Struggles of Being Afro Latino Feat. Aida Rodriguez

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  • @leila1537
    @leila1537 5 лет назад +1697

    Finally someone said it there’s a difference between race and ethnicity
    Thank you for the likes and srry for the miss understanding from some of you in the comments

    • @kaylao.3326
      @kaylao.3326 5 лет назад +73

      Leila.leilany Twins
      IKR...too many idiots here in the U.S think Latinos are a racial group when they’re not

    • @leila1537
      @leila1537 5 лет назад +3

      Kayla O. Yess

    • @A-ID-A-M
      @A-ID-A-M 5 лет назад +16

      Well... She was wrong in how she used it. Ethnicity is a subset of race. The difference is "Latino" is a MIXTURE of races (and ethnicities). Latino is Spanish (Ethnicity) (White race), Native (Ethnicities) (Mongoloid race), and African (Different ethnicities) (Black Race) typically. There really isnt a Latino ethnity or race because they are una mezcla of both. Someone can be white (race) and their ethnicity is Irish for example (furthermore they could be born in the US and their Nationality be American). Its just confusing.

    • @delvyntrinidad7131
      @delvyntrinidad7131 5 лет назад +15

      Aimed2Kill no Latino is an ethnicity

    • @leila1537
      @leila1537 5 лет назад +1

      Aimed2Kill ok thank you it is a bit confusing I’m just saying how people really don’t know how Latino is more like not just Hispanic we are mixed

  • @diegobuyu7160
    @diegobuyu7160 5 лет назад +397

    My dad is Kenyan and my mom is Dominican, and I have very dark skin, so I feel like dark Latinos need to be better represented

    • @Charlierose214
      @Charlierose214 5 лет назад +38

      I agree! Amara La Negra is definitely pushing for that as all of us latinos are hoping to see that, we all know we got dark shade afro-latinos that need to be seen because they're, you're important and valued too

    • @florenceodero9809
      @florenceodero9809 4 года назад +13

      Same bruh it’s hard bc at my school when I speak Spanish people are always surprised and say I am too dark to be Latina and yes I got a Dominican mom and Kenyan dad

    • @ObieG93
      @ObieG93 4 года назад +4

      That makes you Afro Latina

    • @muthrbear2
      @muthrbear2 4 года назад +1

      Kenyan and Dominican are not races or ethnicities. They are nationalities. Your nationality just says what country you were born in. So you can be black, white, Asian, Indian, etc and still come from either one of those countries. So the question is, what ethnicity or race are your parents? The answer will explain why you are dark skinned.

    • @joshua3259
      @joshua3259 4 года назад +5

      She stated ethnicities. You can claim being black & Hispanic especially when you have two different cultures because of your parents

  • @anaityketihw
    @anaityketihw 5 лет назад +926

    Dominicana 🇩🇴 makes me mad, people act like just because you’re black, you can’t be Latino. Vice Versa.

    • @nmorokoye
      @nmorokoye 5 лет назад +5

      Tiana Campos 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

    • @jeffreyp4332
      @jeffreyp4332 5 лет назад +11

      Dominicano here

    • @elizalaguera
      @elizalaguera 5 лет назад +25

      same with white latinos. my parents and me are all very light spaniards

    • @ilikedonutshehe2579
      @ilikedonutshehe2579 5 лет назад +12

      I’m Dominican and ik Afro-Latina

    • @Izzyneedscoffee
      @Izzyneedscoffee 5 лет назад +29

      People get mad when I say yes I am Dominican AND black bc of my Dominican heritage

  • @LaPotraBellaca
    @LaPotraBellaca 5 лет назад +955

    It would be nice to see more Afro-Latino/a representation on TV

    • @odalysgamez
      @odalysgamez 5 лет назад +13

      You should watch Always Witch its a Colombian Tv show and the main lead is an Afro Latina

    • @bl00dhoney
      @bl00dhoney 5 лет назад +42

      @@odalysgamez who falls in love with a white male slave owners. They can miss me with that

    • @VanJR.
      @VanJR. 5 лет назад

      A Google User you must be fun at parties

    • @kaylao.3326
      @kaylao.3326 5 лет назад +6

      Britloves Quincy
      And when they do have representation they’re usually lightskinned or mixed

    • @recoil53
      @recoil53 5 лет назад +1

      Since about 2008, American movies and TV have been more male and white. Especially for leading roles and directors.
      Now you want Hollywood to figure out a combination? Hopefully in your lifetime.
      I've been to parts of this country where people can barely handle black, hispanic, and white. They get all confused with an Asian-American - like how exactly to treat them (like a person). And I'm not even talking about hundreds of miles from a city, with no chain franchises and such.

  • @melbo1990
    @melbo1990 5 лет назад +326

    Amara la Negra has entered the chat.

  • @manuelbalderas6393
    @manuelbalderas6393 5 лет назад +749

    THIS IS THE BEST LATINO CHANNEL ON RUclips ‼️‼️‼️🇲🇽🇲🇽

    • @jeremyrodriguez9828
      @jeremyrodriguez9828 5 лет назад +3

      @Curly Velasquez WOAHHHH ITS CURLYYY

    • @thecurlyvshow
      @thecurlyvshow 5 лет назад +6

      @@jeremyrodriguez9828 TIS I!!!

    • @thecurlyvshow
      @thecurlyvshow 5 лет назад +7

      THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HANGING OUT WITH US!!! :D

    • @JosieEllaFaith
      @JosieEllaFaith 5 лет назад +2

      This is one of the best channels on RUclips, period.

    • @Porkchopapii
      @Porkchopapii 5 лет назад +2

      Latino's wanna be black so bad bad can't handle the negatives and projection of black people y'all don't look black nor experience being in the black in the hood the only black person is the Black and Mexican chick that's it PERIOD

  • @roaches23
    @roaches23 5 лет назад +548

    "Oh you know Spanish. When did you learn?"
    "When I was a kid"
    "Oh did they teach you Spanish in Atlanta?"
    "Umm no. I'm from Panama."

    • @mypanexogamouslineage965
      @mypanexogamouslineage965 5 лет назад +2

      What was they're reaction.

    • @cayad2591
      @cayad2591 5 лет назад +47

      "Oh you know Spanish. When did you learn?"
      "When I was a kid."
      "Oh you took Spanish lessons?"
      "Ummm no I'm Colombian."
      "You're Colombian?!! But you're so white!"
      Just can't win.

    • @Ellobuhbyehair
      @Ellobuhbyehair 5 лет назад

      😂

    • @yuleymigondola736
      @yuleymigondola736 5 лет назад +2

      I've had this exact conversation way to many times

    • @yanitzawilburn
      @yanitzawilburn 5 лет назад +10

      Omg, i get the same!! 🇵🇦 proud Panamanian!

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 5 лет назад +521

    I’ve felt bad because my Afro Latino amigos don’t feel like they belong in the Latino community

    • @itzallaboutus5317
      @itzallaboutus5317 5 лет назад +11

      They Don’t

    • @ummnaim5862
      @ummnaim5862 5 лет назад +55

      They Do

    • @Pandroo018
      @Pandroo018 5 лет назад +6

      THATS very sad but i mean. Latinos have EVERYTHING IN US. We just the nuggets crew out there and they don’t gotta worry about looking how they look

    • @spoton95
      @spoton95 5 лет назад +4

      Who said that?

    • @nariko47
      @nariko47 5 лет назад +10

      And many White latinos feel the same

  • @gettolationa91
    @gettolationa91 5 лет назад +444

    I am Mexican Puerto Rican and black from the Bronx 🇲🇽✊🏽🇵🇷And I love who I am

    • @Pandroo018
      @Pandroo018 5 лет назад +3

      ESO ESO! Hermana!!

    • @kaylao.3326
      @kaylao.3326 5 лет назад +5

      Thalia Correa
      You’re pretty

    • @reinapaloma422
      @reinapaloma422 5 лет назад +7

      Thalia Correa wow!! Awesome mix! My best friend is half Puerto Rican and half Mexican

    • @pookarookss
      @pookarookss 5 лет назад +8

      black is a race not an ethnicity so exclude that from your sentence

    • @delvyntrinidad7131
      @delvyntrinidad7131 5 лет назад +8

      Nani tf r talking about lmao. Did she say “black is an ethnicity” or you just made that up to stand up for something that’s not even there

  • @santanal6923
    @santanal6923 5 лет назад +915

    Loving the Afro-Latino representation but y’all could’ve had some actual Dark-Skin Black Latinos on here. We’re not all light skin or biracial.

    • @pookarookss
      @pookarookss 5 лет назад +42

      Santana L PERIODTTT

    • @animalfire9584
      @animalfire9584 5 лет назад +75

      Yeah colorists are reasons why there aren’t that many dark skin Latinas in the media

    • @sawa139
      @sawa139 5 лет назад +52

      This why I don't press myself about afro-latinx. They swear up and down they afro till someone with dark skin and nappy hair pop up then oh that person is black okay boo😒

    • @santanal6923
      @santanal6923 5 лет назад +62

      sawa139 Afro-Latino and Black are the same thing. Just like African-American and black are the same. One is recognizing the culture/ethnicity and the other is just race.

    • @tamikachu6799
      @tamikachu6799 5 лет назад +15

      Right because black is not a catch-all for not being white, there are indigenous and mixed race latinos as well.

  • @LaPotraBellaca
    @LaPotraBellaca 5 лет назад +263

    Iranian/Panacolombian....that's dope

    • @mypanexogamouslineage965
      @mypanexogamouslineage965 5 лет назад +4

      Iranians are half Indian half arab.
      So that's her look + Panamanaian & Colombian.

    • @sukhmanisidhu7083
      @sukhmanisidhu7083 5 лет назад +18

      @@mypanexogamouslineage965 Iran is a separate country. Some may be full Arab, some may not be Arab at all. Iranians are Iranian. I don't get where you got these halves from??

    • @nikoochuu
      @nikoochuu 5 лет назад +20

      @@mypanexogamouslineage965 Iranians and/or Persians are a completely separate ethnicity than Arabs and Indians

    • @TheRazorTongue
      @TheRazorTongue 5 лет назад +4

      @@mypanexogamouslineage965 Iranians/Persians are a different ethnic group from Indians and Arabs.

    • @mayaali1899
      @mayaali1899 5 лет назад +1

      GOTZ DEAOMA iranians are persians

  • @ilariamancini6317
    @ilariamancini6317 5 лет назад +289

    So now, can you interview Amara La Negra about this??? She fought for it in LHH MIAMI!

    • @sargon.sargon.2305
      @sargon.sargon.2305 5 лет назад +3

      🛸The Anunnakîs joined the chat 😎 lol 🤣😁😅 that's a good idea 👍🏼

  • @keymarie1126
    @keymarie1126 5 лет назад +345

    It’s so sad because my grandfather once told me:”I will never marry a black woman” and I was like:”Abuelo, but...you are black and abuela too!”

    • @kaylao.3326
      @kaylao.3326 5 лет назад +60

      KeyMarie 112
      Tell your grandpa that it’s sad that at his old ass age he don’t know the difference between race and ethnicity...especially since he’s Latino himself and probably blacker than black

    • @leila1537
      @leila1537 5 лет назад +14

      KeyMarie 112 that’s the same with my mom and it kinda makes me mad her great grandma was black soo

    • @livelylisey4976
      @livelylisey4976 5 лет назад +11

      Marry who u want to marry mold ur own future!!!!

    • @qummy1
      @qummy1 5 лет назад +5

      Kayla O. 💀

    • @alexn.2901
      @alexn.2901 5 лет назад +16

      The latinx version of Uncle Ruckus.

  • @MalakhiMelecio
    @MalakhiMelecio 5 лет назад +244

    Afro-Boricua 💪🏽🇵🇷

  • @donnasaned7791
    @donnasaned7791 5 лет назад +151

    We come in all shape and colors... like... I’m mestiza ... I have indigenous, white and African heritage in my DNA and in my culture (Venezuelan 🇻🇪). Proud Latina.

    • @carolinaespinoza199
      @carolinaespinoza199 5 лет назад

      Perdon por mi ignorancia pero que es mestiza

    • @donnasaned7791
      @donnasaned7791 5 лет назад +12

      Carolina Espinoza tranquila, mestiza es una persona que es resultado del mestizaje. Que tiene antepasados indígenas, europeos y/o africanos. Es una mezcla de ellos. La mayoría de personas en mi país por ejemplo, somos mestizos. Y la mayoría de latinos también. Pueden tener la piel más oscura o más clara, pero si tienes parte indígena + africana o europea o los tres eres mestiza. Es muy raro que alguien que su familia entera sea de su país ( en Latinoamérica) no sea mestizo, por la colonización y la mezcla de razas.

    • @carihudson9300
      @carihudson9300 5 лет назад

      Same!! 🇻🇪

    • @flechxdimple2229
      @flechxdimple2229 5 лет назад +1

      Donna Saned me too but im mexican lmao

    • @Lilohilo97
      @Lilohilo97 5 лет назад +2

      You should look up “pardo”. It’s a term I came across recently.

  • @danielremigio9366
    @danielremigio9366 2 года назад +16

    I used to be one that would say, "I'm not Black, I'm Dominican 🇩🇴" and it took until recently to understand that yes, I can be black, too.
    A lot of it actually came from home. I was the darkest in my home, 2nd darkest in my entire family, and when I was a kid, I went to Catholic school with a bunch of light-skinned Hispanics in Hialeah (ya tu sabes). And they would make fun of me for being Black. And when I would bring this to my mom, who was very light, she would make fun of me by calling me "Rubio". So my defense mechanism was to consider myself Dominican.
    But I've come to realize there's nothing wrong with being Afro-Latino. If anything, I've got the best of both worlds: the heritage and the features.
    So if you're ever feeling conflicted based on the color of your skin, remember that your makeup is always a blessing, never a curse.

  • @realsmichelle
    @realsmichelle 5 лет назад +336

    Definitely do struggles of being Asian Latino!!! I loved this video about all these beautiful afro Latinas ♡ The Hispanic culture has so many different types of people (Afro Latinos, Asian Latinos, etc.)

    • @lodu8731
      @lodu8731 5 лет назад

      Samantha Michelle wtf

    • @crystalgemuniverse7039
      @crystalgemuniverse7039 5 лет назад +29

      LODU 8 what is there a problem, im latino asian. There are so many stuggles with being asian latino,, you are told that you arent asian enough and you arent latino enough. I would hide that Im half asian and just say im full puerto rican because of me being told im not latino enough just because im half.

    • @lodu8731
      @lodu8731 5 лет назад +5

      Crystal Gem Universe no problem to be Asian latino is more normal yet because asia and america are being friends now😉☺️

    • @aiyana2895
      @aiyana2895 5 лет назад +7

      Yassssss cuate. I'm Mexican and Salvadorean and we're never salve enough for the Salvadorians and never Mexican enough for the the Mexicans and never American enough for the Americans. I feel your pain baby. Own who you are😃😋😙

    • @jorgevaldes756
      @jorgevaldes756 5 лет назад +1

      Hispanic is not a race

  • @kc836
    @kc836 5 лет назад +41

    I'm afro-latina. My father is from Guatemala but my mother is Dominican. I've always been proud of where I come from and my roots! 🙌💟💯

    • @jemmaperiod2872
      @jemmaperiod2872 4 года назад +1

      K C sameeeee

    • @Ozama1221
      @Ozama1221 2 года назад

      Ur not "AfroLatina", u aren't black, u are mixed race with a 'yellowbone' color

    • @aggravatedman7912
      @aggravatedman7912 2 года назад

      You're not an afro Latina ma'am, You're just biracial 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @6686Andrea
    @6686Andrea 5 лет назад +170

    Teaching my daughter to love both! She's black and Mexican!

    • @sistersinlife2710
      @sistersinlife2710 5 лет назад +2

      I just had a daughter and I'm trying to figure out how to help her navigate his topic already.

    • @Charlierose214
      @Charlierose214 5 лет назад +9

      that's awesome she got the cookout parties and carne aside parties! ❤️

    • @6686Andrea
      @6686Andrea 5 лет назад +2

      @@sistersinlife2710 just exposure I teach my daughter Spanish as well

    • @compulsivecommenter990
      @compulsivecommenter990 5 лет назад +16

      Haha she's half a race and half a nationality, How does that work?

    • @yendaaaa
      @yendaaaa 5 лет назад +3

      Dab Vitor she just didnt specify which country on the black side...

  • @juliem6840
    @juliem6840 5 лет назад +133

    Unfortunately the idea of being black to many Dominicans 🇩🇴 is still a thing if denial and frowned upon. It's crazy because we love who we are and look like but can't admit that is partially thanks to our African roots.
    It's has been engraved in our ancestors that Europeans/white skin is superior...we even call kinky hair pelo malo (bad hair) and more manageable hair such as type A,B and C , pelo bueno (good hair) ... And if you go to most Dominican salons and you have "bad hair"... The only hairstyle they give you is the famous "Dominican Blowout" in order to straighten those kinks...
    I find it incredibly weird that still a great amount of Dominicans will deny their African heritage. I mean look at us, the majority of us look like we carry African blood, whether it's a little or it's a lot, we cannot deny it.

    • @Izzyneedscoffee
      @Izzyneedscoffee 5 лет назад +23

      Julie M yooo I remember my mom telling me to have kids with a white man because she wants lighter colored babies. Or getting mad when my brother was dating black women. Like girl you realize we’re black too right??

    • @mypanexogamouslineage965
      @mypanexogamouslineage965 5 лет назад +1

      What do they do if you're a guy with wavy hair.
      Do they offer to straighten it & blow it out?
      And 4c hair is not manageable.
      C hair is the very kinky kind if I'm not mistaken.

    • @disaj7460
      @disaj7460 5 лет назад +11

      @@mypanexogamouslineage965 Dunno why we describe 4C hair as "unmanageable". Believe me, if you know how to care for your beautiful, God-given mane it will be "manageable" & BEAUTIFUL! I've seen some Caucasian ppl with decidedly unmanageable hair...and generally speaking... that's the easiest hair to even take care of!

    • @abbyc.3273
      @abbyc.3273 5 лет назад +2

      @Sunny Y Maybe this person is speaking from experience. I, too have noticed it. You're right, other countries do it but she was talking about DR. Just because you dont think so doesn't discredit the experience of others.

    • @juliem6840
      @juliem6840 5 лет назад +3

      @Sunny Y Mira mi amor querido, la única persona que está hablando idioteces eres tú. Y yo no sé si otro país tiene el término pelo malo o pelo bueno , pero yo sé que la república dominicana si lo tiene. Yo no estoy tratando de desacreditar a mi propia gente pero es la verdad. Gracias a Dios que hoy en día se ha hecho popular amar y honrar la belleza natural. Pero antes no era así por lo cuál tenemos bastante producto dominicano para alisar el "pelo malo"...y obviamente yo no estoy hablando de "todos" los dominicanos sino de muchos.
      Entonces si tú no tienes nada mejor que hacer, agarra un libro y edúcate.

  • @moetarawally-maldonado1768
    @moetarawally-maldonado1768 5 лет назад +33

    For Me I’m Half Dominican 🇩🇴from father side he’s Afro-Latino and mom side is 🇭🇹 Haitian
    I was born in San Cristobal,Republica
    Raised in New York 🗽🌇🏙
    And Grew up in Maryland 🏘🏡

    • @catvapecult5876
      @catvapecult5876 5 лет назад +10

      Haiti is also latino

    • @kianapi1360
      @kianapi1360 5 лет назад +10

      Haitian is also Latino

    • @santo8389
      @santo8389 12 дней назад

      Haiti is the 1st independent Latin American nation.

  • @saltandpepper2889
    @saltandpepper2889 5 лет назад +59

    One time an Mexican lady overheard me speaking spanish on the phone with my mom ...you would've thought she saw a ghost like why are you so surprised???!!!😂😂😂

    • @valentine93
      @valentine93 5 лет назад +4

      Because normaly people are use to people who look like them speaking their language and media portrays spanish speaking people as brown short mexicans(ironic that the language comes from white people deviates from that) and not black latin people. Why are you surprised about them being surprised?

    • @MartinaMartinezz
      @MartinaMartinezz 5 лет назад +7

      D Valentine Bernabé she’s suprised because there’s no way that people are THAT ignorant to the fact that Latinos come in all shades whether or not they are portrayed in the media.

    • @valentine93
      @valentine93 5 лет назад +3

      @@MartinaMartinezz lol you'll be surprised, i don't get surprised when i see black latinos or even white latinos speaking spanish. But yes there's people that get surprised that there are other latinos of different shades of color that speak spanish.

    • @izphilly1
      @izphilly1 5 лет назад +1

      @KiraLup ..........Do you think that if you spoke spanish in a bus full of black women or men that they would not have given you a second look ??? Because I have seen it done with my homie who's cuban and the minute he picked up his cell .......it was like ......WHAT ??? I noticed the people around us looking at him ......but he didn't notice nor did I say anything to him so he would not have felt uncomfortable .

    • @RandomSkyeRoses
      @RandomSkyeRoses 3 года назад

      Are you half Mexican or Columbian?

  • @noahadames4784
    @noahadames4784 5 лет назад +57

    Black and Dominican/puerto Rican 💪🏽🇩🇴🇵🇷

  • @kristen9296
    @kristen9296 5 лет назад +25

    I am not Afro-Latino, but I am Hispanic and white, and it’s a relief to know that I am not struggling alone when people look down at mixed people, it’s very hard to deal with some people’s ignorance at times.

    • @nopo8011
      @nopo8011 5 лет назад +6

      Once people find out youre hispanic for some reason you can no longer be white. Lol

    • @4everArtista
      @4everArtista 3 года назад +6

      You don't have to be mixed to be Afro Latino, for example La Reina, Celia Cruz, a beautiful Afro Latina from Cuba, and not biracial.

  • @mercermercemercero8207
    @mercermercemercero8207 3 года назад +5

    My father is Panamanian 🇵🇦 and my mother is African American and I am a proud Afro Latino and no one can take that away from me!

  • @jduce68
    @jduce68 5 лет назад +26

    Im just a plain ole black girl watching this trying to educate myself on this struggle. I'm LOVING the conversations that are being had & the light being shown on this issue👍 Much respect guys😁

  • @9kyana
    @9kyana 5 лет назад +11

    As a young Afro-Latina (Kenya-Panama) I have always struggled with my identity and I have faced many social issues like what the women said in this video and I'm happy to see that there are others like me. I wish more mixed race/cultures were represented in the media but this is progress and it makes me happy.

  • @_.baeza._7206
    @_.baeza._7206 5 лет назад +119

    Black and Mexican 🤪 blexicano love being both remember you’re not competing you’re who you are

    • @dicedtulips8976
      @dicedtulips8976 5 лет назад +2

      I thought you are only Afro Latino if your ancestry is of Afro Latino origin. For the girl who's mom is African American and dad is Mexican. Wouldn't she be considered Afro Latino if only her Mexican side is of Afro Latino origins. If not isn't she considered not Afro latino?

    • @whocares6352
      @whocares6352 5 лет назад +2

      DicedTulips being Afro Latino means you’re of African and as well as Latin decedent so yes she would be considered an Afro Latina

    • @dicedtulips8976
      @dicedtulips8976 5 лет назад +1

      @@whocares6352 I mean as in what if her Mexican side isn't Afro Latino?

    • @whocares6352
      @whocares6352 5 лет назад

      DicedTulips I don’t think that matters... but don’t quote me

    • @dicedtulips8976
      @dicedtulips8976 5 лет назад

      @@whocares6352 Alright.

  • @jayleenlucca9140
    @jayleenlucca9140 5 лет назад +14

    🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷 Yo soy boricua,pa que tu lo sepaa!! We’re all so proud to be Afro-Latina, and embracing who we are. Que Bonita bandera, la bandera puertoriqueña!! Love this ✨🙏🏽

  • @AshBoogie24
    @AshBoogie24 5 лет назад +25

    I’m not Latino but this is my favorite channel ❤️

  • @bebeentertainment22
    @bebeentertainment22 5 лет назад +43

    I am so glad this came out, I cried so hard watching this 🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺 it’s hard and no one understands ❤️

    • @cakepopaudio5155
      @cakepopaudio5155 5 лет назад +1

      SAME

    • @whudafckdeni
      @whudafckdeni 5 лет назад +2

      CRIED?! Girl, lmao it’s not that serious

    • @kekelauren6251
      @kekelauren6251 5 лет назад +1

      @@whudafckdeni lol that's what I was thinking

    • @whudafckdeni
      @whudafckdeni 5 лет назад

      Keke Lauren 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

    • @bebeentertainment22
      @bebeentertainment22 5 лет назад +2

      whudafckdeni you guys are weird and pathetic I can feel how I want about any video if you don’t got through my struggles don’t speak on them you need Jesus and help May God Bless you Wiredos

  • @zumzame7718
    @zumzame7718 5 лет назад +8

    Aida is bringing that intellectual pan africanist conversation that is sooooooooooo important for us to have. I could hear her for hours! All their experience is so valid

  • @AmyStylinson
    @AmyStylinson 5 лет назад +62

    Afro latinidad is not being half AA and half latino (Mexican). It’s for African descent people from Latin America.
    Also, AA does not have the monopoly on being black. The only difference is being colonized by the English vs Spanish, THATS IT.

    • @the_jujuman5269
      @the_jujuman5269 5 лет назад +1

      Amyyy different natives too

    • @AmyStylinson
      @AmyStylinson 5 лет назад +4

      Leah X I’m referring to those who say this. There are delusional people on both sides who act like Afro Latinos are not black, when black is for people of African descent.

    • @boricua584
      @boricua584 5 лет назад +10

      Afro Latino is any person who has significant African ancestry and is Latino. That’s it. So it can come from both parents or one parent.

    • @AmyStylinson
      @AmyStylinson 5 лет назад

      Mela Boricua if your Latino parent isn’t African descent then no, doesn’t count 👎

    • @boricua584
      @boricua584 5 лет назад

      Amyyy it does. Thanks.

  • @joyceinbloom
    @joyceinbloom 5 лет назад +7

    I love PERO LIKE and I wish there was an African American equivalent frfr ... I learn so much on this channel!

    • @RLZDA1
      @RLZDA1 5 лет назад

      I guess the closet is add

    • @msmunoz7499
      @msmunoz7499 2 года назад +2

      Coco Butter

  • @Magicwithizz
    @Magicwithizz 5 лет назад +9

    afro-mexicana and filipina!! I love seeing representation for people who look like me and my family (though I do agree a few darker ladies would be nice)

  • @leareed3749
    @leareed3749 5 лет назад +10

    African American, Puerto Rican and White here from Mississippi 👏👏👏

  • @lizm2991
    @lizm2991 5 лет назад +17

    I'm half white and half mexican and I have had similar feelings in my own experience as a mixed person. Of course, my struggles have not been exactly like these women, but I have also struggled with feeling like I never really belonged anywhere. I know its not the same, just sharing

    • @EloF31
      @EloF31 5 лет назад +1

      I get you, my mom's dominican and my dad spanish. I live in Spain so I'm far away from anything latin but at the same time I'm not really into spanish music (for example), which results in me not really knowing where I fit in. I have the curls and other latina features but I'm pretty pale (my dad's super pale but my mom has that amazing melanin). Don't get me wrong, I'm super proud of what I am, but I do feel like I'm not neither a good latina nor a good spanish.

    • @darth_vata
      @darth_vata 5 лет назад

      No one asked.

    • @nopo8011
      @nopo8011 5 лет назад

      Youre half white (a race)and half latina (what race?)

    • @princesschanel469
      @princesschanel469 2 года назад +1

      You can be a white mexican

  • @mamichula1177
    @mamichula1177 4 года назад +8

    I’ve had a Mexican girl straight up diss me and say there’s no way I can be Latina because I’m black and she’s white. Because of this bs beliefs in America, I never fit in with either black or Latinos. It wasn’t until I met other Afro Latinos at ages 17 that I was able to feel comfortable with who I was 😓

    • @crazyboy585
      @crazyboy585 3 года назад +3

      Im sorry to hear that... Stay positive

  • @jmooshu
    @jmooshu 5 лет назад +4

    I'm glad this video exists. Being Afrolatino myself, Ive had to break this down to so many people.You can be any race or mixture of races and be Latino because it's an ethnicity. One is cultural identity and the other is ancestral.

  • @bbinte
    @bbinte 5 лет назад +5

    Afrocaribbean!! Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 I struggle every day with this subject. I’m not enough black, I’m not enough white. And it’s like trying to erase my right to reclaim my blackness, my indigenous or European heritage and culture just because I don’t fit in the mold of what do you think I should look or behave.

  • @sleepandrelaxhd
    @sleepandrelaxhd 5 лет назад +7

    Orgulloso de ser Afro-Latino y nadie nos puede detener. I’m not picking a side I’m proud to be both and wouldn’t change anything 🙏

  • @alex-bv1th
    @alex-bv1th 5 лет назад +20

    Finally a fellow Panamanian on Pero like!

  • @taylorcarter2857
    @taylorcarter2857 5 лет назад +8

    The Panamanian girl is stunning! Thank you for including a Panamanian 🇵🇦💙🇵🇦❤

    • @maylin443
      @maylin443 4 года назад +1

      Taylor Carter us Panamanians rise

  • @daniellasolanoa
    @daniellasolanoa 5 лет назад +27

    You guys make the BEST videos los amo 😂 ❤️

  • @JiaraJohnson
    @JiaraJohnson 5 лет назад +12

    Black/Mexican ❤️🤩 we’re all beautiful

  • @justincase4792
    @justincase4792 4 года назад +2

    I'm an African-American. I just want to say shout out to all of my beautiful afro Latino brothers and sisters. We are all family.

  • @brendaguzmancolon9151
    @brendaguzmancolon9151 5 лет назад +46

    I kinda get it, but at the same time. Being black and mixed isn’t the same. And shouldn’t be treated as such. The experience is completely different.

    • @disaj7460
      @disaj7460 5 лет назад +13

      @Jean Román Morel I understand your point, however, despite the way you appear (phenotype), you're dna reflects Afro-Latino ancestry (genotype)...so if you were to move through ANY society on this planet you could/should hold your head high & claim your Afro-Latino heritage. It's beautiful & so are you...no matter how you appear. 💖🙏☝

    • @itszbebabaybee
      @itszbebabaybee 5 лет назад +6

      Jean Román Morel wow! I’ve never had a struggle so clearly stated before. I also am Dominican and Puerto Rican but look “light skinned” however have kinky hair. It’s always been a struggle because I just considered myself Latina, yet I’ve been told all my life by one side “no you’re black”! Then by family “you’re Latina not black.” When I think about it now, I guess I’m really considered “mixed” but never really knew how to identify!

    • @florhernandez1401
      @florhernandez1401 5 лет назад

      There is a lot of Mestizaje in Mexico as well. My family is from a region with a history of African ancestry. This is very evident in their facial features, hair, skin tone etc. I am aware of all that but don’t consider myself Afro Mexicana. I’m ethnically Mexican, Mexico is mestizo, ethnically and racially diverse. We were colonized like many other Spanish speaking countries and throughout the years have had many different immigrant populations mix with the indigenous and already mixed population. Also, I think many times people use the term “Afro Latino” incorrectly. being Afro Latino is not the same as being half Mexican and half African American/black. To me, an “Afro Latino” is someone who is culturally Latino with African ancestry (African Diaspora). While someone who is 1/2 Mexican and 1/2 AA would be considered biracial (even though Mexican is not a race) or bicultural.

    • @boricua584
      @boricua584 5 лет назад

      Jean Román Morel what’s looking black ? Or looking Latino ?

    • @Magicwithizz
      @Magicwithizz 5 лет назад +4

      @Jean Román Morel I'm similar, but my phenotypes are heavily more black and native. I identify as afro-mexicana because that's where our family comes from. We were brought as slaves from the Congo. I'm afro-mexicana and filipina, and I'm learning to love it.

  • @negracaribena
    @negracaribena 5 лет назад +10

    I don’t know the last time I shared a video so fast 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿

  • @red.handedjill
    @red.handedjill 5 лет назад +5

    SOMEONE FINALLY SAID!!! Where are my Afro-Latinos/Latinas at?! I'm Black and Puerto Rican, born and raised in Chicago ❤️

  • @yesminemx
    @yesminemx 5 лет назад +22

    I’m in love with your videos and content 💕

  • @dcbb6865
    @dcbb6865 2 года назад +1

    Love y'all's platform, my grandmother is Cuban. Amo a mi Gente Latino

  • @danyielsays4621
    @danyielsays4621 5 лет назад +6

    Afro-latino here and proud✊ 💙

  • @I33sheeshee
    @I33sheeshee 5 лет назад +67

    Where are the darker skin Afro-Lantinos.

    • @izphilly1
      @izphilly1 5 лет назад +2

      @Sheerel Gordon ........Where are my peoples at .....period .......dark or light !!! Stop that

    • @compulsivecommenter990
      @compulsivecommenter990 5 лет назад +5

      All of these are mixed

    • @jdanistheman
      @jdanistheman 5 лет назад +5

      idk but definitely not in this video :(

    • @mehkiyataylor7201
      @mehkiyataylor7201 5 лет назад

      yeeer

    • @ShidaiTaino
      @ShidaiTaino 4 года назад

      Shesoul G probably back in the home country

  • @kiwiradioactivo
    @kiwiradioactivo 5 лет назад +19

    AL FIN ALGUIEN DE PANAMÁ

  • @calixtaarcoren9113
    @calixtaarcoren9113 5 лет назад +18

    😊 this just makes me happy

  • @keylanavarro4792
    @keylanavarro4792 5 лет назад +14

    Being AfroLatina is living in a borderland. Unchartered land for some. Valid always.

    • @keylanavarro4792
      @keylanavarro4792 5 лет назад

      @Queen Bitch9 Absolutely. In between culture, in between motherlands, in between Identities. Not always in between either but also in a duality.

  • @pandoraheartsvd
    @pandoraheartsvd 5 лет назад +9

    I'm African American with Brazilian heritage. This video is awesome.

    • @the_jujuman5269
      @the_jujuman5269 5 лет назад +1

      pandoraheartsvd Opa 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

    • @alexn.2901
      @alexn.2901 5 лет назад

      Then, you're Brazilian-American.
      African-American is for the descendants of U.S. chattel slavery.

    • @dukekenny9340
      @dukekenny9340 5 лет назад

      pandoraheartsvd so a another Moreno?

  • @Marco_El_Afro-Latino
    @Marco_El_Afro-Latino 5 лет назад +6

    So thankful for the Afro-Latinx representation. It means a lot. Hopefully in Spanish speaking media, as well as English speaking media they will start to represent us more. When I watch Univision or Telemundo, the only time I see Afro-Latinx people is if they're being interviewed. In English media, it's non-existent. ✊🏾🇵🇷

  • @H3ydeeeeee6537
    @H3ydeeeeee6537 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you for making this video. My children are Black and Puerto Rican and my daughter and love your channel ❤️. It's great to see all of you guys loving and embracing diversity. 😊💯

  • @Guadalupe-fv8rh
    @Guadalupe-fv8rh 5 лет назад +2

    This is awesome, I love learning about other Latinos. Sending lots of love from your latin fam, you are who you are don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Not even the stubborn people of ours

  • @Cutelilminxa444
    @Cutelilminxa444 5 лет назад +7

    Great video, very empowering 💙💙💙

  • @chantelleg5253
    @chantelleg5253 5 лет назад +9

    "some people don't know the difference between ethnicity and race" SAY IT AGAIN LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

  • @dama_shares
    @dama_shares 2 года назад +2

    Yes! Ethnicity & Race are two different things. Proud Black Woman, Afro-Latina Woman here. Panamanian descent in the house!

  • @lf1496
    @lf1496 5 лет назад +2

    Gracias for this video. People are finally getting our stories out there, dope-ness.

  • @redmonroe5894
    @redmonroe5894 5 лет назад +15

    Afro Latina stand up 💪👏👏👏❤️

  • @gabriellalacey2916
    @gabriellalacey2916 5 лет назад +7

    Blaxicannnn🇲🇽❤️ black and Mexican and finally okay with myself

  • @augistbanks283
    @augistbanks283 5 лет назад +43

    The girl with the pigtails looks like Mel B from the spice girls

    • @NatesView
      @NatesView 5 лет назад +2

      augist's basement and sounds like Meghan good 😆

    • @wilmara24
      @wilmara24 5 лет назад +1

      I don't want this to sound forward but the girl with the pigtails can get it.

  • @elizabethmendez8172
    @elizabethmendez8172 5 лет назад +6

    FINALLY SOMEONE FROM PANAMA 🇵🇦

    • @maylin443
      @maylin443 4 года назад

      Elizabeth Mendez meee tooo

  • @405boy4
    @405boy4 5 лет назад +2

    I can't blame them for being proud of there Afro-Latino roots. They're all pretty women, with such a beautiful skin-tone..

  • @isaaclopez63
    @isaaclopez63 5 лет назад +2

    I love being Latino and would not trade it for anything else! I look at these videos and think how lucky I am to be born into such a beautiful culture that is full of diverse foods, cultures, and people. And how we can all communicate with each other! Never and I mean NEVER! give your back to such beautiful culture. We are the result of mixing different cultures and people, and that my friends is what makes us Latinos/a. Coming together and making something beautiful, something that our culture is today. ARIBA TODA TODA MI GENTE LATINA! #AFROMEXICANO

  • @brownbbydoll1777
    @brownbbydoll1777 5 лет назад +2

    Yasssssss Sisters all so beautiful, cultured, and well educated...educating other people 😍👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @msbrittportlock
    @msbrittportlock 5 лет назад +1

    Pero Like....I LOVE this so much + love the channel! I'm an afro-latina from LA (my dad is African American from LA, my mom is from El Salvadorian) x

  • @miortega3527
    @miortega3527 5 лет назад +5

    ❤️❤️❤️love this video idea

  • @Pandroo018
    @Pandroo018 5 лет назад +57

    LOVE THE DIVERSITY BABY! Latinos ARENT one color! Being Latino is from having a LATÍN AMERICA Spanish speaking country lineage through us or our Family and CULTURE. We were never one color and those who say that are very ignorant 🤦‍♂️

    • @dukekenny9340
      @dukekenny9340 5 лет назад +11

      Pandroo BRAZIL 🇧🇷 Também

    • @5050TM
      @5050TM 5 лет назад +12

      Don't forget 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

    • @Pandroo018
      @Pandroo018 5 лет назад +8

      Ken93 SIEMPRE 🇧🇷 💪🏽💪🏽 To many people leave our Brazilians as Latinos for some dumb reason but they live in Latin America and also speak a Latin root Language 🤦‍♂️

    • @rosereign888
      @rosereign888 5 лет назад +9

      Latino isnt only spanish speaking. Its Portuguese and french included

    • @Pandroo018
      @Pandroo018 5 лет назад

      Razhanee Dejoie I’m using the scholarly definition which is definitely up to debate. Obviously I believe Brazilians and Hatians can be considered Latino is the are in the Region and speak a Latin Root language but like I said. I just used the Scholarly definition, thanks BTW!

  • @cristi8587
    @cristi8587 5 лет назад +2

    The combinations are soo awesome! 🇲🇽

  • @keithjackson3661
    @keithjackson3661 5 лет назад +1

    this is beautiful that's right be proud of who you are brought me to tears black is beautiful

  • @manny1up
    @manny1up 5 лет назад +12

    One of the huddles/or struggles is Univision's history of racism and colorism en la telenovelas. it's about time Mexican people stand up and boycott Univision for its blatantly racist stand.

    • @mypanexogamouslineage965
      @mypanexogamouslineage965 5 лет назад

      But Univision is actually American & based in Miami, I beleive.
      While Telemundo is based in New york.

    • @RLZDA1
      @RLZDA1 5 лет назад

      @@mypanexogamouslineage965 ikr the irony 🙄

    • @manny1up
      @manny1up 5 лет назад +2

      @@mypanexogamouslineage965 Right. But Univision is owned by televisa a Mexican corporation.

  • @sammi-vy3bb
    @sammi-vy3bb 5 лет назад +28

    Obviously, this is just my personal feeling, but I don't see the need to add my race(s) in front of Latino just because a bunch of idiots don't know the difference between race and ethnicity. I feel like adding afro/indigenous/white/etc in front of Latino is just another way of putting ourselves in separate categories for the idiots who can't fathom a culture having more than one race. I shouldn't have to explain that both the African and European sides of my family are Latino by putting myself into a sub-category. Like... read a history book or something.

  • @bnm9520
    @bnm9520 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks for this video, I’m from Puerto Rico and people forget we mostly celebrate the africano side of our culture! ❤️🇵🇷 that swag comes from the mother land and being mixed is not bad is BEAUTIFUL !

  • @miguelcastro8506
    @miguelcastro8506 Год назад

    AIDA, sister you are an angel, and big-ups to all the Afro-Latinidad Sisters in your video!!! I'm proud of you ALL!!!

  • @angelicasantiago3124
    @angelicasantiago3124 5 лет назад +10

    I love pero like

  • @pinchedominicana8845
    @pinchedominicana8845 5 лет назад +22

    We face A LOT of racism, pero orgullosa de ser dominicana 🥰🇩🇴

  • @chuckiea7011
    @chuckiea7011 3 года назад +1

    I'm Afro Latin American from my mother (Puerto Rican and Cuban) We exist. I've always been told "You're too dark to be Latino" and "You don't speak Spanish" and you're not born and raised in Latin America so how can you claim Latino? People that are uneducated don't realize that Latin Americans have relocated to the United States for decades. Being Latin American isn't about speaking Spanish, it's about your ancestry. I know I'm predominantly of African descent with a mixture of European and Native American ancestry. But, that doesn't make me any less Latin American.

  • @MrTremagnus
    @MrTremagnus 5 лет назад +1

    This channel is the real MVP! I love these ladies!

  • @shinycrobat8046
    @shinycrobat8046 5 лет назад +6

    I loved the video

  • @avalancheglory661
    @avalancheglory661 5 лет назад +6

    Afro-indigenous ❤️ love seeing representation

  • @biggasmelly
    @biggasmelly 2 года назад +1

    I have just discovered Aida Rodriguez one hour ago. And trust me I now love this woman. Let me know when she is coming to England to do some shows.

  • @stephenanderson1594
    @stephenanderson1594 4 года назад +1

    I love African music from Afrobeats in Ghana and Nigeria to Angolan house music and Kuduro to South African house music these rhythms are VERY similar to Latin music styles across the Americas.

  • @SkyBorba
    @SkyBorba 5 лет назад +4

    I've felt the same thing but i'm on the other side of the spectrum, i'm very very pale and a lot of people are like: oh you're not Latina, you're white. And others say: you aren't Latina because you are too pale. Gurl, i may be white because that's my race but my ethnicity is Latina and my skin color isn't gonna change that. And you know what? I'm proud of being a pale Latina, just like you guys should be proud of being black Latinas/Afro-Latinas.

    • @AnnY-yk6xl
      @AnnY-yk6xl 5 лет назад +3

      Silvia Borba unfortunately some people don’t know the difference between race and ethnicity.

    • @SkyBorba
      @SkyBorba 5 лет назад

      @@AnnY-yk6xl i know

  • @Seoknet
    @Seoknet 5 лет назад +29

    1 view and 28 likes.....RUclips broke again . Love youuu💞💞💃🖤🇲🇽🇲🇽

  • @belleza121
    @belleza121 5 лет назад

    GUYS your content has elevated and I'M 👏 HERE 👏 FOR 👏 IT 👏

  • @beharti279
    @beharti279 5 лет назад +1

    You are valid and you are valuable 🙌🏽 So empowering to have all this beautiful DNA. Stop hating and segregating from one another. Come together 🤜🏾🤛🏿it’s not a struggle or a curse, it’s a powerful blessing. Shalom 🙏🏽

  • @paulgutman3157
    @paulgutman3157 5 лет назад +9

    No soy « moreno » (negro) pero igual los comprendo. Tengo la piel más blanca que una sábana y a mí me pasa igual. Continúen afirmándose. Abrazos y que Dios los bendiga.

  • @tatianaa4809
    @tatianaa4809 5 лет назад +3

    i can relate my mom is african american n my dad is dominican and ooo it’s hard

    • @jaylindr3723
      @jaylindr3723 3 года назад

      Same here. My dad is Dominican from NY

  • @reinapaloma422
    @reinapaloma422 5 лет назад +1

    I love Afro latinidad!!! My grandmother was from puerto Rico with brown beautiful skin and so does my father. I love the beautiful color of their skin. I’m a white hispanic person but come summer I’m tan like dulce de Leche!! Hellooo lol

  • @891113kiro
    @891113kiro 5 лет назад +1

    Definitely the US society is a society based in ethnicity classification. In many places of the world, we don’t use such classifications on our daily life, we are just people with a heritage that defines our background but it doesn’t typecast us.

  • @keymarie1126
    @keymarie1126 5 лет назад +5

    I had to do an racism poll my English teacher gave me and I was so confused because the first question was:”What race are you” and Latino was in the options🤦🏽‍♀️Only two people chose black or white....and the ones that I asked (The majority my family) were *black*

    • @kaylao.3326
      @kaylao.3326 5 лет назад +2

      KeyMarie 112
      That’s a teacher and he/she is not smart enough to understand that Latino is not a race...no wonder our schools are failing

  • @bu_kimi
    @bu_kimi 5 лет назад +2

    This video is beautiful. I just wish they had latinas that look like me. Kinky hair and all. I see it sometimes whem they have afro-latinos but they look more like a zoe Saldaña. Basically lighter with more mixed features. Like looser hair texture, slimmer nose etc. But still really good video

  • @kaitlynwilliams4667
    @kaitlynwilliams4667 4 года назад +1

    I am afro latina and proud 🇵🇷🎉💅🏾😝💪🏾💃🏾👸🏾💯🧜🏾‍♀️⚽️💯🚀🌍💋

  • @dallashenderson2204
    @dallashenderson2204 3 года назад

    Aida, you are a very smart and down to earth person. I follow and love you. Keep talking and I will keep listening.