PBS Special: BLACK IN LATIN AMERICA

And so the voodoo stuff is french culture huh that's interesting to note

 

Just stick your head back in your ass lil fella...

 

Keep owning that fool...lol

 

So what's next now?, aliens hate black people too?, lol sorry man, but you are a lunatic.

 

You know very well what I mean.

 

Racism in Cuba

Racism in Cuba refers to racial discrimination against Afro-Cuban or mulatto minorities.

Esteban Morales Dominguez has pointed to institutionalized racism in his book "The Challenges of the Racial Problem in Cuba" (Fundacion Fernando Ortiz). A survey showed that white Cubans believe that blacks are "less intelligent than whites" (58%) and "devoid of decency" (69%). Racial Politics in Post-Revolutionary Cuba by Mark Q. Sawyer discusses the racial ideology prevalent in the Communist Cuba.

According to anthropologists dispatched by the European Union, racism in Cuban is systemic and institutional. Black people are systematically excluded from positions that tourism related jobs, where they could earn tips in hard currencies. According to the EU study, black people are relegated to poor housing, complained of the longest waits for healthcare, were excluded from managerial positions, received the lowest remittances from relatives abroad, and were five times more likely to be imprisoned.

Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_Cuba

 

In Latin America and the Caribbean, racism is focused above all against blacks, even more so than against indigenous people.

Mexican President Vicente Fox sparked an uproar when he stated that Mexicans living in the United States take jobs that "not even blacks want." In Mexico itself, the Afro-descendant population accounts for less than two percent of the country's people. A survey published in the Mexico City newspaper El Universal revealed that 56.6 percent of respondents believed that there was racism in Mexico, while 61.1 percent said that there was discrimination based on the color of people's skin.

In Ecuador, the government sponsored the First National Survey on Racism and Racial Discrimination. Of the 37,500 people interviewed, 65 percent believed there was racism in their country, and 88 percent said that blacks suffered the worst discrimination.

Studies conducted by the Ministry of Education in Brazil - the country with the largest number of Afro-descendants in Latin America and the Caribbean - show that a mere 2.2 percent of university students are black, 18 percent are of mixed-race heritage, and the vast majority, 80 percent, are white. The illiteracy rate in Brazil is 2.5 times higher among people of African descent than in other racial groups.

Source: Inter Press Service News Agency

 

WHAAAAT...!

There is racism in Brazil...???

I'm shocked....we have a coon from Brazil that says there is no racism there.

 

As a Black Latin American, it is not just racism that is the issue. There are different groups of blacks in many Latin countries. Two blacks, with the same skin shade might be on different social hierarchies, due to their ancestry alone. Too often times people treat us Afro-Latins like we are all the same, but many of us are radically different, depending on the countries.

 

Racism varies from country to country, shoot many of my family lived better than the non-black population. As stated earlier, too many people are not analytical about the situation of Black Latin America.

 

Truth is America has more Middle Class across the board of all races. In Latin America, the gap between the wealthy and poor is enormous regardless of which race we are talking about.

 

The non Blacks see you all the same.

 

From what I understand this is manly a Dominican issue. As stated earlier, you cannot put us all in the same box. Everyone in my family admits they are black without hesitation, as many other blacks from Latin America that I know personally. Again, this is only an issue in certain countries.

 

It's an issue with Blacks throughout the Latin World...Brothers and Sisters so damaged they can't even admit they are Black..

 

Dude...there are plenty who admit they are black. More than people give credit for. Plus, this issue varies depend on the country and ethnic group. Too many blacks, in America, who can't tell you anything how blacks in one Latin American country are distinct from blacks in another need to read up on the situation more.

 

Don't put words in my mouth, I never said there is no racism in Brazil, I just said Brazil isn't more racist than the US.

 

The last time I checked Jews had very few rights in the Old South and were also the target of Klan threats - although definitely not anywhere near the scale of what was done to the black community. Had not heard about Jewish Confederate Army veterans though, so thanks for posting that to add to the discussion.

As for my earlier arguments about immigration, I don't think you're getting what I was arguing. I was not talking about whether or not there would be interracial harmony and we would all just 'get along'. However, the increasing amount of racial and ethnic diversity does in fact lead to greater intermarrying, the absorption of different views and cultures, and now so more than ever with everything available at a keystroke. As a result, the old singular white vs. black dichotomy is less over. It is still there, racism is still extremely strong, but it is not the only defining element of US life, like it was as recently as 25 years ago.

 

Well, here's one who is black and self-identifying. No Taino line from me...

 

As some one who's parents grew up in Latin America...I will definitely be checking this out.


A PBS documentary of Students in Brazil

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/brazil-in-black-and-white/video-full-episode/2104/

An early episode of Black In Latin America- Haiti and Dominican Republic

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/black-in-la...lic-an-island-divided-watch-full-episode/165/

 

Appiah, I don't think we're arguing the presence of African or other non-white influences in a given country. However, the term "Western World" is used to designate those countries, despite a great deal of non-white or non-European racial makeup and culture. Not arguing its validity, just noting its existence as a term.