Do those exists in the land of taking sides? Just like biracial kids can't elect to be white I'd imagine the same of darker skinned Hispanics. That shit may fly in Brazil but here in the land of the free pick a side or we'll pick one for you
Not talking about them....at least not the ones that can admitt their Black....a LOT of them claim they are Taino indian and Spanish...despite looking like Joe Lee Hooker...:smt043
Ain't nobody in my family saying that, when we're black as the ace of spades, just like John Lee Hooker, lol. For me, Puerto Rico is just a place where my grandmother came from, no different from Louisiana or Tennessee. Seriously though, I don't see a conflict between black identity and Latino identity. But that's probably because the Latino contribution is from African people too. If I were half Mexican or some majority indigenous or white nationality in Latin America, maybe I would feel differently. But then again, my son's mother is from Spain but my son is firmly black in consciousness. For him his race is black and Spain is only relevant from the standpoint of a national discussion, i.e. USA vs. Spain, etc.
I wonder if 'Blaxican' is a large population segment out west and if they have resolved this issue.
IMO FH has a knowledgeable perspective on many issues, but he generalizes too much about the racism between Black and Hispanics.
You see more than a few Blacks and Latinos/Latinas coupled up in the DMV and you rarely hear about raced based gang beefs against Blacks from MS13.
The reason there's so much friction on the West Coast is because of Black and Hispanic gang turf rivalries, I don't think it's mainly a racial problem.
Where I live is a totally different situation than anything on the West Coast.
Even in Texas you don't have this crazy hostile friction between Blacks and Hispanics.
Are some Hispanics just flat out racist and don't want their daughters within ten feet of a Black man?? Yes.
But not all of them. And their women creep big time.
The East coast is just a different situation IMO.
I definitely agree its different on the east coast but when I read certain comments on YouTube or other sites you get a strong feeling Hispanics hate us just as much. Living out here in NY we all kind of adopt the we're all minorities attitude but I do notice stuff now when PR or DR guys see black dudes with "their" women
I do agree that the East Coast is a different animal entirely. But I think it's because the dominant Latino cultures out east are ones in which African culture is central to the group's culture. Black Dominicans may talk ish and not wanting brothers with "their" women, but I don't hear them dropping that African-ass Dominican music, food and culture and adopting heavy metal and going to parties where they don't dance, lol. I see their behavior being more similar to the behavior of African immigrants as they have occasional friction with African-Americans in the community. More ethno-centrism than racism per se.
True.The thing is there are alot more light-skinned Latinos in the US than Dark-skinned Latinos.Most of the Dark-skinned Latinos still reside in their native countries like Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.I don't blame them because they get treated alot better back in their homelands than they ever would coming to America.
So true. The immigrant populations are often 'whiter' than the native population back home. This is especially true of the Cuban exile community which in FL was almost exclusively white until the Mariel boatlift. And you see huge divisions within their community based on the time of your ancestors' arrival. The white elite call the Marielitos (poor whites, biracial and black) 'balseros' or boat people and disdain them totally. They are also not represented in the business and political class.
Blacks and Puerto Rican relations are pretty seamless here from what I observe and I live and work in a diverse area.
This has been my personal experience. You cannot generalize, it depends on the 'race' of the Latino, where in the country they have resided, the African-American and Latino populations that are there, and how this mix affects the socialization of the immigrant group once they arrive.
They'd be deporting them by the millions if they were our freinds..:smt006
White America doesn't import our allies into the country....never have never will....they may be crazy but they ain't fools.
Well, the US is deporting more brown undocumented people than ever. So, according to that logic, 'they' might be our friends. Lol.
Every nationality in Latin America is different. Mexican culture is distinct from Brazilian culture, Cuban culture, Dominican culture, etc. History and economic factors have as much to do with this strife as any sort of primordial structure that you feel is taking place. Patterns of immigration, competition for low-wage jobs, inter-group criminal competition, etc also play a role.
News flash: there is HUGE intra-Latino hostility toward Mexicans and indigenous people as well. Is there an issue of hostility toward black people in much of Latin America? Yes. But it is not some totally different animal from the same struggles black people face everywhere. African people experience the legacy of slavery everywhere, both from within AND without the 'race', however it is defined.
It is unlike the binary black/white dimensions in the US and is complicated by both the immigrant experience (just like among African immigrant groups) and by the different concept of race in those countries.
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