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When I'm in a part of the state with a concentration of Native Americans people often ask me if I'm Native. They are probably noticing the part of my genetic heritage that is Saami, Reindeer People.
Although we call ourselves Scandinavian some of my cousins look distinctly Asian.
I'm 1/2 Irish American ("red Irish") and 1/2 Portuguese American.
I have the paper white skin w very dark hair and eyes. I've been mistaken for a lot of things. e.g, French, Italian, AmerAsian, Native American. Probably many more as well but these are the ones that are most memorable (and most often) because I think those ethnicities are beautiful! !
You can be black and Hispanic at the same time.......most Dominicans are black by U.S. definition.
Not automatically or necessarily. The definitions of "race" in the USA is arbitrary. There are many Dominicans that are not considered "black" to many, especially considering that many people often can't seem to distinguish the differences between race, nationality, ethnicity, culture, religion, etc lol.
Many African Americans, and other types of black identified Americans in the USA often get questioned or told that they don't look black enough, and get mistaken for Dominican, Puerto Rican, Cape Verdean etc. (And there is no such thing as looking a nationality per say, but you get my point)
(And there is no such thing as looking a nationality per say, but you get my point)
In the day, before people were so mobile and tended to live where they were born for most of their lives, you could often look at someone, speak a few words with them and pretty closely guess what state they were from, and probably what nationality they were.
It was a favorite game DH and I played. Can't do it anymore because people are supposed to get offended if you inquire.
Not automatically or necessarily. The definitions of "race" in the USA is arbitrary. There are many Dominicans that are not considered "black" to many, especially considering that many people often can't seem to distinguish the differences between race, nationality, ethnicity, culture, religion, etc lol.
Even the Dominican government acknowledges that about 85% of its citizens have African ancestors. America's definition of black is anyone with African ancestry. And most black Americans, for whatever reason, and most white Americans, for whatever reason, see the obviously mixed or obviously Afrodescended Dominicans as black.
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Many African Americans, and other types of black identified Americans in the USA often get questioned or told that they don't look black enough, and get mistaken for Dominican, Puerto Rican, Cape Verdean etc. (And there is no such thing as looking a nationality per say, but you get my point)
There are plenty of Dominicans, Puerto Ricans and Cape Verdeans in this country who are obviously very African, and as you said, the range varies from the The spectrum of phenotypes among these groups roughly mirrors that of African Americans.
None of what you said contradicts my statement that a person can be black and Hispanic/Latino at the same time. I am.
Hello, In the USA, England, Wales, Brazil, Peru, Belize, Panama & the Bahamas I have been asked what nationality I was. When I answer that I am a North American from the USA, I get a response like "But what ethnicity are you?" or "But what nationality do you descend from?" etc. They usually guess either Italian, Greek, or Brazilian and they seem disappointed when they find out that I am mostly Scottish with some English & French tossed in. When I started doing genealogy research, I really expected to find some really cool explanation for my thick, dark, curly hair, and skin that, although very white in the winter, tans easily. But not yet. My father's mother's family, the McAllisters are the side of the family my hair comes from. They all sart out with black curly hair that turns silver. Kind Regards!
My daughter had a friend who grew up without knowing her father. Her mother told her he was from Iran. And so for the first twenty-five years of her life she thought that was true.
One day the two of the them were walking through the American Indian part of Minneapolis and some people on the street spoke to her in Dakotah. She told them they had made a mistake and they answered that they didn't think so.
After questioning her mother she was finally told that her father was a member of one of the indigenous tribes. Imagine that - not being told who you are.
For many years, I've been asked repeatedly what nationality I am. If I ask them to guess, they'll guess a range of Italian, Spanish, Mexican, or Indian, whereas I have none of these. My parents had always told me that on both sides I have German, English, and French, but I just recently got back the results of my first ever DNA test, and lo and behold, it says the largest amount of my DNA is British (58%)! I then have 19% Irish, which I had never heard of having any Irish in my lineage. However, I show nothing from the regions of Italy, Spain, Mexico, etc, as well as no middle Eastern, no Asian, and no African. In other words, seemingly nothing that would have given me my slightly olive skin tone, very dark hair, or hazel eyes. I had hoped the DNA test would clear up where the dark part came from, but with that Irish DNA it has further added to the mystery for me, as I have always thought of Irish people as being very fair-skinned.
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they think i am a dominican. nope. both of my parents are BLACK.
