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They are NOT Latino. They are francophone
Are Puerto Ricans the only Latinos that UNDERSTAND the African American struggle?
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They are NOT Latino. They are francophone
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That is why I consider Haitians as being most relatable to African Americans. Racism in the Latino culture has marginalized them similarly how racism has marginalized Blacks in the US. The big difference is that Haiti got their independence, but with a price.
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You’re wrong and Google is too damn free for you not to be able to come to that realization on your own.
The term came from France
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No. Haiti was never wholesale colonized by the US like Puerto Rico was. They just been discriminated against by all their neighbors the US and France.
Puerto Ricans are in a similar economic position to that of Black Americans
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I believe Latin which is the root word for Latino has to do with romantic languages starting with Italian Spanish Portuguese and French. However Latino as we understand it refers particularly Spain. Spanish rule has never had the impact on Haiti that French rule did
If you want to be technical LATIN = Rome aka Julius Caesar aka WHITE. Haitians may speak a language that descends from Latin but the dominant genetics on that part of the island are African plain and simple. Claiming Latin is claiming Whiteness no matter how you try to slice it. Rome subjugated the people of the Iberian peninsula and forced them to speak Latin and practice Catholicism and those people in turned did the same to the pre-existing Native and African populations in fhe West as well as the Africans they brought over.
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The current understanding of Latin America is a contrast to Anglo American and was coined by Napolean, a French man. The Latin-sphere includes Spanish, French, and Portuguese speaking countries and this is evident in the similarities in customs one example being Catholicism. Haiti, Brazil, and the DR are all Catholic eventhough they all had different oppressors and the commonality there extends from Rome as France, Portugal, and Spain’s cultures are heavily influenced by Rome (Hence why they speak a form of Latin and practice Catholicism). Hispanic is the term I think you are looking for as it only applies to those from Spain as it is based on the Roman word for the region, Hispania.
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France didn’t subjugate the Natives and African Slaves to French and Catholicism? Also Latino does not necessarily make you white, it means that your culture has Latin influences including but not limited to language, religion, and food.
Latino
adjective
Latin America
noun
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requires federal agencies to use a minimum of two ethnicities in collecting and reporting data: Hispanic or Latino and Not Hispanic or Latino. OMB defines "Hispanic or Latino" as a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.
I doubt Haitians care to identify with those other folks anyway.
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adjective
- of or relating to people of Latin-American descent:Latino business owners;Latino audiences;the Latino community;Latino immigrants.
- a person of Latin-American descent:a growing population of Latinos in the United States.
Latin America
noun
- the part of the American continents south of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken.
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requires federal agencies to use a minimum of two ethnicities in collecting and reporting data: Hispanic or Latino and Not Hispanic or Latino. OMB defines "Hispanic or Latino" as a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.
I doubt Haitians care to identify with those other folks anyway.
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Wait, so nikkas out here are recognizing Haitians as Latino now? 
Bruh you need to brush up on your history, France controlled Haiti for almost 200 years. The language is French, the actual national religion was Catholicism until the 80s, so what are you talking about? Lastly, Latinos are an actual people from a place called Latium. Latium was composed of a bunch of small tribes one being the Romans who ended up taking over all of Latium and calling it Rome. You can’t talk about who is and isn’t Latino if you remove history from the equations. Latins are WHITE...a Black Puerto Rican is NOT Latin which is why the White people in their own country oppress them and why Spanish people will throw bananas at them if they played soccer in Spain. Calling anyone who is not White, Latin is like calling an African American an Anglo...it makes no got damn sense.
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Does Jose Lopez who may be PR/DR from the South Bronx understand the "struggle" if he were Jose Lopez who may be Mexcian or Central American from Houston or New Orleans? I've always felt the Puerto Rican acceptance in Hip Hop is rooted by New Yorkers, and it's more to do with Nuyorican culture since their Florida and Chicago cousins tend to be overlooked.
Mind Over Thirst
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Catholicism is the dominant religion in Haiti and Many Haitians also speak French and some on the east side of the country also speak spanish. All of which are remnants of Haiti’s French and Spanish colonizers. Calling an Afro-Latino Latino isn’t calling them white it’s recognizing a part of there culture. It’s like calling an African-American American.