PBS Special: BLACK IN LATIN AMERICA

As an African-American Latino, I can tell you from personal experience that the subculture of attempting to distance oneself from African ancestry is very common. Those who openly affirm African ancestry and culture (including some who are 'whiter-looking' than Colin Powell, some who look 100% African, and everything in between) are usually those steeped in one of the African-derived cultural phenomena: santeria, candomble, capoeira, bomba y plena, guaguanco, etc, or those who have had significant experience in non-Iberoamerican societies, where their white self-concept was stripped from them. Those without overt links to one of these cultures or the communities that birthed them have as much desire to straighten hair, be "white" (whatever that means) or be viewed as such, as blacks in this country prior to racial empowerment movements. All the "good hair vs. bad hair", high-yellow, "my grandfather was from Spain", tropes are all present.

 

Like Flame said that wanna be slave owner hillbilly doesn't know what she's talking about.

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Damn, MrFantastic, that's a lot of science for a Sunday afternoon! That clip was heavy-duty LOL - I'm off to grab a cup of Cafe Bustelo (sin leche) and put on some bomba music!

 

Had to let some dummies fam know

 

This is a good post about what some Latin Americans think about this very topic. I especially agree with Calfornication. .

http://mulattodebate.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5081082&trail=15

 

Your very childish.

 

Thanks for more divisive literature Mrs. Duke

 

Exactly.

 

And you're as racist as the day is long but it doesn't stop you from posting

 

Get a life dude.

 

Sorry, but why is she a racist?.

 

How ironic