Like i was saying in one of my posts, i think the issue (from African-Americans that do not see AfroLatinos as Black) lies largely in ignorance. It was not until, well beyond my high school graduation, and i learned (on my own, outside of academia) that most Africans during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade landed in South and Central America and the Caribbean islands. Whereas only 10% came to the United States. I think many Black Americans (myself included at one point in time) believe that those that are Black (phenotypically by Black American standards) from Latin-America are somehow....descended from Black Americans or Black Africans that have recently gone to Latin-America (like a Back American or African tourist who went, and had kids with someone there...someone there who looks like Salma Hayek or Enrique Inglesias...because that's what i thought everyone south of the border looked like with the exception of Haiti and Jamaica) and made a baby. But the concept of generations upon generations of Black Africans in these respective nations and islands from the time of enslavement? That's simply not highly known by most Black Americans. At the same time, these governments try to put forth the ideas that there are no dark-skinned citizens in their countries, and certainly no descendants claiming anything to do with Africa. When most Dominicans are saying that they are not Black and that they're "Indian and Spanish", what is one who hasn't done their research on this subject to believe? I can only imagine the type of microaggressions she has to cope with on the daily for constantly having to state her identity...
Like i was saying in one of my posts, i think the issue (from African-Americans that do not see AfroLatinos as Black) lies largely in ignorance. It was not until, well beyond my high school graduation, and i learned (on my own, outside of academia) that most Africans during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade landed in South and Central America and the Caribbean islands. Whereas only 10% came to the United States. I think many Black Americans (myself included at one point in time) believe that those that are Black (phenotypically by Black American standards) from Latin-America are somehow....descended from Black Americans or Black Africans that have recently gone to Latin-America (like a Back American or African tourist who went, and had kids with someone there...someone there who looks like Salma Hayek or Enrique Inglesias...because that's what i thought everyone south of the border looked like with the exception of Haiti and Jamaica) and made a baby. But the concept of generations upon generations of Black Africans in these respective nations and islands from the time of enslavement? That's simply not highly known by most Black Americans. At the same time, these governments try to put forth the ideas that there are no dark-skinned citizens in their countries, and certainly no descendants claiming anything to do with Africa. When most Dominicans are saying that they are not Black and that they're "Indian and Spanish", what is one who hasn't done their research on this subject to believe? I can only imagine the type of microaggressions she has to cope with on the daily for constantly having to state her identity...
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