Uptown WaYo87
HARLEM/BX
This thread proves how confused this site is when it comes to latinos
My mother and her 3 sisters have A.O.C's complexion more or less while her 5 brothers are all dark skinned dominicans. My grandfather was dark skinned and my grandmother has a Redbone complexion. If you see all their grandchildren, they range from light to dark.
That's literally the majority of dominican families, we are a mix of 3 different groups of people and it shows. Thats why a lot of dominicans just call themselves DOMINICAN and not black.
It doesn't mean they deny having dark skin, or our african roots. But we don't separate ourselves by skin color the way people in the United States do and that shyt drives ya nuts on this site. We are proud of our unique identity/culture and independence as a country. You go to D.R and it's just a mix of colors living amongst themselves rich/poor doesnt matter. No segregation, no racial inequality none of that bullshyt as much as ppl like to think
Puerto ricans have the same racial make up as dominicans , they dna just leans a bit harder into their European genes than their African gene. I guarantee A.O.C Is at least 15-30% when it comes to her african genes.
But that's just one spectrum of latinos. Then you have Mexicans. Mexicans and Dominicans/ricans have nothing in common genetic wise, we only share the same language and thats why we are under the latino/hispanic umbrella
This shyt is way more complex than just black and white
My mother and her 3 sisters have A.O.C's complexion more or less while her 5 brothers are all dark skinned dominicans. My grandfather was dark skinned and my grandmother has a Redbone complexion. If you see all their grandchildren, they range from light to dark.
That's literally the majority of dominican families, we are a mix of 3 different groups of people and it shows. Thats why a lot of dominicans just call themselves DOMINICAN and not black.
It doesn't mean they deny having dark skin, or our african roots. But we don't separate ourselves by skin color the way people in the United States do and that shyt drives ya nuts on this site. We are proud of our unique identity/culture and independence as a country. You go to D.R and it's just a mix of colors living amongst themselves rich/poor doesnt matter. No segregation, no racial inequality none of that bullshyt as much as ppl like to think
Puerto ricans have the same racial make up as dominicans , they dna just leans a bit harder into their European genes than their African gene. I guarantee A.O.C Is at least 15-30% when it comes to her african genes.
But that's just one spectrum of latinos. Then you have Mexicans. Mexicans and Dominicans/ricans have nothing in common genetic wise, we only share the same language and thats why we are under the latino/hispanic umbrella
This shyt is way more complex than just black and white
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Bruh aren’t your from New Orleans? You of all people should know how complicated this can get.
