Mexico Finally Recognized Its Black Citizens, But That’s Just The Beginning

I won't clutter up your thread any more. I agree it could be an interesting subject if you actually said anything about it, but I think it's more likely you mean to tie it to the immigration thread.

As this thread illustrates & how I stated earlier, racism isn't always black n' white...
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Originally Posted by filghy2

White people happen to have been the ones in the stronger position over the past few centuries.

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I would add/modify this to say that as the TOPIC of this thread illustrates, we Black people seem to be most often on the receiving end, regardless of what race/culture the instigator is.

hispanics our european The problem arises because


The problem arises because people refer to

hispanics as "the 4th race" when in fact they are a hybrid of the three fundamental races.

But the point with language is that words mean what people mean by them and not a textbook or scientific definition. And in that sense, most people see enough commonality among enough hispanics for the word to have common currency.

So, they become a de facto race.


hispanic's have origin from spain


there are a mix with white,native american,african

The Eyes of Nye - Race


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCDcl...eature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzGM1...eature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EyeN...eature=channel

Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey (Part 1 of 13)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV6A8...eature=related

White skin appeared just 20,000 to 50,000 years ago, as dark-skinned humans migrated to colder climes and lost much of their melanin pigment.

http://discovermagazine.com/2007/feb/20-things-skin


see there is no biological basis for the idea of a white or black or asian


Race is an old concept that should probably be discarded. It was

created by people who had a very limited knowledge of their world. If you

look at any genetic map (mitochondrial or Y chromosome DNA), you can

see there is no biological basis for the idea of a white or black or asian

race.

Here's a map

http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/

"I was able to trace the family trees of several prominent people

everyone regardless if you are white ,Spanish ,Mexican or Asian

can traced there origins back to two Ethiopians ,a man and a women.


these two Ethiopians are everyones ancestors


http://www.africandna.com/tests.aspx
http://www.africandna.com/tests.aspx

http://www.africandna.com/

http://www.africandna.com/history.aspx

http://www.africandna.com/history.aspx
http://www.africandna.com/tests.aspx


Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr., (born September 16, 1950) is an American literary critic, educator, scholar, writer, editor, and public intellectual.

Mexico & Peru: A Hidden Race

well many african americans have IRISH,scotis,native american,french and spanish roots

Think of the Whitest person you know:Now think of the darkest person you know:
http://www.africandna.com/history.aspx

Think of the Whitest person you know: someone with blond hair, blue eyes and almost translucent skin, not a drop of Black ancestry in them. Now think of the darkest person you know: someone richly endowed with traditional African features, not even a drop of White ancestry in their past. Well, guess what? Scientists now trace the origins of both of these people-and of all human beings who have ever walked the face of the earth-to Black Africa, to the region around what is now Ethiopia. As Spencer Wells, the director of National Geographic's massive Genographic Project, puts it: "Our species evolved in Africa, and a subset of Africans left that continent around 50,000 years ago to populate the rest of the world. Our earliest ancestors probably looked very much like modern Africans."
This would have been news to "Bull" Connor and Orval Faubus and countless other racists from our past. It is also news to most of our White

Program: Black in Latin America
Episode: Mexico & Peru: A Hidden Race
Professor Gates explores the almost unknown history their significant black populations: the two countries together received far more slaves than did the United States.
• Visit the Mexico & Peru: A Hidden Race webpage

http://video.pbs.org/video/1915580662/

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Program: Black in Latin America
Episode: Mexico & Peru: A Hidden Race
Professor Gates explores the almost unknown history their significant black populations: the two countries together received far more slaves than did the United States.
• Visit the Mexico & Peru: A Hidden Race webpage

http://video.pbs.org/video/1915580662/

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Thanks Natina - you get the point of this thread! :cool: