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The history, oral and written, is unassailable. So is DNA evidence. So is culture. The Africans in Latin America are more African culturally than those in North America.
I have no idea what you're getting at. How do you think all of those hundreds of millions of dark skinned, nappy haired people playing drums and eating African-originated foods got to Latin America? Did they emigrate from South Carolina or North Philadelphia?
I work with a Haitian American and she's clear on that fact; she's not African American. eh. African immigrants, folk hailing from the Caribbean or Haiti, etc, in the US appear to have their own thing going on as far as self-identity goes. Either way, Lucario's point is pretty clear to me.
I'm confused here... It's not like the Haitians hailed from Norway!
I guess she insists on being recognized as Haitian and not being lumped together with the local African-Americans... Because I don't think the race could possibly be a source of an argument... Considering what sort of a country Haiti is, I'd rather be called African-American if I were her.
I'm confused here... It's not like the Haitians hailed from Norway!
I guess she insists on being recognized as Haitian and not being lumped together with the local African-Americans... Because I don't think the race could possibly be a source of an argument... Considering what sort of a country Haiti is, I'd rather be called African-American if I were her.
That's what it is......Caribbeans, Africans and Afro-Latinos often do not want to be lumped in with the North American black people.
I'm confused here... It's not like the Haitians hailed from Norway!
I guess she insists on being recognized as Haitian and not being lumped together with the local African-Americans... Because I don't think the race could possibly be a source of an argument... Considering what sort of a country Haiti is, I'd rather be called African-American if I were her.
I don't know what we were talking about during one conversation, but she said "you don't think I'm African, do you?" I figure it's about nationalism, culture, etc.
I don't know what we were talking about during one conversation, but she said "you don't think I'm African, do you?" I figure it's about nationalism, culture, etc.
Ha! What a joke!
Population: approximately 8.3 million, almost entirely of African origin.
I don't know what we were talking about during one conversation, but she said "you don't think I'm African, do you?" I figure it's about nationalism, culture, etc.
It's also about colonial mentalities and self-hatred.
It's also about colonial mentalities and self-hatred.
I wouldn't know, tho, it was the first time I've come across it. She's a very dark woman, so her ancestry is obvious. Self-identification can be complex. I can relate to that. Italian Americans, for example, have a distinct culture. Ancestry is traced back to Italy, but we have our thing going on in certain regions of the US that is outside Italy/Europe.
Yes, but in the States anyone that's black is labeled African-American. It's a joke because many blacks are from Cuba, the Carribean, Haiti, the Dominican Republic just to nam a few places. In fact, I'd even say that most blacks are not originally from Africa.
Hey that's where i'm from
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