Post by Radrook Admin on Oct 14, 2020 4:53:50 GMT -5
All Latinos are in Denial?
There are many Afro and Anglo Americans who accuse All Latinos as being a denial of blackness. Of course, there are definitely Latinos who are in the habit of doing so. But are all Latinos in denial of their blackness as Anglo and African Americans claim? Well, in order for that to be true, then all Latinos would need to have black ancestors. However, the predominant mix of Latin America is not between Europeans and blacks.
The predominant Latin American Racial mix is between Europeans and Native Americans which produces what the Spaniards called Mestizo. So these Mestizos cannot be in denial of something they don't possess-blackness. What they can deny is either their Whiteness or their Native Americanness. Similarly, neither can Latinos of descent or East Asian Latinos, of which there are approx four million, be in denial of a blackness they don't possess.
The flaw in this type of thinking is the ignorant assumption that theterm Latino refers to a race when in reality Latino refers to culture and nothing more, and can include people of any race. Unfortunately, the USA basic education system seems incapable of providing that basic bit of information to its citizens and thus creates and encourages such globally unusual idiocy.
Last Edit: Oct 14, 2020 5:06:41 GMT -5 by Radrook Admin
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