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View Poll Results: Miami: Diversity or Not Diversity?
Diversity 33 63.46%
Not Diversity 19 36.54%
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Old 10-16-2011, 09:44 AM
 
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Brazil? What do we know? Ask us about Cuba. Most Brazilians who move here(and keep in mind they are still a small minority in Miami) are white. Some are dark too but they are not usually as mixed. My understanding is that there was a lot of racism in Brazil' history so there wasn't a lot mixing that took place. I cant remember exactly but I think many portuguese women migrated along with the men. Spanish men at the beginning migrated alone so had no other choice than to mix with the Amerindians and black slaves.
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Old 10-16-2011, 01:21 PM
 
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But again, they are only exceptions to the rule. Of the 75%, 95% are heavily Spanish in origin meaning they are from Spanish speaking countries.
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This doesn't make sense to me, care to elaborate?
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Old 10-16-2011, 01:26 PM
 
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Brazil? What do we know? Ask us about Cuba. Most Brazilians who move here(and keep in mind they are still a small minority in Miami) are white. Some are dark too but they are not usually as mixed. My understanding is that there was a lot of racism in Brazil' history so there wasn't a lot mixing that took place. I cant remember exactly but I think many portuguese women migrated along with the men. Spanish men at the beginning migrated alone so had no other choice than to mix with the Amerindians and black slaves.
You are talking about the conquistadors and time of the colonies. Brazil got multicultural during the years of heavy immigration (1880's - to 1900's), like everywhere else in the continent.
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Old 10-16-2011, 01:28 PM
 
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Is brazil diverse?
very much so
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Old 10-16-2011, 02:07 PM
 
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We'll never know how many middle easterners or North Africans there are in Miami. Under American politics they pass as White or Asian. The ladder is reserved for nations like Afghanistan. Lebanese pass as white, for example. Not saying that they are not. Racially, people from Afghanistan are also caucasian, not mongoloid.
There are enough Afghanis[tanis] that would be considered mongoloid.
In many Asian countries it's not unusual to encounter phenotypically different races within a family.
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Old 10-16-2011, 02:07 PM
 
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This doesn't make sense to me, care to elaborate?
Sure. You keep pointing out how there are many different types of Hispanic groups, some who are actually whites or Caucasians in race. While that is true, those types who fit that description only account for a small % of the overall 75%. The Hispanic Latino culture and/or racial background dominates the area. There is only 1 cultural/racial group that comprises of 75% of the population. A fact that you still cannot admit.

Again, how many Miamians are Russian, Italian, Irish, English, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Iranian, Afhan, Korean, German, French, Greek, Polish, Finish, etc.?
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Old 10-16-2011, 02:16 PM
 
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The word "Hispanic" is too broad of a brush to tar people with, given the plethora of different ethnic groups in Central/South America.
Just like the words

"Asian": Indonesians, Indians, Chinese are each made up of dozens of different ethnic groups.

"Black": Natives of Madagascar is closer to the Maoris, Rapa Nui people, and Taiwan aborigines.

"White": Very different ethnic groups.
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Old 10-16-2011, 02:47 PM
 
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Sure. You keep pointing out how there are many different types of Hispanic groups, some who are actually whites or Caucasians in race. While that is true, those types who fit that description only account for a small % of the overall 75%. The Hispanic Latino culture and/or racial background dominates the area. There is only 1 cultural/racial group that comprises of 75% of the population. A fact that you still cannot admit.

Again, how many Miamians are Russian, Italian, Irish, English, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Iranian, Afhan, Korean, German, French, Greek, Polish, Finish, etc.?
Like pure ones (from the old country) or just descendants?? If it's from the country proper, then not much (like at all), if it's by ancestry, I can only say that Italians win in that list. People in SA have either Spanish or Italian last names, those are the main common ancestries for whites and mestizos in SA. Unless you go to Brazil, where it's more diverse. North America doesn't have that many Italians, imho. Only some few in certain cities.
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Old 10-16-2011, 08:45 PM
 
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Like pure ones (from the old country) or just descendants?? If it's from the country proper, then not much (like at all), if it's by ancestry, I can only say that Italians win in that list. People in SA have either Spanish or Italian last names, those are the main common ancestries for whites and mestizos in SA. Unless you go to Brazil, where it's more diverse. North America doesn't have that many Italians, imho. Only some few in certain cities.
In Argentina, people of Italian descent outnumber those of Spanish descent:

Italian Argentine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Argentina also has one of the largest Welsh populations in the southern hemisphere:

Patagonia's People: The Welsh - PATAGONIA-ARGENTINA.COM

Chile has one of the largest English ancestry groups of any non-English speaking country:

Patagonia's People: The Welsh - PATAGONIA-ARGENTINA.COM


Brazil - probably one of the most diverse nations on earth! Aside from Portuguese and African, scores of people with German, Italian and even Japanese ancestry too.

My point: South America is just as diverse as North America. The term "Hispanic" is too broad of a brush.
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Old 10-16-2011, 09:35 PM
 
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Exactly, nice find.
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