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No it's when a dark skinned Puerto rican says that they are not black because they speak Spanish.
interesting. im not familiar with that. that wouldnt happen in PR, since they all speak spanish. but i guess its not surprising for some dark skinned hispanics trying to differentiate themsevles from "african americans" so they prefer to be labeled as "spanish" rather than "black."
interesting. im not familiar with that. that wouldnt happen in PR, since they all speak spanish. but i guess its not surprising for some dark skinned hispanics trying to differentiate themsevles from "african americans" so they prefer to be labeled as "spanish" rather than "black."
That's exactly what is happening. PRs, Dominicans, Cubans, though Cubans tend to be more conscious of their blackness. I don't usually see Panamanians or most Colombian or Costa Rican blacks doing this that much either.
Hispanic/Latino is not a Racial Category. It is a linguistic one. As other posters has pointed this out. I have a friend born and raised in Puerto Rico, one Great-grandmother was from Ireland and her grandfather was from Germany. As you can imagine she is very light skinned. What I like about Puerto Ricans( and Latin Americans in general) they identify as Puerto Rican, Uruguayan, Brazilian etc first and do not worry as much about heratige as here in the USA. People dont call themselves Polish-Uruguayan or Afro-Cuban etc.
Hispanics can be of any race.
Some examples.
The previous president of Peru Alberto Fujimori's parents were from Japan.
I have a friend from Uruguay whose grandparents all came from Poland
Brazilian supermodel Giselle Bundchen(sp?) is of German decent.
Pele was decended from African slaves in Brazil
There are countless others.
I found it funny when the movie "Alive" came out in 1993 people were upset that the actors were "too white" These people were obviously ignorant about the people of Uruguay (and Argentina for that matter) mostly European. Very much like the the typical white people in New Jersey. They dont look like people from Guatamala
It is spelled Guatemala learn how to spell before you post
I am Guatemalan and Costa Rican a blond green eye Guate Rican
Married to a pure German and my kids are blond and blue eyed
I guess I am white lmao
I'm sure George and Jerry would have a definitive rule as to the op query. Otherwise, there are no official state achives that list final decisions of sociological questions.
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