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Originally Posted by Golem1979
But the majority of that 54% do not look White at all. Identifying as White is one thing, but actually looking White is another.
Take a look at this Hispanic woman for example who is wanted by the authorities, they have her listed as White under race. But look at her phenotytpe, does she physically look White to you ?
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Only in Miami. Back in Cuba most Cubans are closer to African Americans in skin color than they are to White Americans.
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These statements are true. Latino/Hispanic people in general tend to overstate their whiteness and play down their blackness. Overall, the majority of Cubans are black or technically mixed African/European, while the Miami contingent tends to skew more white because most Cuban migrants, at least in the early years post-Castro, were Caucasian. The population of the Dominican Republic is 85% of African ancestry (black and mulatto), but few Dominicans expressly self-identify as such. Denial and the results of centuries of white supremacist cultural inheritance permeate the Dominican culture.
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