DiscussWorldIssues - Socio-Economic Religion and Political Uncensored Debate - View Single Post - Apperance wise, would they be called "spanish" or black?

**DexOnenlyCymn** · 06-27-2010, 05:08 AM

Within in this forum, we obviously know that hispanic is not an "actual" race but the average/typical american thinks it is however. Most americans think you have to have a certain "look" to be called hispanic. Which is why I made a thread about this.

BTW, my Afram friend has been called "spanish" by many people (including whites too) just soley based on his apperance. Pic of him is here: http://www.hayfieldpictures.com/Misc...42_bcTRG-XL-LB

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Even this guy? http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/6K289...ni+Dos+Santos?

His looks are fairly rare in the AA community. IMO, They'd (most americans) would label him latino for sure before calling him AA.

I think that in places where the Latino population is made up of large segments of mixed-race Afrodescendants, Americans, both black and white, are able to differentiate between those and African-Americans. For one thing, those Latinos have more Euro, particularly South Euro, admixture than most AAs, and their own look. But in places where the Latino population does not include a sizable representation of Latino mixed-race Afrodescendants, I think the non-Latino population, on seeing them, simply think they are black. Sometimes even when told those are Latinos, not AAs, they may say something like, "but they are "black".

Now, your Afram friend does look like one of those Latinos. He probably lives where there are many of them and where they are called "Spanish". That means your friend's admixture and phenotype is similar to that usually associated with those Latinos.

Honestly, I think people have a tendency to label others based on that which they are most familiar with.

06-27-2010, 05:08 AM	#20
DexOnenlyCymn Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 520 Senior Member	Within in this forum, we obviously know that hispanic is not an "actual" race but the average/typical american thinks it is however. Most americans think you have to have a certain "look" to be called hispanic. Which is why I made a thread about this. BTW, my Afram friend has been called "spanish" by many people (including whites too) just soley based on his apperance. Pic of him is here: http://www.hayfieldpictures.com/Misc...42_bcTRG-XL-LB ---------- Post added 2010-06-26 at 15:43 ---------- Even this guy? http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/6K289...ni+Dos+Santos? His looks are fairly rare in the AA community. IMO, They'd (most americans) would label him latino for sure before calling him AA. I think that in places where the Latino population is made up of large segments of mixed-race Afrodescendants, Americans, both black and white, are able to differentiate between those and African-Americans. For one thing, those Latinos have more Euro, particularly South Euro, admixture than most AAs, and their own look. But in places where the Latino population does not include a sizable representation of Latino mixed-race Afrodescendants, I think the non-Latino population, on seeing them, simply think they are black. Sometimes even when told those are Latinos, not AAs, they may say something like, "but they are "black". Now, your Afram friend does look like one of those Latinos. He probably lives where there are many of them and where they are called "Spanish". That means your friend's admixture and phenotype is similar to that usually associated with those Latinos. Honestly, I think people have a tendency to label others based on that which they are most familiar with.
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