Black Beyond America - Afro Latinos
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
- Black Beyond America is a docu-series that speaks to people throughout the African Diaspora.
In this video, we speak to a handful of Afro Latinos. Whether talking about their upbringing, how non black Latinos address them or the controversy surrounding Amara La Negra, they remind us that being Black and Latino is neither rare nor mutually exclusive.
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I’m Afro Latino 💪🏾 Puerto Rican 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷 there are so many variations of Black that’s what make us so beautiful
Exactly! Thank you for watching.
PortiaBartley thank you for sharing this
Afro Boricua all the way
Yo también soy de Puerto Rico amo mi isla 🇵🇷☺️
Hi everyone. 🇵🇦 I am Afro-Panamanian and Jamaican descent . Born in Brooklyn New York. I live in Virginia. Panama is beautiful. I love my Afro-Latinas.
Amara le negra is a proud confident afro Latina who will help other afro Latina realize embrace your blackness your like no other don't run away from your great complexity a great mixture of the two great cultures black and brown not to people can say that I love y'all now embracing your black side too cause in America u go definitely be put in the black category best believe that cause white America is so ignorant when it come to race they consider u black which u is so love who u are afro-latina as a badge of honor
Cecil Mattison Agreed. Thank you for watching!
I'm Afro-latina. Cuban And Jamaican . And I'm Proud To Be 🇨🇺🇯🇲
Cuban/Jamaican here too
I am mexican i am of african spanish and native american descent i am Proud of all my mixtures
And you should absolutely be proud. What a beautiful mixture! Have you ever encountered issues of colorism?
The Cuban girl and the Venezuelan/Dominican girl are gorgeous 😍
I love being Afro Latino coming to you from San Juan Puerto Rico Wepaaaa
Armando De La Fonte Thank you for watching Armando :)
@@SweeteastEscape you don't need to thank me I love my sister, my daughter, my mother to pieces Black women to me, are the best everything else is a step down
@@terradaktal8318 can you explain?
I’ve always received the Spanish test. Since i don’t speak Spanish some Hispanics dont accept me as Hispanic even though my dad was Mexican American. Once a Mexican American guy asked me why my dad didnt teach me Spanish. I told him that per my dad we were going to have enough issues with racists just with our being black and Mexican. He was right. to some Hispanic people,, it’s not possible for a Mexican American man and an African American woman could possibly be married for 25 years and have 4 kids. These folks are all telling the truth. I’ve been through all of that.
ADTX Channel I’m really glad you could relate to this!
ADTX channel there is more African Latino in Latin America then African Americans from the USA.
I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California but when I was 20 I moved to Costa Rica for a year to improve my Spanish / gain fluency. I loved the culture so much I felt at home and extended my stay.
I feel Latin America deeply and people are often pleasantly surprised when I'm speaking Spanish now that I'm back in the US.
Even when in CR, people assumed I was from Limón, on the Caribbean side.
Before visiting, I had very little idea that Black people really were all over this world. ❤️
Alexis Verday I’m glad you had such a great experience! Thank you for watching :)
I don't why some Mexicans don't think how can you be black Latin When there is A Whole Afro-Mexicans community in Mexico
Agreed! Thank you for watching.
Right! And even when the guy said Central Americans are shocked like how are people shocked in each Latin American country there are Afro communities
Thank you that's what I'm been saying for like for ever seriously have you seen novelas with afro Latinos 😒
Most of them are willfully ignorant
YASSSSSS AFRO LATINOSSSSS
Thank you for watching ☺️
being afro mexican growing up my identity had always been in question, till this day even!. im glad i came across this video.
Preach I'm black and puerto rican and I can never be both. They say your hair is not good enough to be Puerto rican. Then it's my skin is too bright to be black.
I love this ! When Amara first came and said she was afro Latina I felt something in my soul because I'm half Panamanian but I grew up with more mexican culture( I'm in south texas) and I never really knew what that meant because my dad loves all cultures. I even knew spanish when I was little! But now I can inform people and I really embrace being afrolatino.
Really happy to hear you’re embracing your Panamanian culture. Thank you for watching :).
Beautiful woman black.. I like
And your heritage is beautiful!!!
I’m Jamaican of cuban decent and whenever I tell other Jamaicans that I speak Spanish they tell me to prove it 🙂🙃
HRH Decanio I can definitely relate 🙄. Thank you for watching!
HRH Decanio Im Jamaican of cuban n taíno heritage n a lot of Latin Americans be thinking Im Dominican or Panamanian but get mad when I told them I don’t speak Spanish but Im learning tho 🤣🤣🤣
FuccYourFeelings 96 I don’t speak it that well but I understand it right but some of my family members look down on me and my sister for it it’s weird a lot of people tell me I don’t “look Spanish” and I’m like well what does Spanish look like?!
Thank goodness I viewed the above comments. I can relate to some extend, I speak & understand it. Always asked "say something in Spanish."😑 Irony is that this question was asked by those that don't speak or understand Spanish.
HRH Decanio they said Jamaicans post to speak Spanish now is that true
Although I’m not Afro-Latinx, I really identified with what the beautiful chocolate sister with curls said because growing up in the African-American community I always got the what “are you mixed” or you can’t be just Black or African descent from my own people due to my hair being long and the curl pattern. It’s degrading towards my African heritage because it implies that is less than and anything else in my bloodline is beautiful when in reality the non-Black blood is present from rape. My people are starting to realize statements that reek of Anti-Blackness is unacceptable, but there’s still more work to be done in fixing our mentalities.
DAI'SBreakdown I can definitely relate! I was lighter as a child, and the way some people grilled me with that question was frustrating. Thank you for watching!
PortiaBartley No problem and please continue with the awesome work ✨
DAI'SBreakdown same here I’m black and proud with Louisiana creole heritage. I often get it because of my hair texture. I completely relate to this video....... the explanation is sometimes painful.
Kedron Marsh It looks like we were in the same boat because I do have Louisiana Creole heritage, as well ✨
@@dailyn2735 I'm looking at your profile pic you don't look mix to me
We need a Afrikan diaspora round table get to the root which we know what it is fight, cry,hug, forgive ,love each other and focus and take the world back
landmark22 I agree! Look out for something of this nature in 2019 ☺️
Afro Latino here Haitian And Cuban American with lil white and native Indian roots 🇨🇺🇭🇹
Yesss The Dominican Republic 🇩🇴!! This video makes me happy
"Black" People come in ALL shades of Brown #BeautifulPeopke
roc676 thank you for watching!
@@SweeteastEscape thank you for touching on this subject
facts
We are not black...we are brown...
@@roses4me451 do u know me ?? Seems like u do. Well anyways I do appreciate the short essay though. Thanks for sharing
Thank you for this video! I’ve been told “Oh that’s why you’re beautiful because you’re Cuban” Dang am I not beautiful beautiful I just am! 🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺
Shalonte Hernandez sí, hermana cubana
This is beautiful ! Embrace and educate our Afro-Latinx!
I am so proud of you. I am 83 years old Afro descendants from Cuba. Yes, we are here. Yes we are also black. We live with it. The rest will learn to deal with it. Just like we do. Thanks.
Thank you Lazaro, this means alot 💜
I am Trini, Bajan and Cuban. I love this video. It should be shown in all schools.
Love to see the our beautiful Negras from every Latin American country and beyond what a beautiful culture and race .proud to be Dominican I am of lightskin shade but darn well know I am afro latino everytime I look at my dad and my grandmother it has always drove it home for me . 🇩🇴👊. For some.of.my Dominican people wake up we are a people of African descent and our genes , culture ,food and music tell it so.
Don't say Negra. They say it's racist
@@grod805 No not true for us saying Negra to our women is a term of endearment .
Cultural differences is what makes life interesting and Black “Negro” peoples live in many countries. It’s okay to be yourself regardless if your 10% or 100 % be Blessed and well 🙏🏼💛🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼👈🏼
Excellent topic. Currently having a conversation with my niece, who in a sense, is having a mini identity crisis. For all of you, my Afro Latino people, watch this video with your young ones and initiate this conversation
I absolutely loved this thank u
Love this so much!! Thank you!!
You're welcome, thank you for watching :)
Loved this!
Strictly Hip Hop thank you for watching!
This is nice. I can relate.
Johanna W thank you for watching!
Awesome film. Thanks for putting some light on this topic. Salute from a Haitian born in the USA :D
Thank you for watching!
I love your videos. Do one on Canadian black people next please
Great video.
Great video
This is wonderful 🇵🇦
Thank you for watching ☺️
Y’all look just like us!! Beautiful 😍
Very insightful
Thank you Charlie!
Go through this every day I am Puerto Rican and black foot native don't even know and very proud of beIN Afro I was whitewashed my whole life so as I'm of age to further my knowledge I feel alot better bout myself
It's African born in Latin regions,Countries
Like African born in America
African American
African Latinos
Very good video.
sammie smith thank you Sammie! I appreciate you taking the time to watch this.
Good video!
Thank you Dawn! I appreciate you taking the time to watch this.
@@SweeteastEscape You're welcome! I am actually African American but I moved to the Miami area about 3 years ago and I have noticed alot of the issues that you discussed in the video going on down here in Miami.
Dawn Ivey I was just talking to a friend about bringing the series to Tampa so I can talk to her Dad. Looks like I should make a stop in Miami too!
Definitely!
Roses 4me Wow! That’s crazy!
Peruvian, Jamaican, Taino, Bajan, I luv my flavor
I love this topic because I'm afro Panamanian n mi love my cultures my black n latin side we in Panama come in all shades but here in Brooklyn's community we Panamanians love our culture
panama1965 so glad to hear, thank you for watching :)
I am from Brooklyn New York. I am Afro-Panamanian and Jamaican descent.
"You listen to the music my people make"...that statement is deep. Im light skin and the more eyes turned has come from my own. I think is complicated, yet the mind does becomes a habit from what is used to.
that's right my family from colon
Speaks Beyond language and perception
Robert Jackson thank you for watching!
Las negras tienen tumbao!❣️
Interesting 🤗
Listen we should respect all people it don't matter where you come from cause we are all gods children
Agreed!
They think us are people dont have black in Latin America or central or the Caribbean
thank God we need more forum.
Yes..I .get.it...we..are...same...Marvin...Jones..from..Philly
I..love..all..my..Black..people..in..the..world
My great grandfather and grandfather speak full Spanish also worked on the 🇵🇦 canal they are Jamaican 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I am Somali and love to learn from other blacks. I am sorry to ask but why many blacks in diaspora always love to emphasize their mixture with Indians even if they don't look it particularly AAs? Just curious. Beautiful black people 👍
Yes, AA actually OVERSTATE Native American ancestry. Its documented that most AA have 1-2 percent Native American ancestry but its overstated by 25% many times.
Stupidity, that`s what it boils down to!!
For black Americans it was often a way to cover up that it was actually White European ancestry. Almost all Black Latinos definitely have Native American ancestry, but only about 5% to 8% of Black Americans have any Native blood at all.
Nafertiti Fearless But Loving Sheebah Afro Latinos are much more mixed with Native than African Americans for the most part.
Some believe that some of the indigenous people looked African and were recategorized by white people. Even some Native American tribes do look black.
Good video. Set it face book to for shating
Godzilla Megatron thank you for watching!
My family is from Panama. There is many countries in Latin America that have Afro Latinos.The school only teaches students about slavery in America. The school never discuss slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean. You find blacks from Colombia,Panama ,Ecuador,Peru,Bolivia, Puerto Rico,Dominican Republic,Cuba outside Havana. There is small section of Buenos Aires in Argentina where black people live. Uruguay there is a small section not far from Montevideo. Where black people live. Paraguay have a small Black Population outside Asuncion. The slave trade started in Santa Marta in Cartagena ,Colombia and Panama. Latinos should talk about racism,colorism many years ago.
My cousins are Afro-Mexican. I learned very early about how we are the same; however, acculturated differently.
The most beautiful of diversity human being that God creation myself black Mexican Latino I never fell inferior from others people color thanks God for who I’m as long they respect me I get along with every body
Gabe Castro I’m happy to hear this. Thank you for watching!
But in Central America there are millions of black people though. I am not black but I just love my black People.
Yasss Panama!!! :)
Blactina Media It was an honour to have Stoney on the panel! Thank you for watching :)
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I know right! I barely see us!
Amen tell the truth
As a BLACK African American man i love my people from whatever country you were taken to as slaves because we are the same people whether you are Afro-American Afrocuba Afro Mexican Afro Asian Afro Europe Afro Philippines Afro Columbia Afro Spain Afro-german and etc and this is how the white man has kept us divided.
at 14:19 she said it right there. I am tired of being told from Black Non Latinos that, "Oh you guys must deny your blackness." NO! we are all black. IF a cop pulls me over and in a racial profile kind of mood, he is not going to be like.... Oh my bad, you're not black. We all black. PUNTO.
2:54 - 3:14 On point!
All true the whole thing everyone said.
THANKS YOU GOODNESS 🌟❤️🖤💚🤎 FAMILY DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜,
You all are beautiful and I love each of your cultures! In America things go in categories. They need things to be in nice neat little boxes so it makes it easier for them to identify. That's what they did with the Indians (Native Americans) they didn't care that they were of "different tribes" So, long story short, with no more confusion. Over here? your Black. When someone gets to know you, there the disrinction can be made and they can see that your more than your skin color. But again, for the sake of time and also nobody really giving a shit about this subject really, you're Black. So, you know, be ok with that. Love to all
Esoooo🇲🇽
I’m Black American. Partially of Hispanic descent. 20% Latin European all together. I’m Creole. I’m also Afro - Latin. I don’t speak the language, because the Hispanic is down the line. My grandfather and my dad’s older siblings spoke Creole and Spanish. Then, it was banned in schools. Here in Louisiana. I’m Louisiana Creole.
Minute 8 ....
I has happened to me !
Am all for black people. to speak about their culture don't say it as if you are explaining yourself to anyone you are not an abject you are human fearfully and wonderfully made just know who you truly are define yourself
Love this so much 🤍
✊
Shame on the haters raise your fist in the air one time
Ms. Ortega
In California they are still not used to afro latinos....still ignorant out here
I grew up van nuys, we always been discriminated by Mexican cus of we have darker skin, but we don't care, we hold are ground,
@@alfredoalcantar8691 explain please
I legit thought the girl in the white jacket was Lala. ..lmaooo
I don't think most people know how and why Latino and Africa cultures are so intertwined. How caste systems are used to keep people separated and under control. We have been taught "his story" but we don't really know world history. Why don't we know most of Columbus's crew were marranos (Black Moorish Jews of Maghrib, Sudan and Iberian Pennisula: the Marranos) and that all had Latino sir names but were Afro Latinos. Check out "Columbus" and his Negro friends". Peace and blessing to all, familia 🙏
Only if people knew the undertones of what amara is actually doing sigh if they only knew
Wym????
@@angelnicolemclean4454 meaning in this case amara is not a black woman and she is just trying to up play and take advantage of blackness and make money off of it while at the same time reinforcing the same things she complains about ie whiteness colourism etc and what does she go and do she wears hair that isn't her hair texture covers her hair all the time wears coloured contacts etc
When you come to the African continent there are tribes that resemble each of this people
I don't know why people with one black parent and non-Black Latin parents refer to themselves as afro Latino. I thought afro-latino was a term used to describe black people whose black African ancestors were enslaved in Latin America. Not someone with an African American Dad and say nonBlack Mexican mother
Because they can be Afro Latino the Latino culture is still in the home. Afro is the African descendant side and Latino is the Latino side. I’m Cuban by my father side and my mom is AA and creole and I proudly say I’m Afro Latina ❤️🇨🇺🇨🇺
@@shalontehernandez6752 but Afro Latino is a word that means African roots in Latin culture
@@shalontehernandez6752 no Afro Latino means a Black person who's ethnically latino like a Black Cuban.
@@13579hee You are correct! You need to be black to be an afro latino. A product of an african american and an non black latino cannot be consider an afro latino, I don't care how they look.
I guess I'm on the other end I'm a black woman both parents black I speak read and write Spanish .......I identify and say I'm black because I am but damn I get tired of people assuming im.not black. Several times a week " ooh I thought u were mex/black.....or Dominican main one is Puerto Rican smh what about the other end.....people not thinking u r black.
I am sure people know that Africans were not only brought to America. People like to talk about racism in America BUT, white Latinos are racist against the black Latinos, and many of the black Latinos & Latinas won't accept that they are black. No matter what part of the world you come from. If you look like any of the people in this video, then you are black. We may all come from different cultures but the bottom line is our ancestors are African. I am American of Caribbean decent, and I applaud each one of these people for acknowledging that they are black.
Black.latin.and.black..Usa.are.the.same.race..Marvin.Jones.from.Philly
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Can I get intouch with cuban lady please
Maybe it's me i don't care where in this world you were born and how mix you if you are black you are black you know who you are some people just want a part of this or a part of that therefore they created confusion for themselves
That's the problem,black American don't what to see nothing else beyond black,that's the reason we need to teach history in school.
Noreen Perez well said! 🇵🇦
Noreen Perez Exactly! Why is it an issue anything beyond black
@@noreenperez8666 I see the problem as most Latinos only want to be black when it's convenient. The bottom line is that it doesn't matter what language you speak or what port your ancestors where dragged to; the only thing that matter is your skin tone and/or your hair texture that defines how black you are. You can be mixed all you want but if you look blackish your black.
LMAO when there are more Black people in Central, South and Latin American than in North America but ppl wanna act dumb. BRING VISIBILITY & REPRESENTATION.
Yes! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Matter of fact, the first Puerto Rican man I ever learned about in school was Roberto Clemente! Black man! So I was shocked the first time I saw it be any other way, and kept seeing it that way! Lack of substantial representation is definitely a problem!
CV too! 😊
Mixes race
Amara has Europe features and dark skin and her mom is lighter I think she a good representative of an Afro Latina she can date a man with her same phenotype and have children that look at her mom and people don’t understand that
charlie1wills but black features are diverse african features can look as European features and by saying she has European features takes away from her blackness
We were shipped to the four corners of the earth as prophesied in the Scriptures, we are in all nations, the Diaspora is one people.
Deuteronomy 32:26.
26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
I'm Afro-latina. Cuban And Jamaican . And I'm Proud To Be 🇨🇺🇯🇲