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Your comment about relating to Black American culture really isn't relevant to a most diverse Black communities list.
Yes it is, when the culture most Afro-Latinos celebrate is LATINO culture and not Black American---or even just Black---culture.
But he is right that Black Cubans are generally the only Afro Latinos who are as proud of their African heritage as they are of their Latino heritage, rather than denying their blackness (Sorry, I didn't catch it when it said that). Dominicans are hands down the worst when it comes to that, though...
I will also pull a few other cities when I have time. Let me know if there are any specific ones you want to see.
Also before anyone says it, I know that many of these countries have people that identify as a race other than Black. I just think that we need to include them all because its impossible to paint a picture of Black diversity if you do not include Latin American countries. Many of whom share a similar history to many West Indian countries.
First thing that jumps out at me is how few Ethiopians there are outside of DC. Given the popularity of their cuisine, I figured they would be higher than some other countries but I guess not.
Yes it is, when the culture most Afro-Latinos celebrate is LATINO culture and not Black American---or even just Black---culture.
But he is right that Black Cubans are generally the only Afro Latinos who are as proud of their African heritage as they are of their Latino heritage, rather than denying their blackness (Sorry, I didn't catch it when it said that). Dominicans are hands down the worst when it comes to that, though...
The Henry Louis Gates special "Black in Latin America" definitely profiled the complexities of race and how Dominicans view themselves. I do find that many of the American born Dominicans are more willing to embrace their "blackness" so to speak. Either way it still does not mean that many are not black. Someone like David Ortiz for example is probably genetically more African than me and I am from Jamaica.
Black Brazilians from my experience are very proud of their racial identity. I know there are some complexities there as well of course. Also from personal experience Panamanians who are black are very self aware racially (I am 1/4 Panamanian myself) and can speak at length about their connection to the West Indies.
Here's the Black adult population (18+) that's foreign born for selected metros and percentage of the Black population. Even in large Black immigrant communities, the children are usually US-born; in New York, Miami and Boston less than 10% of Black children were foreign born. So by limiting it to the adult population, we have a better sense of the share of the population that's of immigrant origin (though this obviously excludes, for example, the sizable 2nd generation Caribbean population that's under 40).
New York 910,508 35.5%
Miami 379,832 43.8%
Washington 193,877 17.5%
Atlanta 128,903 10.3%
Boston 111,307 43.3%
Philadelphia 82,972 9.1%
Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latino yeah, but I don't know about African American (I know MIA has a decent sized population) and Continental African.
Yeah the Miami metro still has a large black American population. But they don't have a large African population. But I don't think any city besides New York beats Miami on black carribean population.
Looking at those stats on this page and the last for various cities, you can basically tell that Black Caribbeans do not come west of the Mississippi that much. They usually stay along the Eastern seaboard.
Boston, Hartford, NYC, Miami, Providence and the rest arent even at all close. End Thread.
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