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I would say that there is a brotherhood in so much as "we are friends because we share the same enemies." It is the same with the Irish and the Italians...there was no friendship other than "well at least you are not Black or Hispanic."
That isn't to say there wasn't any camraderie, but it is true there is anti-black sentiment, just as blacks also have anti-Hispanic sentiment. We are human beings and it is normal to not get along.
Of course from time to time they'll be some conflict between blacks and hispanics but but the overwhelming vast majority of the time there's no beef. Blacks and Hispanics have lived together in NYC for like the past 40-50 years and created hip hop together.
This isn't LA where there's a whole Black vs Brown problem
Harlem feels very Spanish to me the times I've been there. East and west
Its "spanish" at the extreme west(ham heights) and east but even those areas still have large black communities and the dominant culture in harlem overall is still black american. Harlem has its own vibe and is noticeably different from the more Hispanic areas above it.
People should remember that being Hispanic is not a race, and there are plenty of black Hispanics walking around. So while technically they are classified as Hispanic and not counted as black, in practical terms however, the outside world sees no difference between David Ortiz (Dominican baseball player) and Chris Rock.
You can fill Harlem with black Hispanics instead of American blacks, and the world will see no difference, despite their being major cultural ones.
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