a national identity and not a racial one like in the US.
You ain't have to say what we all can see. The problem happens when there are questions and some sliding by when you can happening. I think you would if you could, as that's exactly what most of them do. If they can distance themselves from blackness they always will...
I am Black, Black, Black. Did I mention that I am Black. Yes, I was born in Cuba. But , let me say it again. I am black. Also very proud to be black. Just in case you need to see me. I am Black. And I will say it again. I Am Black! Thanks
@Beatrixx. Cé I'm black n Spanish n speak full Spanish I'm tired of racist Latin people always talking shit bout dark-skinned people stop hating so fucking hard,I bet you luvv rap music doe huh
Given the US’s economic power, it has been able to project its cultural norms onto countries with less economic, and thus, cultural power. The concept of Latino in the US was not one originally used to unite a people. It was used by identity those who weren’t white or black in a race-conscious America, the Mexican of ambiguous ancestry or, with the annexation of Puerto Rico and the large migration in the early 20th century, legions of racially-mixed Puerto Ricans that were hard to place into the America boxes. Brazil was Latin America but the people were not considered Hispanic or Latin in the American context (see early US Census definitions) just like Haiti is Latin America but the people are not considered Latin in the American context. A better understanding of the usage of the term is needed, not simply jumping from the first use of Latino to today’s usage without examining how population percentages have changed to where people of Latin American descent outstrip those descendants of enslaved Africans in the US. This was not the case until quite sometime after the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
This is all very interesting. As an African American, we we're taught the real about our brothers and sisters in/from the Caribbean/South America/Central America/etc and I assume vice versa, it's the same for you all. Just curious...do Haitians generally consider themselves a part of Latin America (Latino/a)? (I assume no by your comment)
anointedlife14 we don’t care about geopolitics and labels. We are proud of our international history. We have outstanding culture, cuisine, music and dance. We know we are Africans and we strongly claim our roots. and that’s about it for us.
No we don’t consider ourselves Latinos and honestly neither do Latinos. You’ll find the francophone islands identify as a group (tho a lot of Haitians don’t really mess with Martinique etc,) you have the English speaking islands as another group (Bahamas, Jamaica, Granada etc) and the Spanish speaking ones (Cuba, DR, PR) but they are one with the Latino group...we are a category of our own lol
There’s too much to unpack here on this sensitive issue with historical, global policies clearly pulling the strings and influencing people’s behaviour. The only way to create a truly diverse, welcoming society we need to come out and discuss these issues. I don’t see Indigenous Latinos come out in the way African descent Latinos do. As a matter of identity- I don’t see those Latinos who call themselves Afro Latinos identify themselves through their indigenous ancestry as well when they have both ancestries. I suppose it’s influenced by the African American legacy. In any case I love both of my ancestries.
In Latin America, as well as the rest of the world, it is OK to identify with how you look. They do not honor your Anglo American, racist slave-master-derived, one-drop rule.
They don't have to? Why generalize an entire group of people? I'm Black and I don't care about how these people feel about my Blackness. Y'all Black people are too pressed about these people. Stop begging to be loved and love yourself.
It’s nauseating and tiring… we don’t identify by race what’s so difficult about understanding that? Yet Hispanics are the first to be accused of being self haters and in denial. GTFOH. Good to hear a person with good perspective on the matter
@YUCAYEQUE "mejorar la raza" does very much still exist so I don't see how that constitutes, "not identifying by race." Just look at how many Mexicans complained that Nemore in Black Panther 2 was too "dark" to play the role in that movie, even though he wasn't that dark and looked more indigenous.
Neither it is...as mostly USA citizens use it, it is a category to throw everything that is south from the USA fuck that, I'm colombiano, an my culture is not latin culture...it is colombian culture
Unfortunately, I don't see this changing because of the strong anti- blackness that exists in Latin America. I love Mexico, but even the Anti- Indigenous attitude that exists, surprises my when so many people are brown. Univision does little to represent the diversity of Latin America. I'm really surprised at how Anti-Black Puerto Rico, The Dominican Republic and Cuba can be when Africa is so well represented in the food and music.
You are ignoring the biggest issue in Latin Racism by not being inclusive. In current days, native indigenous people are stil the most marginalized, and racial targeted. These people don't have access to basic services, opportunities or education. Being born an indigenuos person means you will have a life that it's 3X times more difficult.
@Sabrina BillJoe "black latinx is below indigenous" Jajajaja absolutely not, please, there were multiple indigenous genocides just a few decades ago, don't talk about a region you clearly know nothing about I'm latin american
@Sabrina BillJoe Sabrina, I think you are not fully aware of the latin american indigenous people. If you are, your comment was very insensitive. We are not at a race to see who has it worse...but we're talking about people who don't have the minimum things to live a dignified life.
@Sabrina BillJoe who pretends that? Can you explain to me? We acknowledge black colombians (I talk about my country and culture because not every single latin country share the same culture) even though there are few racist issues, we are aware of our diverse and pluricultural, and pluriracial roots
@Sabrina BillJoe and, btw, Latinoamérica is a very poor continent...but being poor here and not having enough to live with dignity (again, at least in colombia) is not based on your skin colour. We have white, indigenous and black poor people...yet again, I don't think you know a single thing about indigenous peoples in Latinoamérica
I’m half indigenous and half mestizo. There is a huge difference between the way my lighter skinned family is treated vs the way my indigenous side is treated.
Indigenous...women are so beautiful....I say this as an African American women..It's just sooo stupid...
So called blk America’s are Indigenous Aborigine people of this Amerika
*HOWEVER!*
Any darker skinned family member will be put on a pedestal over any lighter skinned relative... *IF THEY ARE BORN WITH LIGHTER EYES!!!*
That's the little known colorist secret in Lat-Am: *eye color >>>>> skin color.*
In which country?
Anti blackness is everywhere.
Also in America you can’t just walk into any salon without someone saying “we don’t do your kind of hair.”
The difference is America at least acknowledges it. And the people who are Black at least are vocal at dispelling racism. In latin American, many Black people are not self identifying, so they never really get a chance of being vocal against racism. That's why they continue to be on the bottom, because of the lack of action of self identifying as Black or Afro Latino/a.
@BEEN BRACKIN i don't see the problem being rejection, i think it's because they don't teach treatment to hair with textures, curls, and coils. Telling me you won't do my hair is doing me a favor.i rather go to someone that knows how to do my hair not bluffs and ruins my crown
What hair lol
@@qolspony Thank you for being honest.
@@qolspony where in latinoamerica my g?
Next breaking down Anti Indigenous Racism in Latino Communities
Yalitza Aparicio, let's talk about it!
Really?? I’m from NYC and had no idea!! That’s horrible and I’d like to learn more!
Lol
That would be a entire tv show with 20 seasons
Can you please explain why there are no racial riots in Latin America as there are in the USA? I mean, if Afro Latinos were being mistreated as they are in the USA, then one would expect the same outrage. But such intense outrage simply does not exist among Afro Latinos. Also, there is absolutely no barrier that prevents any Afro Latino from being 100% Latino. because afro Latinos share enough of Latino Culture to qualify as Latinos and therefore have always been considered as such.
I'm happy they chose a Black Latina dark
Kem 123 she’s mixed bro, this is why education is key, my friend.
@Eros Delorenzi She definitely got African in her DNA ahaha
@Eros Delorenzi Um Hispanic people can also have African roots you know ......
@@quwandathornton So is the average African American.
@@quwandathornton most Black Americans are mixed and are still black. Your race also has to do with societal treatment based on societal categorization based on first impression. She’s black.
Rosy Perez talked about colorism in the Latin community a few years ago when her book came out 🤘🏻
That's why I love her because she was being honest. ( Black guy)
Golden Voice
I was dating a Dominican guy who was very light skin and had a brother who was darker. His mom would say about my bf “he’s my favorite, he’s so white” and she would call her other son “brother darkness” 😲😲😲😲
She would say other things too, random comments about color. I felt so bad for his brother
It was very uncomfortable and I rarely visited him at his home.
@@src3360 I'm a Dark/Brown Black American but I was lucky I knew who I was at a very young age so the overt racism from both sides didn't affect me ( Getting ready to retire now from a long and successful career) however this bigotry hasn't gone away and I find that very sad.
Golden Voice
Good for you I hope you have a great retirement 🤙🏻🙏🏻
@@src3360 Thank you.
In Brazil i am what we call "Parda" which means mixed but not just white and black but with heritage thatsometimes we can't even explain because we lost so much of it's influence due to racism, colorism, xenophobia and etc, my great-grandmother was indigenous but so little was passed down to us and it is so sad both my grandfathers were black born and raised in Brazil but i don't know much about them, people in my country hardly talk about racism but it is very much alive and it is a huge problem people refuse to deal with as a result if you are black or pardo (or just anything other then white or fair skinned) you are deemed less important, not even relevant enough to be acknowledged.
Thank you ! Anti blackness and anti indigenous is very real amongst Latinos!
I feel like is most prevalent in the Latino community. So sad
Not just Latinos, don't generalize, other races have issues with blacks. Blacks are the most disliked in all races and cultures, reality!
@@SMWLM Why?
@@MaulJay79 Why?
Specially antiindegenous.
As a Marine I've been to a lot of different countries....you can find hate for black skin all over the world. Maybe I missed something but I'm still trying to figure out where all the hate for us came from.
It came from European colonialism and the legacy left behind from it.
White Supremacy ideological doctrine.
@@johnnyflores5954
Blacks are just professional victims. Theres no such thing as anti-blackness in the so-called "latino" community. People judge blacks not by their race or color but by the foul content of their character.
Africanos simply use the race card and exploit an outdated victim narrative as a ploy in order to stigmatize and discredit evryone as racist, to gain political power, to gain an undeserved moral support, to silence and censor others, and to manipulate public opinion.
Africanos are the most racist and privilidged group at a par with the whites becasue africanos egt to practice their vile racism not only against Mexicans but against all other races and cultures with impunity becasue they feel protected and are financed by their jooish associates
Anti-blackness originated in the Talmud created by Rabbis. It's called "The Curse Of Ham". The Jewish merchants of Europe used this "Ham curse" to justify the lucrative transatlantic slave trade then Jim Crow and apartheid. White-Jews taught the idea that black skin is a curse to other races.
@@johnnyflores5954 but it’s in places where there was no European colonialism as well even in places that didn’t make contact with Europeans til
The 20th century
" If you do not understand the system of White Supremacy, what it is, and how it works. Everything else you understand will only confuse you. - Neely Fuller Jr.
Absolutely.
White Supremacy is not the only reason why people are nasty. Most of the nastiness I have encountered in life has been from people who are not white supremacists. It has been mainly from black supremacists and belligerently-inclined Puerto Ricans who don't give a rat's fat ass whether I am from their same island or not.
My uncle was killed for fourteen dollars by NYC blacks, not white supremacists. I had all my property stolen from my house by Puerto Ricans, not white supremacists. In fact, in comparison to Puerto Ricans and blacks, I can honestly say that Anglo Americans have been much less of a problem in my case.
That don't exist in latin america, try again
@@trynagirl685 Ok. I hear ya.
@@trynagirl685 Explain Branqueamento in Brazil.
I met this guy who I really don’t talk to anymore who insisted on constantly telling me that he is “Puerto Rican, but a white puerto Rican”. Like every time I was around him, he would always bring it up. I never asked him anything about his ethnicity…but he would just feel compelled to always remind me. So I’m just sitting there like “😐 okayyyy??? Does that make you better or something??”…asking myself why he keeps insisting on explaining his racial identity every time I’m around. Like bruh…I heard you the first 3 times…and I still DONT CARE. I think it’s really weird how some Latinos will go out of their way to tell you they are everything but African…Be darker than Taye Diggs, but be out here talking about “I’m Spanish, Taino, Portuguese, European, Native American, extraterrestrial, blah blah blah…but will never claim African ancestry. Thank god for social media because a lot of that bullshit is being exposed and many of them have to face it because everyone is privy to it. The self hate in Latin communities is REAL and shameful. I think it’s kinda funny because the same way they discriminate against black people who stand in their blackness is the same way white people discriminate against them.
its out of insecurity meanwhile black and indigenous people created all of the culture all that rhythm and color in latin America comes from them yet these people be whitewashing everything. lmao
Why didn't you tell him or else avoid him like the plague?
Not all Latinoes have African ancestry though maybe that's why he kept saying it to you because you kept saying otherwise.
@@DarkAngel2512 She didnt say all Latinos have African ancestry ...she say many have it ...you can Look at then and say it but denie it...
@@mariaseidi4023 There are 75 million Anglo Americans who have black ancestry in the USA and are identifying as white on the census.
I'm afro Brazilian and born and raised was adopted to America and the hate here is real no one would think I'm Brazilian because I'm not white looking I'm glad this is coming to the surface
That's sucks .. I'm from Brazil too.
I hate that a lot of Latinos will claim black when it's convenient but any other day a black person speaking Spanish it's, habla Espanol????
I live in Brazil. There is absolutely no such thing as AFRO Brazilian. That's a pure Anglo saxon term. People in Brazil are just Brazilian! Afro Latino, Euro Latino, Mestizo Latino... pure made up Anglo saxon non sense
@@TrulyMademoizelleconvenient?!?! African is embedded in the culture
There's a lot of afro and mixed Brazilians though. I think most Brazilians are mixed.
"outside of Nigeria, Brazil is the location with the highest percentage of people of African descent" ???? i think Tanya Hernandez meant highest POPULATION, not highest percentage... cause if she really meant percentage, well I'm pretty sure all 54 African countries have higher percentages of Africans than Brazil. and when she says "we had many more people of African ancestry", who is "we"? and "more" than what? confusing
Yap, she got it so wrong. But most of the african descendents in Brazil are mixed race, aka they also have European and even Southern native American ancestry. So, it's kinda confusing, in many ways. There is even people already mixed with Arabs,.Indians and Japanese, because Brazil has really a very diversified population.
By we she meant the Caribbean and Latin American.Only 4% of slaves that left Africa went to the US(which at that time only consisted of the 13 colonies)
African descent and African are two different things
@@masc.4012 yeah but she mentioned Nigeria so...
she is right I think she meant in Latin America lol I heard from my Brazilian friends (also there are statistics) that there's a big percentage of black people in Brazil, the thing is they also have white people but the high population of black people is there
I hate that this video was made by a US citizen . If it had been made in Mexico, they would have shared how Mexico its transforming itself to honor and represent the ingenious communities. Also the word ' Latin ' might mean something in the US, but not to Spanish speaking part of America.
Indios in Mexico still face racism from The Mestizo majority the only time they are given some respect is at certain tour guiding.
I'm 🇭🇹 and we are black, we identify as BLACK. No Haitian person is running around calling themselves Latino. Considering how hard Hatians fought for their independence being the first BLACK ( not Latino) nation to be independent then to turn around and be called Latino. Sounds like some type of erasure. Hatians are BLACK not LATINOS.
Clarah Valme Extremely proud to hear you state this, Haiti has always served as a great inspiration to African Americans and many other right minded black ppl across the globe. Black First Sister!!
Facts
Haitian also 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹
@Till Ribeiro Facts! I'm Brazilian also and have noticed the same thing here with "Latin Americans" in the United States.
It"s for the language duh, Haitinas speak Frecnh or Kreole which is based on French, so French is a latin language, hence they are latino americanos
Thank you for breaking this down for me with visuals that helps me to understand. You are an amazing presentor/teacher!!!
It would be great if you could add Spanish subtitles to the videos that talk about "Latinidad"
HAHAH! Because its not for actual latinos, its for gringos who think they can tell Latin Americans who and what they are. They are obsessed.
she straightening her hair is kind of.....whitewashing
This is a great piece. Keep educating and showcasing the different voices.
This was very good and very informative, thank u😊☺
Thank you for educating me on the anti-blackness in Latinidad.
You apparently don't watch the Spanish-language Networks (telemundo, etc). If you did, it would be impossible not to notice that virtually ALL of the actors and actresses, news reporters, and people in the commercials project eurocentric appearances and images. One could count on (no more than) two hands, the number of Afro-Latinos shown in any of these categories, after all these years. Is this just a coincidence?
@@weyde1 name any latin american network other than telemundo. c:
@@DavidRamirez-ue8gv How about these for starters: Azteca America, Bandamax , Cine Mexicano, Centroamerica, EstrellaTV, Univision? Is this some f'ing test? For your sarcastic-assed information, I have studied Spanish for most of my adult life and speak the langauge (admittedly with some difficulty). Furthermore, I spend at least 1 - 2 hours every day of the week practicing it and use the networks to enhance my ability to understand the language as spoken in practical situations. So the next time you try sarcasm, you should have a clue about the validity of your sarcasm. How many Spanish-language many networks can you name? The tone of your message sounds like you're one of those who claims to be "Spanish" when your ancestry is clearly indigenous and African because you so badly want to be identified as white.
@@weyde1 damn. I love this response
@@DavidRamirez-ue8gv No response, yet? Go change your panties.
Brilliant and Informative! Thank you ☺️!
Most Latinos reject the description "latinx". In fact Spain and Argentina banned the word due to it violating the rules of the language. Spanish is a gendered language like German, French, and Italian. LatinX comes across as a progressive anglo white label.
Thank you
I remember one time I was flirting with this girl from the DR at her moms restaurant, and she was flirting back it was cool. Then somebody said “y’all look like your about to make a baby” or something, and her little pre-teen brother said “for the the baby to be black like that tire?”. Obviously because Im a bit darker than her. They’re trained young to hate dark skin and want to lighten the bloodline. It’s sick. I still hit tho. 🙃
Oop 😭
Nothing for u to proud about. Ur weird
I once entered an office full of Anglo Americans with my Puerto Rican co-worker and all the Anglo Americans immediately began asking him why he was several shades darker than me. "What the hell happened?"" They asked.
@@radrook7584 That's just rude! Wow!
Nah lil bro just doesn't want his sis cozing up with a dude. Brothers are protective like that, just like fathers.
This is important!!
✊🏼
Thank you for this video! Very much needed
Damm she is so beautiful ❤️❤️ I personally love afro Latinas and African women so much. Such beauty naturally 👍🏾👍🏾
Wow your post is great 👍 I will be watching for more from you
Thank you for this video. I'm showing this to my students who are primarily from Spanish Speaking Caribbean countries--mostly from DR. This will help unpack a juicy discussion.
Leave us Dominicans alone thank you
@@Ozama1221 Dominicans are very anti-Black. Your response is showing this.
As a Latina, I think it’s fine as long as you’re not telling them to forsake their culture, language, and make them choose a side. They should embrace their African Roots, and acknowledge the Colorism problems within the community, without hating their Latino culture. As long as that is respected I’m sure it will be a positive experience for them.
Dominicans? Ooh boy... you about to get a LOT of angry denials, deflection and gaslighting!
Sometimes it's not anti- blackness, it's more anti- black
Afro-americans, where, say Dominican and Cuban and.
Boricuas do not want to lose their cultural identity which is
more than skin color. It's about
ways of interacting with others
Very educational and useful information. I’m an educator who aspires to be more aware and inclusive about racial and ethnic groups and their history in the Americas. Thanks for this great content. We have much work to do as black folx to acknowledge and celebrate all our diversity.
y'all aren't diverse.
Loved this video. Definitely subscribing.
Thanks for this video 👏🏽
I love Felice's hair!!!
Right. I can’t stop looking at that gorgeous, glorious hair ma sha Allah
Even in Africa people are bleaching their skin. We have every right to call out the unwarranted hate and disrespect we receive but we have to love and respect ourselves/each other first. Ados fba and similar movements are toxic. Diaspora wars won't get us anywhere.
ADOS centers the Black American ethnicity and calls for specificity. Folks who label it “toxic” tend to view Black Americans as political mules, a resource to expand redress to unaffected groups, and maintain a domestic stigma against Black Americans for their own gain. The Diaspora enjoyed decades of resource mining and replacement, that time is over.
Yep
Latinos aren't going to like this one. They get aggressive when you start calling out the hypocrisy of their colorism lol.
As a latina this is true
Facts. My own hermanitas disowned me for being darker than them. I don't associate with my Dominican family members.
@@viclor2876 😢💔💜💜
@@viclor2876 Sorry you had to go through that man, you give off a good vibe if they don't like you fuck em .They don't deserve you.
Cause it’s none of your business but with a name like Cagon it might be. 😂
Thank you for this education immensely
Ironic you mention “white latino” racism against afro-latinos yet you leave out Belize’s discrimination against the Maya peoples. So it’s only racist when “white latinos” discriminate but when black belizeans do it it’s not even worth mentioning, right?
It *IS* always _bad_ when the Amerindios/Mestizo and/or Afro-Latinos-as are racist with the criollos-as/castizos-as (btw, *NONE of these terms are in actual use today* ). That's perfectly acceptable. Nobody cares. Because I am _suuure it neeeeever happens._
You did *_NOT_* know that?! 🙃
Wtf is Latinx?
Wtf is Latinidad?
Wtf is this?
@@copeyano718 a bullshit video
@@copeyano718Latinidad is a legitimate Spanish word but Latinx is gringo shit that breaks basic Spanish grammar rules and is very widely hated by the people it was supposed to represent.
Amazing piece. I loved this video. Asante sana 😘
Hahahaha Jlo: Camilla cabello, and Sofia vergara are not white, their Mestizo’s, mixed indigenous and European descent. White Latinos would be someone like, Anya Taylor-Joy and Sara Paxton.
Camila cabello is barely mestiza shes White, shes cuban her indigenous % would be like 3-8%
Camilla cabello, white who you kidding, does she look anything like, Jennifer Lawrence: Emma Stone, Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Sayfried, margot, or Katie McGrath.
@@johnnyflores5954 White doesnt mean blonde hair blue eyes her ancestry is obviusly like 85%+ spanish
Why you got the Guyanas in blue!!?😭😭😭
This whole terminology started in the USA....in my country of Argentina we IDENTIFY as Argentinians end of story!!!!
For starters, there was barely any talk about Indigenous or anti-indigenous within the community. There are very dark indigenous too and with distinct features not just “Afro-Latinos”. Also, the creating of all these new terms like “Afro-Latinos” create a divide within, not the countries or nations nor race, but within the culture that is so diverse already. No need to create more divide or par-tide between all people within the community. There’s no one look or type of Latino. It’s also an ethnicity not a race and that’s the difference and being informed/educated on the terminology. Yes we do need more representation of all different looking types of Latinos in the media but hats all types not just certain ones more than others. Con mucho amor!
theres no one look to any race, some more than others
No freaking gringa va a decirnos qué es ser latino o no.
Exactly. Why are these gringos trying to dictate what a latino is in the first place. They are obsessed.
@@brandonmoncada7610 They already mangled the word Latino by placing an X. One little step leads to the next and before you know it, it's all over. Try to do the same to them and they literally go berserk.
Latino=persona nativa de Latium que es una región italiana. Los latinos son europeos
Detesto que intenten imponer sus 💩 de pensamientos progresistas y coloristas a otros países, no los soporto
@@F.Picknaipa that's not how language works, mijo
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!
1 year early. Washington Heights production team should have watched this. Just for consideration.
Oh, wow, that's interesting. I'm impressed 👏
Never heard of latinidid. I just consider myself Ecuadorian with all the amazing ambiguity that brings :))
Karen Aguilar yeah I hate that. that’s why I use Ecuadorian.
Lantindad to my knowledge is pride in being Latino. Latin x is a new term for those who feel left out from the looks of it. The mistake people have made us to think being Latino is a race. We’re a culture. The host is right she’s black but if she would deny being Latina that would be due to her life experience being negative on some level with that. Being Ecuadorian is your ethnicity and he country your from (I’m assuming you were born there or your parents are from there) in the US you’re looked at in group form before specifics or individually. People from north ,“central” , South America and the Caribbean are not the only ones affected by European colonialism. Everyone has pretty much. In the black community this is self evident in a variety of forms but sticking to the bad hair term how many black women do you see with their natural hair? I find it hypocritical to talk black pride when you don’t even realize you lack it. That’s not a reference to the host cause that may very well be her hair but there’s plenty of other women that fall into that category. As for the lady she’s interviewing she’s spot on with what she’s saying though it’s a different understanding from the US and those countries. I’m assuming the host is from here and that’s why she views it how she does. Also those of mixed “race” which is the majority of “Latinos” tend to not acknowledge all of their backgrounds saying I’m black or I’m white when in fact they are both or native, Asian etc etc. This is particularly true in the US. In Ecuador and other Spanish colonized countries I think moat people just look at them selves as Ecuadorian, Colombian, Dominican, Cuban, Honduran etc and not as a race. That’s the big difference between the US and those places. Some will tell you I’m not black I’m Ecuadorian but that’s just a lack of knowledge so to speak.
Fernando Bravo I go for Ecuadorian because of the arbitrary criteria that people use to merge Latinx people. And particularly because it’s culture related. I’m too ethnically ambiguous for me to have a generalized experience as being white, black, Asian, native, etc. that’s precisely why I rather just say Ecuadorian. It doesn’t matter if I say mixed race because you’ll judge me on what you see
Bryan Guevara I hear you I would answer just like you have. But being born here I recognize being Latino. As far as race I would just answer latino even though it’s a culture kind of like when you hear someone say there Jewish. In truth race wise I’m mixed. Racially ambiguous pretty much means your mixed. I don’t prescribe to Latin x cause that term is mentally off.
I never heard that term either. I guess I fully Americanized now
Hate is a byproduct of just how weak someone is internally.
You cant get me to be so conditioned to be so disenchanted with someone being lighter or darker than me, that i'll react positively or negatively towards them.
This is because i deem myself as a true leader and one who cuts against the grain.
You should interview Tenoch Huerta to talk about racism issues in Latin American entertainment industry
What about Mestizos and Mulatos (not an offensive term in Latin America)? One group os psrt indigenous and the other is part Black.
I just identify as Puerto Rican but I was foolish to think that all people knew that PUERTO Ricans are mixed with African. European, and Native ancestry. I never say I'm all 3 and that was based on the assumption that people should know.
Not all PR's have African, you should know this, nothing against Africans!
But not all PR are all 3 and honestly most PR have hardly any to no Native ancestry because the natives of the island died off very quickly at the start of colonialism. Most PR are different degrees of African and European mix, with a lot being just black and a lot being just white.
@@JD-ny3vz
Well, it sounds like you took a dna survey of all PR's?...My PR wife will disagree with you, she's at least 36% NA, her family is mostly white skin or light brown. Don't believe all the UTube crap you read. ✌
Stevo Devo and a lot of Puerto Ricans don’t know that, some say there’s no such thing as dark puerto rican’s, im not even dark, im light skin. an my family is African/ Taino
And some Puerto Ricans are straight up of Black African descent (or close to it). I have met these people, and they still try to deny their African heritage. This denial is not limited to Puerto Rico; it is prevalent all of the Latin countries and territories that have a population of African descendants. It is a mental pathology brought on by centuries-long subjugation by the European colonizers.
Why do you care so much if they want to be Latino, Dominican, Puerto Rican. Etc. If they don't want to be black , then why try to force it. They are all Mixed. Also maybe yal will learned N and S America was all Spanish Empire. Not British . SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE accounted for over 90%. Not US.
Actually almost half of the U.S. was also Spanish empire too: california, nevada, arizona, texas, new mexico, florida 😂
This discussion kills me ... the influence of american culture to create a black white dichotomy in latin america is really unrealistic in latin spaces especially when you leave out the native american component which is equally as ignored and when you realize a majority of latin americans are mixed race despite apperances making our problem a colorism issue and class problem more than just afro latinoes (who are also usually mixed with native and european) and the rest....you see i cant say black and white the way inwould in america where the average white person is just that
Yeah, I'm ashamed to say even in my Puerto Rican family (on my late Mom's side) many are prejudiced against Afro-Hispanics.
I'm a white boricua and in my 40 years I've never ever witnessed the bs you posted. It's always the darker members of my family talking about racism and discrimination that I've never seen in my life. Maybe some people are just sensitive, and that needs to be talked about. I've been called "hincho" by my brown and black family members, and you don't see me crying like a baby princess.
@@loualbino5536 "ive never experienced this so it doesn't exist!!" Surely you can't be that stupid 🙄
Im here for this !
Yes
I never ever heard the term pelo in reference to african hair. I hear it for the very first with the so called latino from the Caribbean three Spanish speaking ONES when i heard it from them the first it puzzling to me. Since on main land latin America we know our hair as crespo which is much better than referring to black hair as pelo malo to me all pelo are good pelo. Just remember all hair came from THE ALMIGHTY SPIRIT GOOD
Tiene cojones que los gringos traigan todos sus prejuicios y clasificaciones al mundo latino para decirnos cómo tenemos que comportarnos para arreglar nuestros problemas.
Que existe racismo y discriminación en América Latina ? ... es cierto, nadie sensato puede negarlo. Pero tampoco nadie puede negar que existe una convivencia y mezcla racial muy superior a la que tuvo jamás USA. A tal punto que un latino puede tener cualquier tono de color de piel y se reconoce como tal.
Dejen que arreglemos nuestros asuntos a nuestro modo ... y la señora garífuna podría haber explicado cómo y porqué llegaron sus antepasados a las costas de Belice, Honduras o Nicaragua y de quién huían, y dónde consiguieron establecerse formando una comunidad.
Tiene cojones que vengan dando lecciones estos del norte ...
Is this accessible in Spanish
Sorry for pop your bubble but latinidad is not know in Latinoamerica, I guess it's a term used by some latino decent in the USA🤷🏼♂️
Latina is a culture not a race. But when most Americans think of Latinos they think of mestizos not afro Latinos
@Beauty Pink not weird Latin America is heavily anti black because of the casta system Spain installed when they colonized them
ignoring the US intervention policy proves that inspite of being black or white being Gringo is inherently white at heart
Race is viewed differently in Latin America than the United States because it wasn’t just black and whites but white, mixed, brown, and black.
ethnic identity is very important to us which this video is ignoring the ethnic barrier between us because I noticed Latinos don’t like being connected to the other countries. Probably due to the history and blood spilled for their ethnic identity is very strong and sometimes stronger than race. An example, would be when you confuse each other from another country and they will very annoyed. Afro Latinos also do this with the black community of the USA.
Also, this video ignored the enslavement and genocide of Indigenous people in Latin America. 90% of natives died from disease and many more were enslaved hence some areas don’t have high black populations like other areas because the native population was the enslaved work force in that area. For example the Andean regions and the Amazon. Enslavement of natives even happened until the 20th century hence this belief of black people being slaves isn’t unique to them, but in the United States black culture that is a very strong part of their identity.
Latin America is very complicated because the biggest issue isn’t racism but just corruption and poverty. It’s hard to say a particular race is dominating when you see many of that racial group in the slums. To say lighter skin people have it easier has some truth, but it’s not like their living first world lives.
How exactly is it viewed differently?
@@radrook7584 In Latin America depending on the country because the institutions don’t oppress minorities like in the USA because a lot of the time the governments have fallen apart and been replaced with other governments that also been ineffective. Therefore, if a Latin American country had try to implement Jim Crow laws then it wouldn’t have work because the governments also doesn’t work.
The society however will vary because some countries societies will have more racism than others but if you ever notice it’s more often in the urban areas than suburban. This is because urban areas is where rich White people live and the look down on everyone that aren’t white or rich. Also, these countries are very mixed while in America they followed the one drop rule and the attitude of intermixing wasn’t good so culture didn’t mesh together cause of segregation.
This one is probably the most important one is that everyone is poor, so to say a certain race is privileged is weird especially when everyone is living in shitty situations. Hence, class is more important to them because everyone is desperate for money, so if you Black and have money then they love you
@@brotherjay4614 The reason why Jim Crow was never attempted in Latin America was because Latin Americans had a completely different view of slavery than the Anglo Americans did
To the Latinos, slavery was merely a misfortune that could befall anyone. In contrast, Anglo Americans considered it a curse on the black race uttered against Noah's Son Ham.
Latin Americans viewed slaves as human beings. Anglo Americans viewed them as mere property. Latin Americans had laws protecting slaves from being separated from their close family members. Slaves were also allowed to work to earn their freedom. Anglo Americans had no such provisions.
Of course, to Anglo Americans, Jim Crow was merely an extension of a previous belief of black innate inferiority. In contrast, Latin Americans could not institute Jim Crow because they viewed blacks as fellow human beings which needed to be treated as such. .
You made some valid points though this subject is many
layered. Who said Zoe Saldana
Isn't considered Latina. She's
always been that Dominicana flaquita. And I for one, feel there's a push to have us embrace ONLY African American culture.
@@radrook7584 blacks were viewed differently In Latin America because the Spanish were not as tribalistic like Britain. British were so tribal that the island next them, the Irish, were seen as second class and inferior. While the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal) had more relations with African and Arabs. Some Africans were in the Iberian peninsula with wealth and even joined the conquistadors conquering indigenous.
However, the Spanish were still racist like everyone else in the world at the time and still placed African descendants at the bottom of the hierarchy of the colonies. Though, the racial caste allowed lighter skin indigenous and blacks to be respected more.
Also, with the indigenous being included into the Spanish society unlike British tactics of removal and genocide, the Spanish would use blacks to be in charge over natives in many situations like soldiers.
Like I said before Latin America is a mess where you could find various points where different groups become the most abused and switch to another.
Wake up being mixed is beautiful
I had a bunch of classmates who were Brazilians but all of them spoke Spanish except for one classmate. she only spoke portuguese and she was the only one in my high school who spoke that language. So the other latinos and latinas would always have to translate for her. But she knew how to read and write in English i thought she was taking ESL class but apparently she wasn't.
The few times any none latino or latina would ask what she was she would just say latina from Brazil. 😂
My high school only had latino and latina.
Blacks aka African American i only wrote black because when asked people usually just referr to them self's as black.
The less then one percent of students were Filipino,chinese,indian, Egyptian and literally like 3 Koreans
I love this video and I love Felice's hair. Que bonita!
I hope y’all know using latinx is offensive
Can you elaborate on that please?
@@NA-rw6ko It's a us create expression that few people are going to understand outside the US. It's also pretentious identity politics.
Freaking hate it!
For real us latinos hate that word and they continue to use it no fucks given !
@Tim Asuna Spanish is a western language.
Some of us were already here. Not all brown people were slaves. There were some indigenous brown Americans as well as carribeans. The truth shall come to the light
Latino means one who speaks Latin (the Romans), or a Latin derived language, like Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French. Interesting that this person links Hispanic to Spain but leaves out linking Latino to Europe...
wonder why ?
@@user-zd5hy6bn7uIn Latin America we are mostly mixed, even those who have more indigenous, black or Caucasian ancestry is to have something in common and build a national identity and not a racial one like in the US.
Yo nunca he escuchado a nadie diciendo Latinx en mi vida XDD
ong bro
Son cosas de gringos
You ain't have to say what we all can see. The problem happens when there are questions and some sliding by when you can happening. I think you would if you could, as that's exactly what most of them do. If they can distance themselves from blackness they always will...
Why would I let an African dictate what I'm allowed to call myself or identify with
You lost me at latinX. The most idio-tic thing I ever heard. Honestly, how do you say that thing in spanish without sounding like a real mo-ron
I'm just looking at her beautiful hair 🤩
🍯 blood honey it’s not hers
Marley Montega how the hell would you know what’s hers or not?
@@anna-mariadavis5914 like tf black girls can grow hair
lila husain so is it hers or not ? Lol 😂
Anna-Maria Davis it’s a lace front
I am Black, Black, Black. Did I mention that I am Black. Yes, I was born in Cuba. But , let me say it again. I am black. Also very proud to be black. Just in case you need to see me. I am Black. And I will say it again. I Am Black! Thanks
@Beatrixx. Cé I'm black n Spanish n speak full Spanish I'm tired of racist Latin people always talking shit bout dark-skinned people stop hating so fucking hard,I bet you luvv rap music doe huh
Who cares ? Nobody! Just be proud of who you are
Tu te puedes considerar el nas negro y afro del mundo pero científicamente eres mestizo , una prueba de adn te lo demuestra fácilmente .
Why is Jamaica highlighted at 1:00 ... and it isn't hispanic??? 👀
I understood it is Hispanic since it was colonized by Spain many years ago
Thank you!!!
Latinx no compadre what
Am garifuna
Great video
Excellent video!
I'm from St vincent garifuna ppl came from my country 😄😄😄
STOP USING LATINX!
Who’s the blonde girl you had a picture of
Question is the your real heir queen ? 🌹💖
How can you use Latinx freely without talking about its complexities, but reject Latindad for its complexities?
Pelo malo yet the speaker has shameless straight hair 😅
🤣🤣🤣🤦♀️ Is hard to take this vdo seriosuly now
Exactly. 🤦😆😆
Yeah, we usually don't go along the basketball people. Thank you for pointing the obvious
Given the US’s economic power, it has been able to project its cultural norms onto countries with less economic, and thus, cultural power.
The concept of Latino in the US was not one originally used to unite a people. It was used by identity those who weren’t white or black in a race-conscious America, the Mexican of ambiguous ancestry or, with the annexation of Puerto Rico and the large migration in the early 20th century, legions of racially-mixed Puerto Ricans that were hard to place into the America boxes.
Brazil was Latin America but the people were not considered Hispanic or Latin in the American context (see early US Census definitions) just like Haiti is Latin America but the people are not considered Latin in the American context.
A better understanding of the usage of the term is needed, not simply jumping from the first use of Latino to today’s usage without examining how population percentages have changed to where people of Latin American descent outstrip those descendants of enslaved Africans in the US. This was not the case until quite sometime after the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
We appreciate the thought. Please we don’t want to be included in that mess. 💀💀💀💀We have enough to worry about.
Sincerely,
Haitians
This is all very interesting. As an African American, we we're taught the real about our brothers and sisters in/from the Caribbean/South America/Central America/etc and I assume vice versa, it's the same for you all. Just curious...do Haitians generally consider themselves a part of Latin America (Latino/a)? (I assume no by your comment)
anointedlife14 we don’t care about geopolitics and labels. We are proud of our international history. We have outstanding culture, cuisine, music and dance. We know we are Africans and we strongly claim our roots. and that’s about it for us.
@@luidgi4429 that's a beautiful thing ☺️
No we don’t consider ourselves Latinos and honestly neither do Latinos. You’ll find the francophone islands identify as a group (tho a lot of Haitians don’t really mess with Martinique etc,) you have the English speaking islands as another group (Bahamas, Jamaica, Granada etc) and the Spanish speaking ones (Cuba, DR, PR) but they are one with the Latino group...we are a category of our own lol
MsKoolKat82 Haitians are in their own damn world 🤣🤣🤣🤣
There’s too much to unpack here on this sensitive issue with historical, global policies clearly pulling the strings and influencing people’s behaviour. The only way to create a truly diverse, welcoming society we need to come out and discuss these issues. I don’t see Indigenous Latinos come out in the way African descent Latinos do. As a matter of identity- I don’t see those Latinos who call themselves Afro Latinos identify themselves through their indigenous ancestry as well when they have both ancestries. I suppose it’s influenced by the African American legacy. In any case I love both of my ancestries.
In Latin America, as well as the rest of the world, it is OK to identify with how you look. They do not honor your Anglo American, racist slave-master-derived, one-drop rule.
Respect
They don't have to? Why generalize an entire group of people? I'm Black and I don't care about how these people feel about my Blackness. Y'all Black people are too pressed about these people. Stop begging to be loved and love yourself.
It’s nauseating and tiring… we don’t identify by race what’s so difficult about understanding that? Yet Hispanics are the first to be accused of being self haters and in denial. GTFOH. Good to hear a person with good perspective on the matter
@YUCAYEQUE "mejorar la raza" does very much still exist so I don't see how that constitutes, "not identifying by race." Just look at how many Mexicans complained that Nemore in Black Panther 2 was too "dark" to play the role in that movie, even though he wasn't that dark and looked more indigenous.
Young lady latino is not a race it's a culture.
Neither it is...as mostly USA citizens use it, it is a category to throw everything that is south from the USA fuck that, I'm colombiano, an my culture is not latin culture...it is colombian culture
@Omi Miau other than religion, what?
@Omi Miau according to who?? Latinxpedia?? What?
No, Dominicans are nothing like Mexicans
@@DavidRamirez-ue8gv stay mad, xenophobic clown
🤡👉🗑
Black women period are the most beautiful to me ✊🏾✊🏾
Facts 💯
Stop the CAP not ALL?
Nice joke
“Latinx” lmao
Unfortunately, I don't see this changing because of the strong anti- blackness that exists in Latin America. I love Mexico, but even the Anti- Indigenous attitude that exists, surprises my when so many people are brown. Univision does little to represent the diversity of Latin America.
I'm really surprised at how Anti-Black Puerto Rico, The Dominican Republic and Cuba can be when Africa is so well represented in the food and music.
Brown not Red most Mestizos are lighter skinned and have semi Caucasoid features to them unlike Most Indios yeah.
You shouldn't be surprised due to the same policies of White Supremacy!
I love you 😘 American black 😍❤️❤️❤️
I'm Cuban; I'm Cuban and nothing else.
Cuban isn't a race.
@@gregvaldez1269 Most hispanics don't identify by race, just by what country they're from.
Am white Mexican
tell TRUMP that !
Latinidad is not linked the cultures of Latin America but the Latin word and that includes Latin Europe!!!
You are ignoring the biggest issue in Latin Racism by not being inclusive.
In current days, native indigenous people are stil the most marginalized, and racial targeted. These people don't have access to basic services, opportunities or education.
Being born an indigenuos person means you will have a life that it's 3X times more difficult.
@Sabrina BillJoe thats a false statement Sabrina
@Sabrina BillJoe "black latinx is below indigenous"
Jajajaja absolutely not, please, there were multiple indigenous genocides just a few decades ago, don't talk about a region you clearly know nothing about
I'm latin american
@Sabrina BillJoe Sabrina, I think you are not fully aware of the latin american indigenous people. If you are, your comment was very insensitive. We are not at a race to see who has it worse...but we're talking about people who don't have the minimum things to live a dignified life.
@Sabrina BillJoe who pretends that? Can you explain to me? We acknowledge black colombians (I talk about my country and culture because not every single latin country share the same culture) even though there are few racist issues, we are aware of our diverse and pluricultural, and pluriracial roots
@Sabrina BillJoe and, btw, Latinoamérica is a very poor continent...but being poor here and not having enough to live with dignity (again, at least in colombia) is not based on your skin colour. We have white, indigenous and black poor people...yet again, I don't think you know a single thing about indigenous peoples in Latinoamérica