Why do people confuse race with nationality

[rlsmooth775]

I know this Dominican guy who's darker than me has a mini Afro and says he's not black he's just Dominican.Why do black people from Spanish speaking countries not know their black. That would be like me saying I'm not black I'm American

[navy]

I know this Dominican guy who's darker than me has a mini Afro and says he's not black he's just Dominican.Why do black people from Spanish speaking countries not know their black. That would be like me saying I'm not black I'm American

Black has a negative connotation so Dominicans like to make the distinction.

[BasedTom]

why are americans so obsessed with race?

[navy]

why are americans so obsessed with race?

Everyone is not just Americans. Other countries are ten times as racist and they do it openly without the criticism that dominates the American culture.

[rlsmooth775]

why are americans so obsessed with race?

Cause that's how we identify each other

[Inactive]

Why do you seek to impose your racial identity on everyone who appears to have some African ancestry? Perhaps his ancestors came from various places, converged in the Dominican Republic, and left him with no specific ancestral identity aside from "Dominican"? Maybe he doesn't think in terms of the standard U.S Black/White/Hispanic/Asian racial paradigm?

[BasedTom]

Everyone is not just Americans. Other countries are ten times as racist and they do it openly without the criticism that dominates the American culture.

Or maybe they're just more honest about it?

American mass media only pours fuel to the flame and the race-baiting talking heads that you see on TV are making a killing out of this crap.

[Timmy D for MVP]

Black people from Latin countries likely identify with their nation far more than we do here in the US. Latin culture has been fully integrated far longer and in fact is truly a melting pot of the cultures that went into it.

[RidonKs]

because you haven't educated them on the subject yet

[JtotheIzzo]

in his mind 'black' means black American (descendent of slaves), he doesn't see himself from that culture, he sees himself as Dominican regardless of skin tone.

the differences we project are cultural more than 'skin-tonal' so while he is indeed a man of color he identifies with a different cultural background.

[NumberSix]

Why do you seek to impose your racial identity on everyone who appears to have some African ancestry? Perhaps his ancestors came from various places, converged in the Dominican Republic, and left him with no specific ancestral identity aside from "Dominican"? Maybe he doesn't think in terms of the standard U.S Black/White/Hispanic/Asian racial paradigm?

Hispanic is not a racial term.

[NumberSix]

in his mind 'black' means black American (descendent of slaves), he doesn't see himself from that culture, he sees himself as Dominican regardless of skin tone.

the differences we project are cultural more than 'skin-tonal' so while he is indeed a man of color he identifies with a different cultural background.

The MAJORITY of slaves went to Latin America. He's actually more likely to be descended from slaves than a guy in Mississippi is.

[Cali Syndicate]

why are americans so obsessed with race?

too much political correctness. Most other parts in the world, black people are just called black people. A lot of people in the US feel the need to identify blacks as African-American because they think it might be offensive otherwise. i used to be like that too lol, until i started calling black people as black people and realized nobody cared.

[knickballer]

Because he probably views himself as Latino instead and can be a mixture of different races(European, African, Native American, etc)..

[NumberSix]

Because he probably views himself as Latino instead and can be a mixture of different races(European, African, Native American, etc)..

"Latino" is a language/geographic classification. Not racial.


Latino = people from Latin American countries

Latin America = Countries in the Americas where languages derived from Latin (spanish, portuguese, etc) are predominantly spoken.