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Afro-Latin Americans or Black Latin Americans [1] (sometimes Afro-Latinos [a] [5]) are Latin Americans of sub-Saharan African ancestry. [6] [7] [8] The term Afro-Latin American is not widely used in Latin America outside academic circles. Normally Afro-Latin Americans are called Black (Spanish: negro or moreno; Portuguese: negro or preto; [9 ...
The Three Races or Equality before the Law, c. 1859, Francisco Laso, Peru De español é india, produce mestizo "from Spanish man and Indian woman comes mestizo."(Pintura de castas, c. 1780), unknown author, Mexico De negro é india sale lobo "from black man and Indian woman comes 'wolf' ()."
Black Hispanic and Latino Americans, also called Afro-Hispanics, [3] Afro-Latinos, [4] Black Hispanics, or Black Latinos, [3] are classified by the United States Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget, and other U.S. government agencies [5] as Black people living in the United States with ancestry in Latin America or Spain and/or who speak Spanish and/or Portuguese as either their ...
This article examines by country and region the current and historical trends in race relations and racism within South America. Racism of various forms is to be found worldwide. [ 1 ] Racism is widely condemned throughout the world, with 170 states signatories of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial ...
Blacks: Millions of Africans were brought to Latin America from the 16th century onward, the majority of whom were sent to the Caribbean region and Brazil. [16] Among the Latin American nations, Brazil leads this category in relative and absolute numbers, with 39% of the population being of at least partial Afro-Latin American descent.
Black in Latin America is a documentary television series that aired on PBS on April 19, 2011, in the United States. [1] [2] The series is based on the 2011 book Black in Latin America by Henry Louis Gates Jr., who produced the four-episode series. Both the documentary and book explore the historical roots and influence of Afro-Latin Americans.
Miscegenation and more flexible concepts of race have also reduced the overall population identifying as black in Latin America, whereas the one-drop rule in the United States has had the opposite effect. [35] From 21 to 25 November 1995, the Continental Congress of Black Peoples of the Americas was held.
Blacks classified as part of the "Republic of Spaniards" (República de Españoles), that is the Hispanic sector of Europeans, Africans, and mixed-race castas, while the indigenous were members of the "Republic of Indians" (República de Indios), and under the protection of the Spanish crown.