You have to assemble a diverse gathering to peacefully protest against the tv station not having a diverse cast. You may have to start with American roles like Zoe Saldana did. The American Blacks came up with our own versiob of The Wizard of Oz when we weren't represented in the other version of The Wizard of Oz. Im here to support and help however i can
As an African-American, I can say that y'all are giving American tv waaay too much credit. There is a reason BET and TV One exist. We are underrepresented in the media as well. You should absolutely continue to write Univision and Telemundo but I'd also look into starting a television station that truly reflects the diversity of Latin America.
+DIANA SANTOS Great use this their video is great! If you are looking for history you should go to www.pbs.org/wnet/black-in-latin-america/ this was an awesome series.
I completely get you with the "don't look Hispanic" part. I have blonde hair, blue eyes and white skin. It's completely an American fetish towards big butt tan black haired Latinas. I'm Colombian and there are so many Afro-Latinos there that I had never seen in Colombian media and it surprised me so much. I don't know about Honduras, but in Colombia black people are considered very upbeat, positive, lovable and good dancers, but also low class. It's a system that is not addressed at all in Latino culture and America is blind towards it. The discrimination is subtle but very strong.
This is wonderful. I appreciate your will to get your stories and cause out there. It's such a major issue. It all comes down to ownership as well. Afro-Latino will have to work together to own their stories, TV stations, productions...etc, and all of that will take time. Continue sharing your stories and keep the great work. The audience will come. Onelove
Kemiztri In America we does realize that their are dark skinned Latinos, I don't think these young women mean no one knows. I think they mean that those that run that TV channel try to represent that one physical type. Bollywood does the same thing, it's like people of color are afriad to be of color which is exactly what makes them beautiful. I personally agree with what you said but i think you starting off with a insult is what threw people off.
Kemiztri First off you ignorant moron, I get why everyone is rude to you because you are an immature fool. You haven't the capacity to even understand what I wrote. Don't tell me what I just realized about Latinos, my sister is half Mexican, my nephew's kids are more than half and their mother (now my niece) is full blooded. The US is a melting pot why can't any other country be the same way? Africa is a continent not a country you idiot and it has 53 countries in Africa with the ddition of the islands there. But yet you are trying to tell me something and you don't even know the differnce between a country and a continent. I have traveled out of the US myself but that would never occur to someone like you because you are unintelligent.
Kemiztri Is something wrong with you, seriously? What do you think I meant when I said America was a melting pot so why couldn't any other country be one. I know Latin America is a melting pot, the continenet of Africa is a melting pot. You are so stuck on stupid that you fail to even realize that you're saying the same thing I said. That's why no one likes dealing with ignorant people, everything goes right over your head. I started off trying not to offend you and then here you come with the insults and immaturity. You take something as simple as me saying I travel and turn it into something it's not. You are a waste of time. No one likes Americans? Especially Latin America right? LOL yet tons of them want to be Americans and live in America, dude whatever.
Bychance37 Don't worry about him, I managed to deleted his account however his comments are still up for some reason. I told him not to fuck with me and look what happened.
Kemiztri You thought I was bluffing when I said I'll delete your YT account? I was dead ass serious fuckboy. I'm good at what I do. All that hard work you put in uploading videos on your channel is finally gone, ha ha (Nelson Muntz voice).
MamzelleCreole There were a lot of African that went to Mexico as slaves and all over the America and not just in the United States. If what I’ve read is correct on Google and in books,the smallest percentage of African Slavery of all the America country came to United States.
I'm very proud of you, ladies! This issue has been one I've always been passionate about. I'm American born and find myself often having to educate other American born blacks about Afro-Latino's. Many believe the language makes you different (but we speak English and aren't English). Media representation will help educate the masses. Great Job!
You guys have a great point about black latinos not appearing on telenovelas or those main shows as main characters. I hadn't paid attention before and now that you guys mentioned it makes me sick and how hypocrite the media is.
I'm so glad I discovered this video. I've been pitching a sitcom ( What is "We Are Familia" ? ) on black latinos for a year now. Recently, a producer said that the "afro-latino" fad might be ending and that it may be time to give up on this project. This video, and the amount of support it is getting, lets me know that being a latino of African descent is not a fad and that this is a subject that people will always be passionate about. Thanks for this video. It gives me more motivation to continue pitching my show.
That producer is so wrong for that. We exist, we are real and we don't just "end" or disappear. We are not a fad. We are not some short-term idea or concept or trend and we are not going anywhere. Good luck with your show!
I appreciate this so much. It frustrates me to have to explain myself to both Hispanics here since I live in southern Cali, as well as African Americans. When I was younger I would beg my mom to move to NY or FL where there are a lot of Afro Latinos because I would feel so out of place here.
Smh, okay, but bachata is Dominican,everybody knows that shit. lmao She's dumb af, I woulda put her on blast girl! What part of southern Cali do you live in?
I live in San Diego, so 2 hours south of LA. I live like 30 minutes from the border so you can imagine the amount of Mexicans over here. Not saying its a bad thing, but a lot of them are ignorant when it comes to the fact that there are blck latinos. They swear to death that Mexican is a race. lmao
Love you guys! Great job keep up the amazing work! As a Caribbean woman with also latin roots. From my great grand mother who was born & raise in Cuba , she too was a Black Latino. And she thanks U.. And I do too.☺ #newsub☺
Love this video! Speak the truth girls! I am black and latino. I use to have lighter skin and I have medium to course hair. People always said when I was younger I looked like a mixed Latino. Now they say I am not Latino at all, I'm black! Idc what you think, I'm very proud of havin both cultures! African American and Puerto Rican descent.
I total agree with these girls that most of the telenovelas dnt really show more of the diversity of us Hispanics it's not only Mexicans who are Hispanic there are so many more like Dominicans, Puertoricaños, hondureños , etc.
Well Hispanic and Latino are pan ethnic labels used for commercialism. Majority of telenovelas are made in Mexico for Univision so they are targeting a specific Mexican audience. Dominicans and Puerto Ricans are Caribbean or Caribenos so they are different from Mexicans and Honduras is part of Central America. While Hispanic and Latino are generic labels to group masses the one thing that is almost impossible to do is please everyone. It won't happen because every country has different accents when they speak Spanish and our culture and mannerism and even slang words can be very different. Like a Charro in Mexico is a Mexican Cowboy but in Puerto Rico it is a bad word. Puerto Ricans speak fast Spanish and Mexicans speak a slower Spanish. If you have a tv Network then you will have one audience who is your core demographic and the rest may not like it but no network would be stupid to abandon its core audience because if it did it would go out of business or competitors would just move in and take their audience. Their really is no such thing as Hispanic or Latin tv because these are pan ethnic labels. Networks again have the key demographic they are targeting. You do have though specialized or localized tv that also targets key demographics and this is something that will occur more and more in the future. Example Puerto Rican tv is Wapa TV or Wapa America Dominican TV targets the Dominican audience Estrella tv also targets Mexicans in West Coast Peruvian tv targets Peruvian. Mundo Fox targets Colombians Most of its Novelas are from Colombia.
Telenovelas are produced in Mexico by Televisa so of course the majority of actors and actresses are Mexican because Mexicans were the first to produce telenovelas and they are the most popular. Televisa does however invite other actors from other countries to be in Telenovelas like Cuban William Levy and Livia Brito many others. However, it is hard because Caribbean people have different accents that are hard to understand and is very different from the Mexican accent. Univision/Televisa tries to make them speak a in a nuetral accent. Hispanic and Latino are pan-ethnic terms used for commercialism. If you are going to use regional terms then Puerto ricans and Dominicans and Cubans are Caribenos or Caribbean people. It is very rare for a Caribbean person to be a top star in Mexico if they don't have the right accent and they don't look like a Super Model. Really since most of these Novelas are shot in Mexico they not even Hispanic they are Mexican and they have a Mexican flavor. Just like in Colombia when they shoot a Colombian telenovela they have a Colombian flavor with Colombian accent.
Well the majority of telenovelas are shot in Mexico so of course it is mostly Mexicans. That is where the telenovela industry is based. Mexico City is called the Latin Hollywood. Mexico were the first to develop Movies and Telenovelas and this is why a lot of actors from other countries go to Mexico to star or be in Telenovelas or Movies. Cuba, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic don't really have telenovelas. the 2nd biggest Telenovela market is Colombia and they started to produce telenovelas in 1959. However, most of the top actors and actress go to Mexico because they want an international market. Starting around 1990, Televisa found an enormous market for its telenovelas in Eastern Europe, as well as in Brazil, Vietnam, and other Asian countries. For example, Verónica Castro became an international star when the novela she had starred in many years ago, Los Ricos Tambien Lloran (1979), became a huge hit in Russia. By the late 1990s, the company claimed telenovelas were Mexico's leading export product. Many consider 1958 until 2004 to be Televisa's Golden Age of telenovelas. The most important Telenovela award shows are the Mexican TVyNovelas Award, hosted by the Televisa TVyNovelas magazine, and the one presented by Contigo in Brazil. TVyNovelas also has editions in Colombia, Chile, Puerto Rico, United States and Contigo has an edition in Chile. In 2008, The International Emmy Awards created a category for best Telenovelas. source Telenovelas Mexico produced a telenovela in 1951 and so did Cuba but Cuba telenovela industry did not survive because of Political turmoil. Puerto Rico produced like 4 telenovelas in the 70's through telemundo but they were not that popular. Dominican Republic started to produce Telenovelas in 1986 through Venevision.
I totally agree with you Dswizzle90, as an afro-Jamaican/Cuban American, I feel the US should be more open minded about blacks that do speak other languages other than English, but because of the one-drop rule, to me its kind of like if your black then that means that you speak English and you're a Christian which it's not true, we're all made of different cultures, religions, languages, social game rules, etc. and that goes for Central and South America too, they need to wake up and see how the African diaspora played a big role on how what contributions and sacrifices they made the Americas the attracted place to be and the Indigenous diaspora cannot be forgotten as well because we also have indigenous blood and we should learn more about our African and Indigenous roots and besides we're all melanated.
Edwin Duran When I see a Dominican who class him/her as Afro Latino, it always bring a smile to my smile. Because it so refreshing to see and its also going against the norm to identify with blackness.. xxx
***** Am Dominican, no we are not "afro" Latino, we are LATINOS, we will no gonna let Black American to Divided & Conquer us Latinos. Specially Latinos with some Afro ancestry such as Cubans, Dominican, Puerto Rican, Panamanian, Venezuelan, Colombia, Brazilian, etc etc No, we do Not identify with Whiteness or Blackness. We identify by NATIONALITY & CULTURE. The only ppl who could do this are first or 2 generation Dominicans who lost their Dominicaness and choose an Americanized "blackness" Concept of identity even though majority deep down dont feel or understand such New Identity because they cannot related to real Hispanic Dominicans & other Hispanics, therefore they always end up abandoning or just using it in the Internet & not in real everyday life. National & Cultural Identity is SUPERIOR to Racial & Color Identity, Period. We have a National/Cultural Identity while u Americans have a Racial/Color identity.
yodanyrd Because they are usually the same anti blackness nonsense, promoting of racial democracy in Latin America. Have a look a racist policy of the DR at the moment, yet people like would claim racial democracy as norm in racist countries like DR. Go check Afro Latino Forum. there are increasing niumbers of Black Latinos who are identifying as such, and there is nothing racist like you can do about that.
Thanks for bringing this important topic up. This is very educational. Sadly the media simply doesn't care. All they care about are the ratings. Keep up the good work.
I loved this! I shared this twice and signed. Please continue to do what you're doing. The message is important and more people definitely need to hear it and understand it.
I love this we need more exposure !! As an afo -latina i have always felt this way we are never represented and always discriminated against. I am half Dominican and half Panamanian but 100% Latina with locks in my hair and no accent so i am discriminated against every day...How can i join this movement!! I would love to represent.
Afro-Latinos stand up! Love your video and back you up 100%. However, my thing also has been what about media in the U.S.? They also never portray AfroLatinos. They represent latinos only in one way. The olive complexion with the black straight hair. If an AfroLatino actor gets a role they have to play an African American. In this way it reinforces stereotypes and the public continues to believe all Latinos look one way.
My Afro Latino Sistas you Both Are very Beautiful We Are Sistas And This Coming From an American Afro Sista" No Matter How Hard The World Of Media Try To Hide it or separate Us when it comes to afro sister hood the afro latino sistas are our sistas we are all a family the afro cubans afro brazil afro exc that was apart of the trans atlantic slave trade we are brothers and sisters that goes back to our roots the motherland #STAYBEAUTIFULQUEENS
Great job young ladies!! I'm an African and I'm just learning about the heavy ties between latin america, south america, and africa. I blame not only the media but our narrow minded education system and the very poor and extremely narrow categorization system in the US. I can imagine the frustrations you have endured.
These girls are telling the truth that's what you see on Latin TV because I have children the are black Latino all you see on TV is either the light skinned ones or the brown skin so they really need to make a change just like we are doing in America they can also do the same thing in Latin America we are still the same people it's just our ancestors was dropped off in different places
Your video address a very important point young beautiful ladies! I am also Afro latina from Honduras and I am disgusted about the racism that exist in the Hispanic media. They forget that the Latino culture reflect a diverse racial mix, they forget about the root of their music that it originated mostly from Africa and a good part of the overall culture of Latin America is Afrocentric. The whitening of the Latinos in media is due to the huge ego and perverted vanity of sick programing that has existed for to long that the ideal beauty is European. As you pointed out even people in public who are from Latin America react as if they have never seen a black person speak Spanish, when they most probably had neighbors who were African descendents in their countries, the ignorance is laughfable! But racism is worldwide when it comes to skin color the darker the skin the less it is represented in the media. What we Afro Latinos need to do is get proactive in developing our own media, and expose ourselves and support each other more! I wrote a book that I will be rewriting but if you like you can order a copy from Amazon the title is "Patti's Compromising Positions" its my first novel about a Garifuna young woman who takes the Punta Rock music all over the world, it is a romance and adventurous story you might be interested to read it, I get comments that it should be a movie! check it out. Love your videos girls keep up the good work!
I share your struggle and appreciate you beautiful ladies for putting information like this out for people to see and become just a little bit more enlightened.
+Catharine Palacios Naturally!...according to YOU! hahahahahahahahahah I know that YOU are Garifuna too, ...busy trying to infiltrate Latino culture. Why do your people do this? Why do you want to make another ethnic-group become EXTINCT? WHY did you change: 1) Karifuna to Garifuna? 2) Creole to. Kriol? .......and NOW.......... 3) Latino to. Afro-Latino Huh????? WHY?
This is truly amazing, funny how no one is spoken out about this before I think what you guys are doing beautiful thing. I would love to sign the petition when I get, you go girls.
I lived in LA twice and the last time I lived there, I saw some Spanish TV while washing clothes in a laundromat-No Afro Latinos on the shows. You ladies have a point. Glad you are talking about being Afro-Latino. Good video
Very good job girls! As a Honduran I understand you, being that I am white and people tell me all the time "Are you Honduran?" or "You don't look Honduran". People think everybody in Honduras is tan. You are enlightening people with your vídeos.
Hola chicas, muy interesante su proyecto y las entrevistas realizadas. En realidad han tocado un punto sensible que parece estar presente en la mayoría de los medios de comunicación. Puedo decirles que aquí en México los patrones de belleza que se observan en los medios, poco tienen que ver con la mayoría de la población, asignando a las personas que tienen màs color en la piel, comúnmente a papeles o roles secundarios, como empleadas domésticas, valet parking u obreros por decir algunos. Por lo que la respuesta que les dieron acerca de que las telenovelas hechas en México son las que no incluyen personas de un color de piel más obscuro, es cierto. Muy interesantes sus opiniones y las de sus entrevistados, muchas felicidades. Sólo trabajando de manera gradual puede crearse una cultura de la inclusión.
Why would Telemundo update their programming for only 600k Garifunos representing 2 % of market shares? Create your own network girls and share with US the originality of the Garifuno culture.
+Elias Paiva You got It bro, audience matters. And this is not a matter of ethics or racism, just a bottom line problem. It is just that there is no business case to include afro-latinos in Telemundo, It is just like making a business case for Nigerian audience on BET.
As for being a native Afro Hondurian.. I have experienced too many types of racism not only from fellow latinos but also from other black cultures..I'm so glad that you chicas made this video it's time to stand together for a common cause.
Yo soy hondureña y cubana también, y la gente me hacen la misma cosas porque en sus ojos me veo y creen que soy blanca porque hablo perfectamente bien el inglés y también me dicen que hable español como que sí fuera un examen o algo así...
Yes. Thank you for touching on this topic. I am in school to become a spanish teacher and I have noticed that Afro Latinos are not represented in the Latin media. As an African American it makes me upset because I’m like, the Latin media is aware that not all latinos look like these people on Latin television, right? It is sad that you all have to go through that.
I'm so proud of you girls repping the AFRO LATINOS! We are so under represented around the world. Everyone thinks Latinos all look a certain way. I say enough, Porque estamos aqui tambien, hay Latinos negros.
Create your own media outlet, content, brand, etc. then promote it to the demographics of your choice, place it for viewership on whatever platform that accepts whats important to you ie., empowering yourself, your culture, political views, ect. that way you no longer have to ask for diversity, and inclusion. I believe you girls have something much bigger to contribute to society than to fight for equality. You guys are on the right path.
Develop your own media. Please stop begging these racist corporations for an opportunity. You're well on your way. Support and embrace outlets that support you. They're out there.
OMG I was just asking this question the other day. We are Colombian and speak Spanish. WHAT???? NO your not!!!!! That is what my family gets all the time. We even get it at the all Spanish speaking school we go to a Mexican mother was shocked when my mom said her name was Maria she said "oh I thought that was only a Mexican name" WOW DID SHE JUST SAY THAT!!!!!! My mom said later. All in all people all over need to be educated and WE NEED AFRO-LATINO people on T.V. NOW!!!!!!!
I am a Jamaican, living in America, I'm always called African-American. 9 generations from Africa, I am not insulted, but "Wow I understand." To honor and pay tribute to you two bold, brilliant and beautiful ladies I will attempt to respond in Spanish. Forgive me in advance should I not make the grade; but first let me say "1.Telemundo-TV World and 2.Univision-One Vision live up to their names." 1.The expansion of white supremacy through the TV WORLD and 2. The single/one vision they (white supremacist) have for the world. The new world order. Enough said about that and them. On to more important issues, such as you two beautiful Latina Queens. "Here I go!" Felicidades. Aplaudo y celebran dos hermosas damas por tener el valor de enfrentar el gorila de 800 libras en la sala todos hemos llegado a conocer como la discriminación, los prejuicios y los estereotipos de las personas de ascendencia Africana. ¿Sabi'as, en Estados Unidos la clasificación se conoce como secreto hypodescent? ¡Mantener el buen trabajo! ¡Dios bendiga a los dos y sus familias! ¡Muchas gracias! WSD^100
+Proyecto Mas Color I absolutely LOVE what you two young ladies are doing! A lot of Afro Latinos also lack political clout, a prominent voice and overall equality in their respective counties. It's sickening and really sad. I feel for all of you and hope that one day, you will be recognized equally amongst other Latinos. The issue with light versus dark is that it is not limited to the US and Latin America, but worldwide. There is discrimination within other Latino circles where fair skinned European Latinos are favored over dark brown Latinos. Blonde hair and blue eyes rule in Caucasian circles. I find no race or skin shade superior , even if blacks were the first people to walk this earth, simply because we're all created equal. I tried to sign the petition, but was unable to for some reason. I will try again later this evening, along with spreading the word to some of my friends. I hope you two young ladies continue to do what you're doing and fight for equality for all Afro Latinos. You are Latino and I am American, and we should proud of our respective heritages. Just remember, that regardless of where you're from, black people are everywhere in this world. Our people were not only sent to the US and latina America. You come from a strong-beautiful collective called the African diaspora. Again, be proud to be Latina, but be proud to be black as well and remember that you are apart of something so special and pure. I wish you two ladies the best of luck! Stay intelligent, beautiful and steadfast in accomplishing all of your goals. Tu hermano en Los estados unidos,Josue
No because Jamaica isn't considered a part of Latin America.If you were Haitian however you would be afro-latino because hatians speak French (alongside Creole) and French - like Spanish and Portuguese - is a Latin based language :)
Davina Lydia Actually Haitians speak Kreyol not a latin based language it is not pure. French is a Latin language and they have some Latins words mixed in with African, Arab, Taino and other languages that make up Haitian Kreyol. Their is a small part of the population that can speak French fluently usually the are the Elites of the society but it is a small percentage.
Davina Lydia No problem their is just a ton of confusion. In fact after the Haitians defeated the French they declared themselves the first free African independent country in the Western Hemisphere. Another thing people confuse is the Caribbean being part of Latin America it is not. Latin America is Mexico to Argentina. Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Cuba are all in the Caribbean. In fact Puerto Rico is a U.S common wealth and not an independent country. Cuba sided with Eastern European Communist and the Dominican Republic shares and island with Haiti which is in the Caribbean. Lets say you live in Peru or Argentina or Chile and wanted to take a trip to Puerto Rico or Cuba or Dominican Republic for vacation then you would be traveling to the Caribbean or a Caribbean country or island U.S common wealth in P.R case. The thing is that those countries have Latin culture based society but they are not in Latin America and people get confused about that when it is not that confusing. Just like most Caribbean countries have a cultural from different places. Like Jamaica is a Anglo based culture and Curacao has a Dutch based culture but neither are in England or Europe.
Gabriel DelaRosa Dude, Mexico IS NOT part of Latin America, in fact it's part of North America together with the United State and Canada. When people say, let's go to Latin America, they usually do NOT speak about Mexico, bcs all they can say is " let's go to Mexico" when people want to go to Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Brazil or Chile, they usually refer to us as "let's go to Latin America". We are part of Latin America, therefore Latinos. Mexicans aren't part of Latin America, you people are North America. The thing is that in Mexico they have a Latin culture based society but they are not in Latin America and people get confused about that when it is not that confusing. People need to understand that Mexico are not in Latin America but North America.. HELLOOO MEXICO MAKE BORDER WITH THE UNITED STATE.. if Mexico was "latin american" then the U.S. would be Latin America too...
I truly agree with your opinion, they have this dude at my school and I had to tell him that I come from a very mixed family, and he denied me, he said that I was black and I said no I am not, I'm not totally black, I'm mixed with Hispanic blood and he said no your not. And this dude is mixed with black, white and Puerto Rican, and I'm like wow are you serious. So one day in Spanish class, the teacher asked me to speak Spanish and I did, and a student asked me was I part Hispanic and that was before I new I was actually part Hispanic. So thank y'all very much for the advice and keep on with the movement 👍👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Actually there is, somebody need to do some research because if a person is black and Spanish, that type mixture comes from African American linage and Hispanic linage and I think I will know because I come from a Creole family and this also deals with genetics. Do some research
***** what you mean their own malcom X and MLK basically your saying they can't make claim to them because there Latino? they are AFRO LATINO Not your pale skin blue eye Latino" sorry but they can make claim to malcom X or marcus garvey nat turner Dr King the list goes on they are no different than the blacks in america the difference is they speak a language that's not their own like wise the blacks in america also they were slaves and beaten rape sold likewise like the blacks in ameriKKKa.
M Franklyn was not malcom X an Afro was not Dr King an Afro was not Marcus Garvey an Afro what about Rosa parks was she an Afro the irony of you saying black latino heroes like they can't claim the names i mention' but can claim there black latino hero but the the power to be will hide there truth about their heroes more like their more afraid of awakening of the knowledge of self. yes no different than the devils that's sitting here in amerikkka on the power seat But why look for a hero when they already have many Afro Hero's to look up too our heroes are there hero's we all are of the same family Afro Tree this goes back to Trans Atlantic Slave trade where we were scattered abroad so they can make claim to our Malcom X's Dr King's the Mohammad Ali's Ect.
Angelic Phoenix Let face it, most black Americans or Americans in general think that hispanic or latino is a race, they don't even know that you can be as dark skinned as the typical African and still be Latin American. Also, they got their struggles in america, so what makes you think that they have time to care about afros in other countries.
Angelic Phoenix And just because a person is of African descent does NOT give them a "DEFAULT" or "AUTOMATIC" claim to OUR heroes either. You must swear allegiance to AND fight for the "cause". Your "African-ness" comes BEFORE ANY OTHER CLAIM...PERIOD! Code would dictate that those who do not follow this should be "removed" from OUR community. There are ONLY two races of people on planet Earth when it comes to the power dynamic of white supremacy...WHITE and "NON-white". Honestly, everything else is moot.
I assumed they where from Nigeria. They are pretty. I said it once and I will say it again. Black Hispanic (from chocolate to light brown the ones like jay z complexion) are the most handsome and the prettiest out of the Hispanic race.
Great job ladies. Instead of waiting for these companies to change, I hope you go the diy route. So many people have become successful from creating their own webseries. If you're not familiar check out Issa Rae, Black&Sexy TV. Amazing productions by people who wanted to see themselves in media, so they made a platform.
+Ayanna De la Rosa They are not from the mainland of Honduras, .........but from an ENGLISH-speaking island (Roatan Island), located out in the Caribbean Sea.
I think Afro-Latinas are the sexiest women on earth! Im afro Mexican but even Mexicans dont believe me when I tell them Im Mexican haha. I hate being compared to afro americans because even though we look the same we are not the same culture
Most Mexicans are uneducated and racist like Jose Maria Morelos and Vicente Guerrero were Afro- Mexican these are the same man that abolish slavery in Mexico, also lead Mexico to its Independent.
GRENADABOY516 Well it was all Mexicans who abolished slavery. Jose Maria Morelos was a priest not a solider even though he was executed. Many Mexican Amerindians died to expel the Spanish and for Freedom. Just like many White American Union soldiers died to free African slaves. Vicente Guerrero was just one Mexican General. Remember it was Augustin de Iturbide who penned the Plan of Iguala which made all people equal.
Los "Afro-Latinos" no tiene cultura simplemente porque ellos no existen! Estas dos hermanas son "Afro-centristas", no "Afro-Latinos". Los LATINOS son los descendientes directos de los LATINOS de Italia y Hispania/Espana. Los LATINS fueron un tribu antigo en Europa. El tribu de estas dos hermanas es Ibibio (Garifuna) de Nigeria en Africa. El gran "PROYECTO" y Mision Politica de ellas, es infiltrar la cultura latina. La razon increible es porque ellas representan muchas de las personas africanas y negras en el mundo con complejos de inferioridad. Nada seria bastante por ellos;........NUNCA! Para ser feliz,...Dios tendria que cambiar la raza de ellas a blancas, y todos de nosotros sabemos que sin un milagro revolucionario, esto no seria posible.
When I moved to Florida I found out my Grandfather was born in Havana,Cuba. I ask my uncle hey, your my uncle right. He gave me this strange look and said, Yes....boy. I said," your hair looks different". He was laughing at me and said, let me show you something Nephew. He show me a copy of my Grandfather's Vital statics paper. I notice place of birth he and it said, Havana Cuba. I said, I'm of Cuban decent...My Uncle said, Yes boy. There's a lot you need to know. I'm trying to learn more and more. Your correct there very little representation of Afro-Latinos world wide.
buenas tardes, tienes algun tipo de consejo de como crecer mi pagina?! youre soooo beautiful. love your channel. love seeing afro latinas doin their thang!!!
You guys are pretty and nice video.... I agree i never saw anyone have my olive complexion growing upon tv.... Most of the Mexicans were blonde etc....
You guys are beautiful . As a white latino I understand . We come in all colors. But I get along with most afro latinos even though I have white skin and red hair
Also I like to add usually the Whites girls on Mexican tv like Televisa are the Villains/Antagonist part and the Mestiza/Ameridian women are the Protagonist heroine of the Mexican telenovelas. Examples are Thalia in Maria Mercedes was the poor girl from the street and the White Mother was the bad girl. If people think Thalia is White look up here grandmother. Thalia is Mestiza. I will provide a link. The problem is that a lot of Mexican actresses will dye their hair to a light color and some used color contacts to look whiter. It is sad but true. Thalia Grandmother beautiful Mestiza woman. us.hola.com/cine/201206121581/thalia-abuela-eva-mange/ Old White women. www.digitalspy.com/celebrities/betty-white/#~p8lcnadnCeTfN9 www.deltadentalar.com/blog/osteoporosis-and-dental-health Beautiful Mestiza lead Mexican actresses Thalia. Thalia dyes her hair a lot now so u don't notice she is Mestiza pictures.4ever.eu/people/musicians/thalia-130185 Ana Brenda Contreras www.teledoce.com/ya-emitidos/corazon-indomable/ana-brenda-contreras-es-maricruz-olivares/ Michelle Ramaglia beautiful Mexican Mestiza Amerindian women. telenovely-pasion.blog.cz/1107/michelle-ramaglia-08 Paola Rey Sexiest woman in Colombia. ua-cam.com/video/ZbF6nK6rsUQ/v-deo.html Colombian Mestiza beautiful woman. 3rd pic on page. Sexiest woman in Colombia. Mexico wants and needs this beauty in a telenovela for Televisa. www.diariodigitalcolombiano.com/vota-por-las-mujeres-mas-bellas-de-colombia/ www.popscreen.com/v/78cFm/Paola-Rey-24022010-Noticias-RCN www.fotolog.com/famosas_famoseo/46763047/
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I feel like you should be watching BET. You are black, there are many Africans that speak Spanish and French but they are still black. There are Filipinos that speak Spanish and have Spanish names (because of the invasion) but they are still Asians. France is also a Latin country, you can be Latina in Latin America. If you come to Atlanta, you are black.
hsfmi But don't Cape Verdeans speak Portuguese, which is a Latin Language? So they're kind of like Brazilians in their language and culture, how is that not Afro-Latino?
but did you watch the video, they are latino due to the fact that they were born in south america and practice in the culture there is no distinct latin look for god sake brainwashing at its finest how come whites in america are called americans because they are not but aa are called african americans where is that they are american theres no point doing a gene test when your family have ties for centuries due to a lack of reparations they should be called american
When I was in the military and even when I return to civilian life there were time on the job When I was told by Hispanic that I serve and work with that I need to stop playing games because they knew I was Hispanic .My platoon SGT in the Army In my general foreman ,when I was in management at Chrysler was a Mexican ,used to get mad at me and that I was full of it and that he knew I was Hispanic. I can relate to some of the things you have been through so please keep trying and I look forward to your video.
One of The advantage of being in the military that you meet people from all walks of life I got to know lot of peoples from different countries.I was very fortunate to meet and serve with a lot of Afro Latinos There were some who said I was lying when I told them I did not speak Spanish .It happened to me more than once, even with soldiers from Mexican.
Interesting that I never really gave it a thought, but this is so true. You rarely see any afrolatino on Univision or Telemundo, even thought their a big part of our (Latin) community. Shame on the executive producers and the screen writers who are excluding Latinos who played such an important part on Latin Culture and Entertainment
The last young lady made the best comment, to paraphrase, she can understand Americans not knowing about Afro latinos, but latinos should know. She is totally right with that!
I can appreciate this, for we need to educate as well. Diversity is great, I love it, Is like seeing a garden with beautiful different flowers. I am latina, and sometimes my own kind ask me that I don't look latina but, maybe Russian or Irish even Jewish But, I am latinaaaaaaaa, we come in all colors and sizes it what makes the world go around. Maybe I should write to see more afro-latinos and Asian-latinos as well.
I'm mestizo &/or Melungeon, but people just refer to me as black but "light-skinned". It's really annoying..."Do you speak Spanish?" Yes, not that much, but I do. Although I can't ONLY claim South/Central american native, I still include it when I explain my multiracial background to people.
i am a brown skin Dominican and i work at a restaurant in a very popular tourist region and every time hispanic or spaniard tourist come to my.job they usually get surprise wen they realize i speak spanish
Just to add. During my childhood in America is was kind of similar except for a few sitcoms you rarely saw other cultures on tv. And if you did it was very stereotypical nonsense. Today it's better way better now all we need is the quality back.
This subject about been a afro-latina is something we never really heard of while growing up in Puerto Rico, I know I have African roots but so as all latinos no matter our complexion we have some african blood some more than others but we all do....I love our culture and what make you different but so much alike at the same time....I never had heard anything about oh you don't look puertorican until I got to united States is funny how much color matter here
Bravo ladies, I think it might be beneficial for you to reach out to other Afro Latinos on UA-cam to have them tag your videos, whether they are beauty gurus, have a cooking channel or any of the many channels they might have in between Many of them have followers from many different cultures.
Se ven afro latinos en telemundo o univisión pero muy pocos. So I am understand your feeling guys...but that happens every where. Por qué estamos hablando en Inglés?
Young ladies! I am impressed with your delivery and the feedback from the interviews carried out. However, as to the media in the USA there is not much to go by proudly although for real in the Latino World it is much more pathetic. Often times because of this I rather seek to listen programs and watch television coverage (drama and movie included) Africa, or from Jamaica. Of course Euro programs are also watch in these countries but the difference is Afro programs are well represented. The time the above video was published was a few in days over three years ago. It will be a pleasure to visit on facebook to see what progress and what assistance can be made to push your campaign further. It is not apology that the need exist to embark upon the concept of executing television programs and/ or stations that reflect the imagines of blacks in the Latin World or elsewhere with the objective of improving black lives.
hi i am interested in participating in this, are yall interested at all in receiving video submissions? theres lots i have to say on this topic as a black-mesoamerican womxn and i would like to share my thoughts as apart of this project
You guys or someone of Afro-Latino descent should start there own web series on UA-cam. I know a few African Americans that have them (Issa Rae, B&S TV, and BOA TV). Or maybe collaborate with these people to get the word out about Afro-Latino talent.
Sisters I love your you tubes. I am from Africa living in Canada. You are at the right lack place USA, where you can put pressure on these TV show owners. I speak portuguese and Telemundo is bresilian, we rearely see afro latinas (os)representation. Please let it out fight for it. White or light skin latinas are more racists than white americans.
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You have to assemble a diverse gathering to peacefully protest against the tv station not having a diverse cast. You may have to start with American roles like Zoe Saldana did. The American Blacks came up with our own versiob of The Wizard of Oz when we weren't represented in the other version of The Wizard of Oz. Im here to support and help however i can
As an African-American, I can say that y'all are giving American tv waaay too much credit. There is a reason BET and TV One exist. We are underrepresented in the media as well. You should absolutely continue to write Univision and Telemundo but I'd also look into starting a television station that truly reflects the diversity of Latin America.
DNubianAngel lets us know when you find that tv....
This is a wonderful informative video. I am a Spanish teacher and I am going to use this for my class! Thank you!
+DIANA SANTOS Great use this their video is great! If you are looking for history you should go to www.pbs.org/wnet/black-in-latin-america/ this was an awesome series.
that's cool af
DIANA SANTOS You're very welcome, and thank you so much for sharing this with your students!
Love this video!! I'm Afro Cuban and it's hard to show people that I am a Latino too!!
I completely get you with the "don't look Hispanic" part. I have blonde hair, blue eyes and white skin. It's completely an American fetish towards big butt tan black haired Latinas. I'm Colombian and there are so many Afro-Latinos there that I had never seen in Colombian media and it surprised me so much. I don't know about Honduras, but in Colombia black people are considered very upbeat, positive, lovable and good dancers, but also low class. It's a system that is not addressed at all in Latino culture and America is blind towards it. The discrimination is subtle but very strong.
Wow thank you for your perspective.
This is wonderful. I appreciate your will to get your stories and cause out there. It's such a major issue. It all comes down to ownership as well. Afro-Latino will have to work together to own their stories, TV stations, productions...etc, and all of that will take time.
Continue sharing your stories and keep the great work. The audience will come. Onelove
Kemiztri In America we does realize that their are dark skinned Latinos, I don't think these young women mean no one knows. I think they mean that those that run that TV channel try to represent that one physical type. Bollywood does the same thing, it's like people of color are afriad to be of color which is exactly what makes them beautiful. I personally agree with what you said but i think you starting off with a insult is what threw people off.
Kemiztri First off you ignorant moron, I get why everyone is rude to you because you are an immature fool. You haven't the capacity to even understand what I wrote. Don't tell me what I just realized about Latinos, my sister is half Mexican, my nephew's kids are more than half and their mother (now my niece) is full blooded. The US is a melting pot why can't any other country be the same way?
Africa is a continent not a country you idiot and it has 53 countries in Africa with the ddition of the islands there. But yet you are trying to tell me something and you don't even know the differnce between a country and a continent. I have traveled out of the US myself but that would never occur to someone like you because you are unintelligent.
Kemiztri Is something wrong with you, seriously? What do you think I meant when I said America was a melting pot so why couldn't any other country be one. I know Latin America is a melting pot, the continenet of Africa is a melting pot. You are so stuck on stupid that you fail to even realize that you're saying the same thing I said. That's why no one likes dealing with ignorant people, everything goes right over your head. I started off trying not to offend you and then here you come with the insults and immaturity.
You take something as simple as me saying I travel and turn it into something it's not. You are a waste of time.
No one likes Americans? Especially Latin America right? LOL yet tons of them want to be Americans and live in America, dude whatever.
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Don't worry about him, I managed to deleted his account however his comments are still up for some reason. I told him not to fuck with me and look what happened.
Kemiztri
You thought I was bluffing when I said I'll delete your YT account? I was dead ass serious fuckboy. I'm good at what I do. All that hard work you put in uploading videos on your channel is finally gone, ha ha (Nelson Muntz voice).
There are Afro-Latinos, Mestizo-Latinos, White-Latinos, Asian-Latinos etc.
Ready4Whatever asian are asian mi friend we are white black indigenous not
asian is other race
@@scarlettpaulacanariopaula4154 your a fucking idiot don't you understand what he meant ? and btw asian is not a race also.
Scarlettpaulacanario Paula also asians blacks and white are inlatin america ,,friend
Darrell Pasion then whats asians are?
I'm Mexican but I really do wish Univision and telemundo would be more mixed with different types of Hispanics
I know man. They got light skin Latinos there and I wish they would mix it up.
yeah and also they alsways pick dark hispanic to play the maids or the help.
+Anna bella
In "Hollywood" that would be called "good casting".
MamzelleCreole There were a lot of African that went to Mexico as slaves and all over the America and not just in the United States. If what I’ve read is correct on Google and in books,the smallest percentage of African Slavery of all the America country came to United States.
I'm very proud of you, ladies! This issue has been one I've always been passionate about. I'm American born and find myself often having to educate other American born blacks about Afro-Latino's. Many believe the language makes you different (but we speak English and aren't English). Media representation will help educate the masses. Great Job!
This was AMAZING. Thank you for your work and effort.
I will do everything to spread the word.
You guys have a great point about black latinos not appearing on telenovelas or those main shows as main characters. I hadn't paid attention before and now that you guys mentioned it makes me sick and how hypocrite the media is.
I'm so glad I discovered this video. I've been pitching a sitcom ( What is "We Are Familia" ? ) on black latinos for a year now. Recently, a producer said that the "afro-latino" fad might be ending and that it may be time to give up on this project. This video, and the amount of support it is getting, lets me know that being a latino of African descent is not a fad and that this is a subject that people will always be passionate about. Thanks for this video. It gives me more motivation to continue pitching my show.
That producer is so wrong for that. We exist, we are real and we don't just "end" or disappear. We are not a fad. We are not some short-term idea or concept or trend and we are not going anywhere. Good luck with your show!
I appreciate this so much. It frustrates me to have to explain myself to both Hispanics here since I live in southern Cali, as well as African Americans. When I was younger I would beg my mom to move to NY or FL where there are a lot of Afro Latinos because I would feel so out of place here.
Smh, okay, but bachata is Dominican,everybody knows that shit. lmao She's dumb af, I woulda put her on blast girl! What part of southern Cali do you live in?
ana Iglesias I live in Lancaster. It's like an hour away from LA.
ana Iglesias what part do you live in?
I live in San Diego, so 2 hours south of LA. I live like 30 minutes from the border so you can imagine the amount of Mexicans over here. Not saying its a bad thing, but a lot of them are ignorant when it comes to the fact that there are blck latinos. They swear to death that Mexican is a race. lmao
ana Iglesias yes! I always tell people it's okay to be proud of your culture but please learn the difference between ethnicity and race!
Love you guys! Great job keep up the amazing work! As a Caribbean woman with also latin roots. From my great grand mother who was born & raise in Cuba , she too was a Black Latino. And she thanks U.. And I do too.☺ #newsub☺
Love this video! Speak the truth girls! I am black and latino. I use to have lighter skin and I have medium to course hair. People always said when I was younger I looked like a mixed Latino. Now they say I am not Latino at all, I'm black! Idc what you think, I'm very proud of havin both cultures! African American and Puerto Rican descent.
I total agree with these girls that most of the telenovelas dnt really show more of the diversity of us Hispanics it's not only Mexicans who are Hispanic there are so many more like Dominicans, Puertoricaños, hondureños , etc.
Well Hispanic and Latino are pan ethnic labels used for commercialism. Majority of telenovelas are made in Mexico for Univision so they are targeting a specific Mexican audience. Dominicans and Puerto Ricans are Caribbean or Caribenos so they are different from Mexicans and Honduras is part of Central America.
While Hispanic and Latino are generic labels to group masses the one thing that is almost impossible to do is please everyone. It won't happen because every country has different accents when they speak Spanish and our culture and mannerism and even slang words can be very different. Like a Charro in Mexico is a Mexican Cowboy but in Puerto Rico it is a bad word. Puerto Ricans speak fast Spanish and Mexicans speak a slower Spanish.
If you have a tv Network then you will have one audience who is your core demographic and the rest may not like it but no network would be stupid to abandon its core audience because if it did it would go out of business or competitors would just move in and take their audience.
Their really is no such thing as Hispanic or Latin tv because these are pan ethnic labels. Networks again have the key demographic they are targeting. You do have though specialized or localized tv that also targets key demographics and this is something that will occur more and more in the future.
Example
Puerto Rican tv is Wapa TV or Wapa America
Dominican TV targets the Dominican audience
Estrella tv also targets Mexicans in West Coast
Peruvian tv targets Peruvian.
Mundo Fox targets Colombians Most of its Novelas are from Colombia.
Telenovelas are produced in Mexico by Televisa so of course the majority of actors and actresses are Mexican because Mexicans were the first to produce telenovelas and they are the most popular. Televisa does however invite other actors from other countries to be in Telenovelas like Cuban William Levy and Livia Brito many others.
However, it is hard because Caribbean people have different accents that are hard to understand and is very different from the Mexican accent. Univision/Televisa tries to make them speak a in a nuetral accent.
Hispanic and Latino are pan-ethnic terms used for commercialism. If you are going to use regional terms then Puerto ricans and Dominicans and Cubans are Caribenos or Caribbean people. It is very rare for a Caribbean person to be a top star in Mexico if they don't have the right accent and they don't look like a Super Model. Really since most of these Novelas are shot in Mexico they not even Hispanic they are Mexican and they have a Mexican flavor. Just like in Colombia when they shoot a Colombian telenovela they have a Colombian flavor with Colombian accent.
Well the majority of telenovelas are shot in Mexico so of course it is mostly Mexicans. That is where the telenovela industry is based. Mexico City is called the Latin Hollywood.
Mexico were the first to develop Movies and Telenovelas and this is why a lot of actors from other countries go to Mexico to star or be in Telenovelas or Movies. Cuba, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic don't really have telenovelas.
the 2nd biggest Telenovela market is Colombia and they started to produce telenovelas in 1959. However, most of the top actors and actress go to Mexico because they want an international market.
Starting around 1990, Televisa found an enormous market for its telenovelas in Eastern Europe, as well as in Brazil, Vietnam, and other Asian countries. For example, Verónica Castro became an international star when the novela she had starred in many years ago, Los Ricos Tambien Lloran (1979), became a huge hit in Russia. By the late 1990s, the company claimed telenovelas were Mexico's leading export product. Many consider 1958 until 2004 to be Televisa's Golden Age of telenovelas.
The most important Telenovela award shows are the Mexican TVyNovelas Award, hosted by the Televisa TVyNovelas magazine, and the one presented by Contigo in Brazil. TVyNovelas also has editions in Colombia, Chile, Puerto Rico, United States and Contigo has an edition in Chile. In 2008, The International Emmy Awards created a category for best Telenovelas.
source Telenovelas
Mexico produced a telenovela in 1951 and so did Cuba but Cuba telenovela industry did not survive because of Political turmoil. Puerto Rico produced like 4 telenovelas in the 70's through telemundo but they were not that popular. Dominican Republic started to produce Telenovelas in 1986 through Venevision.
I totally agree with you Dswizzle90, as an afro-Jamaican/Cuban American, I feel the US should be more open minded about blacks that do speak other languages other than English, but because of the one-drop rule, to me its kind of like if your black then that means that you speak English and you're a Christian which it's not true, we're all made of different cultures, religions, languages, social game rules, etc. and that goes for Central and South America too, they need to wake up and see how the African diaspora played a big role on how what contributions and sacrifices they made the Americas the attracted place to be and the Indigenous diaspora cannot be forgotten as well because we also have indigenous blood and we should learn more about our African and Indigenous roots and besides we're all melanated.
I consider myself Afro-Latino. I'm 100% Dominican although I have light skin, and Afro textured hair.
Edwin Duran When I see a Dominican who class him/her as Afro Latino, it always bring a smile to my smile. Because it so refreshing to see and its also going against the norm to identify with blackness.. xxx
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Am Dominican, no we are not "afro" Latino, we are LATINOS, we will no gonna let Black American to Divided & Conquer us Latinos.
Specially Latinos with some Afro ancestry such as Cubans, Dominican, Puerto Rican, Panamanian, Venezuelan, Colombia, Brazilian, etc etc
No, we do Not identify with Whiteness or Blackness.
We identify by NATIONALITY & CULTURE.
The only ppl who could do this are first or 2 generation Dominicans who lost their Dominicaness and choose an Americanized "blackness" Concept of identity even though majority deep down dont feel or understand such New Identity because they cannot related to real Hispanic Dominicans & other Hispanics, therefore they always end up abandoning or just using it in the Internet & not in real everyday life.
National & Cultural Identity is SUPERIOR to Racial & Color Identity, Period.
We have a National/Cultural Identity while u Americans have a Racial/Color identity.
yodanyrd I didnt read your nonsense. Dont respond to my commet again..
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If u didn't read it, how do u know it was "nonsense" ?
Of course cuz u did read it and u know its fact, u cant debate against facts.
yodanyrd Because they are usually the same anti blackness nonsense, promoting of racial democracy in Latin America. Have a look a racist policy of the DR at the moment, yet people like would claim racial democracy as norm in racist countries like DR. Go check Afro Latino Forum. there are increasing niumbers of Black Latinos who are identifying as such, and there is nothing racist like you can do about that.
Thanks for bringing this important topic up. This is very educational. Sadly the media simply doesn't care. All they care about are the ratings. Keep up the good work.
I loved this! I shared this twice and signed. Please continue to do what you're doing. The message is important and more people definitely need to hear it and understand it.
I love this we need more exposure !! As an afo -latina i have always felt this way we are never represented and always discriminated against. I am half Dominican and half Panamanian but 100% Latina with locks in my hair and no accent so i am discriminated against every day...How can i join this movement!! I would love to represent.
Afro-Latinos stand up! Love your video and back you up 100%. However, my thing also has been what about media in the U.S.? They also never portray AfroLatinos. They represent latinos only in one way. The olive complexion with the black straight hair. If an AfroLatino actor gets a role they have to play an African American. In this way it reinforces stereotypes and the public continues to believe all Latinos look one way.
This is absolutely wonderful! Taking matters into your own hands is exactly what you must do! I applaud and celebrate you! Time to educate the masses!
My Afro Latino Sistas you Both Are very Beautiful We Are Sistas And This Coming From an American Afro Sista" No Matter How Hard The World Of Media Try To Hide it or separate Us when it comes to afro sister hood the afro latino sistas are our sistas we are all a family the afro cubans afro brazil afro exc that was apart of the trans atlantic slave trade we are brothers and sisters that goes back to our roots the motherland #STAYBEAUTIFULQUEENS
You have a lot of love for yourself, and your people. I appreciate that.
Angelic Phoenix Big love for u
thank you my good brotha. mino eatine
Kemberly Sutuart thank you friend.
Don't give yourselves to white men... Stick with black brothers
Great job young ladies!! I'm an African and I'm just learning about the heavy ties between latin america, south america, and africa. I blame not only the media but our narrow minded education system and the very poor and extremely narrow categorization system in the US. I can imagine the frustrations you have endured.
I had no idea. thank you for opening my eyes to the misrepresentation. you two are so pretty. :)
Wow, the woman on the right is absolutely STUNNING. Love the concept of what you guys are trying to do. keep it up!
These girls are telling the truth that's what you see on Latin TV because I have children the are black Latino all you see on TV is either the light skinned ones or the brown skin so they really need to make a change just like we are doing in America they can also do the same thing in Latin America we are still the same people it's just our ancestors was dropped off in different places
Your video address a very important point young beautiful ladies! I am also Afro latina from Honduras and I am disgusted about the racism that exist in the Hispanic media. They forget that the Latino culture reflect a diverse racial mix, they forget about the root of their music that it originated mostly from Africa and a good part of the overall culture of Latin America is Afrocentric. The whitening of the Latinos in media is due to the huge ego and perverted vanity of sick programing that has existed for to long that the ideal beauty is European. As you pointed out even people in public who are from Latin America react as if they have never seen a black person speak Spanish, when they most probably had neighbors who were African descendents in their countries, the ignorance is laughfable! But racism is worldwide when it comes to skin color the darker the skin the less it is represented in the media. What we Afro Latinos need to do is get proactive in developing our own media, and expose ourselves and support each other more! I wrote a book that I will be rewriting but if you like you can order a copy from Amazon the title is "Patti's Compromising Positions" its my first novel about a Garifuna young woman who takes the Punta Rock music all over the world, it is a romance and adventurous story you might be interested to read it, I get comments that it should be a movie! check it out. Love your videos girls keep up the good work!
Wonderful project! You are being heard- never stop your plight for justice & positive national recognition. Thank You.
this is amazing video! thank you Ladies
I share your struggle and appreciate you beautiful ladies for putting information like this out for people to see and become just a little bit more enlightened.
They despise and/or fear what they do not know. If the information is not made public, then the ignorance grows.
+Catharine Palacios
Naturally!...according to YOU!
hahahahahahahahahah
I know that YOU are Garifuna too, ...busy trying to infiltrate Latino culture.
Why do your people do this?
Why do you want to make another ethnic-group become EXTINCT?
WHY did you change:
1) Karifuna to Garifuna?
2) Creole to. Kriol?
.......and NOW..........
3) Latino to. Afro-Latino
Huh????? WHY?
This is truly amazing, funny how no one is spoken out about this before I think what you guys are doing beautiful thing. I would love to sign the petition when I get, you go girls.
I lived in LA twice and the last time I lived there, I saw some Spanish TV while washing clothes in a laundromat-No Afro Latinos on the shows. You ladies have a point. Glad you are talking about being Afro-Latino. Good video
Great! omg please make and post more videos! People need to hear this
thanks for sharing! I shared this video on my page and linked the petition as well. :)
Very good job girls! As a Honduran I understand you, being that I am white and people tell me all the time "Are you Honduran?" or "You don't look Honduran". People think everybody in Honduras is tan. You are enlightening people with your vídeos.
Hola chicas, muy interesante su proyecto y las entrevistas realizadas. En realidad han tocado un punto sensible que parece estar presente en la mayoría de los medios de comunicación. Puedo decirles que aquí en México los patrones de belleza que se observan en los medios, poco tienen que ver con la mayoría de la población, asignando a las personas que tienen màs color en la piel, comúnmente a papeles o roles secundarios, como empleadas domésticas, valet parking u obreros por decir algunos. Por lo que la respuesta que les dieron acerca de que las telenovelas hechas en México son las que no incluyen personas de un color de piel más obscuro, es cierto. Muy interesantes sus opiniones y las de sus entrevistados, muchas felicidades. Sólo trabajando de manera gradual puede crearse una cultura de la inclusión.
Good work! This is a frontier of action for all Africans in the diaspora.
Gracias por hacer este vídeo. Es importante que todos lo reconozcan.
pleace dont you never give up guys you're what latinos need to realize that we need guys like you
JorGE200989845 Paz Thank you. That means so much to us.
thank you for represent us like that I think is our time to be reconized afro - latino and afro-american
Why would Telemundo update their programming for only 600k Garifunos representing 2 % of market shares? Create your own network girls and share with US the originality of the Garifuno culture.
+Elias Paiva You got It bro, audience matters. And this is not a matter of ethics or racism, just a bottom line problem. It is just that there is no business case to include afro-latinos in Telemundo, It is just like making a business case for Nigerian audience on BET.
As for being a native Afro Hondurian.. I have experienced too many types of racism not only from fellow latinos but also from other black cultures..I'm so glad that you chicas made this video it's time to stand together for a common cause.
Yo soy hondureña y cubana también, y la gente me hacen la misma cosas porque en sus ojos me veo y creen que soy blanca porque hablo perfectamente bien el inglés y también me dicen que hable español como que sí fuera un examen o algo así...
Presente! As an Afro Puerto-Rican I can relate to your message and fully support it.
Don't give yourselves to white men keep your skin alive... Love you my black sisters
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A black person wanting black people to remain black is racist.. and you are black yourself. Our people have problems.
Love this. I love your idea and in fact am going to sign now and I also love the video, I good luck girls.
Yes. Thank you for touching on this topic. I am in school to become a spanish teacher and I have noticed that Afro Latinos are not represented in the Latin media. As an African American it makes me upset because I’m like, the Latin media is aware that not all latinos look like these people on Latin television, right? It is sad that you all have to go through that.
I am so proud that they are not mentally colonized.....not victims of psychological hegemony.....
I'm so proud of you girls repping the AFRO LATINOS! We are so under represented around the world. Everyone thinks Latinos all look a certain way. I say enough, Porque estamos aqui tambien, hay Latinos negros.
"Estamos Aqui Tambien" is a great name for a project! :)
Good for you for speaking out!
Great job ladies. I am also signing your petition.
Create your own media outlet, content, brand, etc. then promote it to the demographics of your choice, place it for viewership on whatever platform that accepts whats important to you ie., empowering yourself, your culture, political views, ect. that way you no longer have to ask for diversity, and inclusion. I believe you girls have something much bigger to contribute to society than to fight for equality. You guys are on the right path.
Develop your own media. Please stop begging these racist corporations for an opportunity. You're well on your way. Support and embrace outlets that support you. They're out there.
OMG I was just asking this question the other day. We are Colombian and speak Spanish. WHAT???? NO your not!!!!! That is what my family gets all the time. We even get it at the all Spanish speaking school we go to a Mexican mother was shocked when my mom said her name was Maria she said "oh I thought that was only a Mexican name" WOW DID SHE JUST SAY THAT!!!!!! My mom said later. All in all people all over need to be educated and WE NEED AFRO-LATINO people on T.V. NOW!!!!!!!
I am a Jamaican, living in America, I'm always called African-American. 9 generations from Africa, I am not insulted, but "Wow I understand." To honor and pay tribute to you two bold, brilliant and beautiful ladies I will attempt to respond in Spanish. Forgive me in advance should I not make the grade; but first let me say "1.Telemundo-TV World and 2.Univision-One Vision live up to their names." 1.The expansion of white supremacy through the TV WORLD and 2. The single/one vision they (white supremacist) have for the world. The new world order. Enough said about that and them. On to more important issues, such as you two beautiful Latina Queens.
"Here I go!"
Felicidades. Aplaudo y celebran dos hermosas damas por tener el valor de enfrentar el gorila de 800 libras en la sala todos hemos llegado a conocer como la discriminación, los prejuicios y los estereotipos de las personas de ascendencia Africana. ¿Sabi'as, en Estados Unidos la clasificación se conoce como secreto hypodescent? ¡Mantener el buen trabajo! ¡Dios bendiga a los dos y sus familias! ¡Muchas gracias! WSD^100
Agreed brother Wilkine, agreed, and by the way, do you have Spanish blood in you?
+Proyecto Mas Color I absolutely LOVE what you two young ladies are doing! A lot of Afro Latinos also lack political clout, a prominent voice and overall equality in their respective counties. It's sickening and really sad. I feel for all of you and hope that one day, you will be recognized equally amongst other Latinos. The issue with light versus dark is that it is not limited to the US and Latin America, but worldwide. There is discrimination within other Latino circles where fair skinned European Latinos are favored over dark brown Latinos. Blonde hair and blue eyes rule in Caucasian circles. I find no race or skin shade superior , even if blacks were the first people to walk this earth, simply because we're all created equal. I tried to sign the petition, but was unable to for some reason. I will try again later this evening, along with spreading the word to some of my friends. I hope you two young ladies continue to do what you're doing and fight for equality for all Afro Latinos. You are Latino and I am American, and we should proud of our respective heritages. Just remember, that regardless of where you're from, black people are everywhere in this world. Our people were not only sent to the US and latina America. You come from a strong-beautiful collective called the African diaspora. Again, be proud to be Latina, but be proud to be black as well and remember that you are apart of something so special and pure. I wish you two ladies the best of luck! Stay intelligent, beautiful and steadfast in accomplishing all of your goals.
Tu hermano en Los estados unidos,Josue
Gracias tanto que soy un adolescente beliceño del Afro y pienso que estás diciendo la verdad y apenas te agradezco por ése.
My father isn't Afro-Latino, but he is from Jamaica, which was colonized by Spain for many years, does that mean I'm Afro-Latino?
No because Jamaica isn't considered a part of Latin America.If you were Haitian however you would be afro-latino because hatians speak French (alongside Creole) and French - like Spanish and Portuguese - is a Latin based language :)
Davina Lydia Actually Haitians speak Kreyol not a latin based language it is not pure. French is a Latin language and they have some Latins words mixed in with African, Arab, Taino and other languages that make up Haitian Kreyol. Their is a small part of the population that can speak French fluently usually the are the Elites of the society but it is a small percentage.
Gabriel DelaRosa Ohhh I see, I'm not Haitian so I wouldn't know I'm just speaking on what I've heard/ have been taught lol. Thank you :+)
Davina Lydia No problem their is just a ton of confusion. In fact after the Haitians defeated the French they declared themselves the first free African independent country in the Western Hemisphere.
Another thing people confuse is the Caribbean being part of Latin America it is not. Latin America is Mexico to Argentina. Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Cuba are all in the Caribbean.
In fact Puerto Rico is a U.S common wealth and not an independent country. Cuba sided with Eastern European Communist and the Dominican Republic shares and island with Haiti which is in the Caribbean.
Lets say you live in Peru or Argentina or Chile and wanted to take a trip to Puerto Rico or Cuba or Dominican Republic for vacation then you would be traveling to the Caribbean or a Caribbean country or island U.S common wealth in P.R case.
The thing is that those countries have Latin culture based society but they are not in Latin America and people get confused about that when it is not that confusing. Just like most Caribbean countries have a cultural from different places. Like Jamaica is a Anglo based culture and Curacao has a Dutch based culture but neither are in England or Europe.
Gabriel DelaRosa Dude, Mexico IS NOT part of Latin America, in fact it's part of North America together with the United State and Canada. When people say, let's go to Latin America, they usually do NOT speak about Mexico, bcs all they can say is " let's go to Mexico" when people want to go to Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Brazil or Chile, they usually refer to us as "let's go to Latin America".
We are part of Latin America, therefore Latinos.
Mexicans aren't part of Latin America, you people are North America.
The thing is that in Mexico they have a Latin culture based society but they are not in Latin America and people get confused about that when it is not that confusing.
People need to understand that Mexico are not in Latin America but North America.. HELLOOO MEXICO MAKE BORDER WITH THE UNITED STATE.. if Mexico was "latin american" then the U.S. would be Latin America too...
I'm so happy you girls made this video. You acknowledged some good points. :)
I truly agree with your opinion, they have this dude at my school and I had to tell him that I come from a very mixed family, and he denied me, he said that I was black and I said no I am not, I'm not totally black, I'm mixed with Hispanic blood and he said no your not. And this dude is mixed with black, white and Puerto Rican, and I'm like wow are you serious. So one day in Spanish class, the teacher asked me to speak Spanish and I did, and a student asked me was I part Hispanic and that was before I new I was actually part Hispanic. So thank y'all very much for the advice and keep on with the movement 👍👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
there's no such thing as Hispanic blood. hahahahaha
Actually there is, somebody need to do some research because if a person is black and Spanish, that type mixture comes from African American linage and Hispanic linage and I think I will know because I come from a Creole family and this also deals with genetics. Do some research
ghetuyi well the Hispanics originated in Spain. Maybe not blood but their is Hispanic ancestry.
Oh okay, I didn't know that, thanks for telling me, thanks👌👍
Maybe if Afro-Latinos had their own Malcolm X or Martin Luther King, they'd be more respected in their respective countries
***** I'm sure they do have black Latino heroes, but the history is hidden by those wicked evilpowers/people that be!
***** what you mean their own malcom X and MLK basically your saying they can't make claim to them because there Latino? they are AFRO LATINO Not your pale skin blue eye Latino" sorry but they can make claim to malcom X or marcus garvey nat turner Dr King the list goes on they are no different than the blacks in america the difference is they speak a language that's not their own like wise the blacks in america also they were slaves and beaten rape sold likewise like the blacks in ameriKKKa.
M Franklyn was not malcom X an Afro was not Dr King an Afro was not Marcus Garvey an Afro what about Rosa parks was she an Afro the irony of you saying black latino heroes like they can't claim the names i mention' but can claim there black latino hero but the the power to be will hide there truth about their heroes more like their more afraid of awakening of the knowledge of self. yes no different than the devils that's sitting here in amerikkka on the power seat But why look for a hero when they already have many Afro Hero's to look up too our heroes are there hero's we all are of the same family Afro Tree this goes back to Trans Atlantic Slave trade where we were scattered abroad so they can make claim to our Malcom X's Dr King's the Mohammad Ali's Ect.
Angelic Phoenix
Let face it, most black Americans or Americans in general think that hispanic or latino is a race, they don't even know that you can be as dark skinned as the typical African and still be Latin American. Also, they got their struggles in america, so what makes you think that they have time to care about afros in other countries.
Angelic Phoenix And just because a person is of African descent does NOT give them a "DEFAULT" or "AUTOMATIC" claim to OUR heroes either. You must swear allegiance to AND fight for the "cause". Your "African-ness" comes BEFORE ANY OTHER CLAIM...PERIOD! Code would dictate that those who do not follow this should be "removed" from OUR community. There are ONLY two races of people on planet Earth when it comes to the power dynamic of white supremacy...WHITE and "NON-white". Honestly, everything else is moot.
I assumed they where from Nigeria. They are pretty. I said it once and I will say it again. Black Hispanic (from chocolate to light brown the ones like jay z complexion) are the most handsome and the prettiest out of the Hispanic race.
Does Victoria has a UA-cam channel ?
Great job ladies. Instead of waiting for these companies to change, I hope you go the diy route. So many people have become successful from creating their own webseries. If you're not familiar check out Issa Rae, Black&Sexy TV. Amazing productions by people who wanted to see themselves in media, so they made a platform.
Is it weird I automatically thought you guys were Hondureñas before you even said it ? American didn't even cross my mind
+Ayanna De la Rosa
They are not from the
mainland of Honduras,
.........but from an ENGLISH-speaking island (Roatan Island), located out in the Caribbean Sea.
I think Afro-Latinas are the sexiest women on earth! Im afro Mexican but even Mexicans dont believe me when I tell them Im Mexican haha. I hate being compared to afro americans because even though we look the same we are not the same culture
Most Mexicans are uneducated and racist like Jose Maria Morelos and Vicente Guerrero were Afro- Mexican these are the same man that abolish slavery in Mexico, also lead Mexico to its Independent.
GRENADABOY516 Well it was all Mexicans who abolished slavery. Jose Maria Morelos was a priest not a solider even though he was executed. Many Mexican Amerindians died to expel the Spanish and for Freedom. Just like many White American Union soldiers died to free African slaves. Vicente Guerrero was just one Mexican General. Remember it was Augustin de Iturbide who penned the Plan of Iguala which made all people equal.
Los "Afro-Latinos" no tiene cultura simplemente porque ellos no existen!
Estas dos hermanas son "Afro-centristas", no "Afro-Latinos".
Los LATINOS son los descendientes directos de los LATINOS de Italia y Hispania/Espana.
Los LATINS fueron un tribu antigo en Europa.
El tribu de estas dos hermanas es Ibibio (Garifuna) de Nigeria en Africa.
El gran "PROYECTO" y
Mision Politica de ellas, es infiltrar la cultura latina.
La razon increible es porque ellas representan muchas de las personas africanas y negras en el mundo con complejos de inferioridad.
Nada seria bastante por ellos;........NUNCA!
Para ser feliz,...Dios tendria que cambiar la raza de ellas a blancas, y todos de nosotros
sabemos que sin un milagro revolucionario,
esto no seria posible.
MamzelleCreole ??????? Los latinos son los latinoamericanos ya sean blancos negros indi.... pero son los que viven en america y espana y portugal
It's cool bro,Us American blacks accept you
When I moved to Florida I found out my Grandfather was born in Havana,Cuba. I ask my uncle hey, your my uncle right. He gave me this strange look and said, Yes....boy. I said," your hair looks different". He was laughing at me and said, let me show you something Nephew. He show me a copy of my Grandfather's Vital statics paper. I notice place of birth he and it said, Havana Cuba. I said, I'm of Cuban decent...My Uncle said, Yes boy. There's a lot you need to know. I'm trying to learn more and more.
Your correct there very little representation of Afro-Latinos world wide.
WHERE THE LINKS?
#Catrachas 🇭🇳 #LaCeiba 💟
buenas tardes, tienes algun tipo de consejo de como crecer mi pagina?! youre soooo beautiful. love your channel. love seeing afro latinas doin their thang!!!
You should do a video asking older Afro Latinos what they think.
You guys are pretty and nice video.... I agree i never saw anyone have my olive complexion growing upon tv.... Most of the Mexicans were blonde etc....
You guys are beautiful . As a white latino I understand . We come in all colors. But I get along with most afro latinos even though I have white skin and red hair
Also I like to add usually the Whites girls on Mexican tv like Televisa are the Villains/Antagonist part and the Mestiza/Ameridian women are the Protagonist heroine of the Mexican telenovelas. Examples are Thalia in Maria Mercedes was the poor girl from the street and the White Mother was the bad girl. If people think Thalia is White look up here grandmother. Thalia is Mestiza. I will provide a link. The problem is that a lot of Mexican actresses will dye their hair to a light color and some used color contacts to look whiter. It is sad but true.
Thalia Grandmother beautiful Mestiza woman.
us.hola.com/cine/201206121581/thalia-abuela-eva-mange/
Old White women.
www.digitalspy.com/celebrities/betty-white/#~p8lcnadnCeTfN9
www.deltadentalar.com/blog/osteoporosis-and-dental-health
Beautiful Mestiza lead Mexican actresses
Thalia. Thalia dyes her hair a lot now so u don't notice she is Mestiza
pictures.4ever.eu/people/musicians/thalia-130185
Ana Brenda Contreras
www.teledoce.com/ya-emitidos/corazon-indomable/ana-brenda-contreras-es-maricruz-olivares/
Michelle Ramaglia beautiful Mexican Mestiza Amerindian women.
telenovely-pasion.blog.cz/1107/michelle-ramaglia-08
Paola Rey Sexiest woman in Colombia.
ua-cam.com/video/ZbF6nK6rsUQ/v-deo.html
Colombian Mestiza beautiful woman. 3rd pic on page. Sexiest woman in Colombia. Mexico wants and needs this beauty in a telenovela for Televisa.
www.diariodigitalcolombiano.com/vota-por-las-mujeres-mas-bellas-de-colombia/
www.popscreen.com/v/78cFm/Paola-Rey-24022010-Noticias-RCN
www.fotolog.com/famosas_famoseo/46763047/
I feel like you should be watching BET. You are black, there are many Africans that speak Spanish and French but they are still black. There are Filipinos that speak Spanish and have Spanish names (because of the invasion) but they are still Asians. France is also a Latin country, you can be Latina in Latin America. If you come to Atlanta, you are black.
+ATL “TAMAR929” 1 you are so ignorant........
MsBgood83 you mean smart, everyone needs a role model.
One more question, my girlfriend is Cape Verdean American, does that count as Afro-Latino?
Nope, i'm Cape Verdean and we are African and we identify as such.
Okay
hsfmi But don't Cape Verdeans speak Portuguese, which is a Latin Language? So they're kind of like Brazilians in their language and culture, how is that not Afro-Latino?
Infinite Sky they speak portuguese in angoloa and other countries in africa -.-
but did you watch the video, they are latino due to the fact that they were born in south america and practice in the culture there is no distinct latin look for god sake brainwashing at its finest how come whites in america are called americans because they are not but aa are called african americans where is that they are american theres no point doing a gene test when your family have ties for centuries due to a lack of reparations they should be called american
Ladies i love your channel and message. Why not create your own shows and opportunities to create jobs...lets create our own narrative and platform.
Afro Latinas are so beautiful
When I was in the military and even when I return to civilian life there were time on the job When I was told by Hispanic that I serve and work with that I need to stop playing games because they knew I was Hispanic .My platoon SGT in the Army In my general foreman ,when I was in management at Chrysler was a Mexican ,used to get mad at me and that I was full of it and that he knew I was Hispanic. I can relate to some of the things you have been through so please keep trying and I look forward to your video.
Well Jerome don't worry about what people think or say, all I can say to you is be yourself and show the world that you're an afro Latino brotha.
One of The advantage of being in the military that you meet people from all walks of life I got to know lot of peoples from different countries.I was very fortunate to meet and serve with a lot of Afro Latinos There were some who said I was lying when I told them I did not speak Spanish .It happened to me more than once, even with soldiers from Mexican.
Interesting that I never really gave it a thought, but this is so true. You rarely see any afrolatino on Univision or Telemundo, even thought their a big part of our (Latin) community. Shame on the executive producers and the screen writers who are excluding Latinos who played such an important part on Latin Culture and Entertainment
The last young lady made the best comment, to paraphrase, she can understand Americans not knowing about Afro latinos, but latinos should know. She is totally right with that!
I can appreciate this, for we need to educate as well. Diversity is great, I love it, Is like seeing a garden with beautiful different flowers. I am latina, and sometimes my own kind ask me that I don't look latina but, maybe Russian or Irish even Jewish But, I am latinaaaaaaaa, we come in all colors and sizes it what makes the world go around. Maybe I should write to see more afro-latinos and Asian-latinos as well.
ahora estoy aprendiendo español. Quiero poder hablar y aprender sobre otras gentes y sus culturales. Soy Estadounidense Negro también.
I'm mestizo &/or Melungeon, but people just refer to me as black but "light-skinned". It's really annoying..."Do you speak Spanish?" Yes, not that much, but I do. Although I can't ONLY claim South/Central american native, I still include it when I explain my multiracial background to people.
This is so true... majority of the people I know think I'm lying when I say I am Puerto Rican and Black because I don't "look" Puerto Rican.
This video is amazing, I will most def sign the petition
i am a brown skin Dominican and i work at a restaurant in a very popular tourist region and every time hispanic or spaniard tourist come to my.job they usually get surprise wen they realize i speak spanish
Just to add. During my childhood in America is was kind of similar except for a few sitcoms you rarely saw other cultures on tv. And if you did it was very stereotypical nonsense. Today it's better way better now all we need is the quality back.
This subject about been a afro-latina is something we never really heard of while growing up in Puerto Rico, I know I have African roots but so as all latinos no matter our complexion we have some african blood some more than others but we all do....I love our culture and what make you different but so much alike at the same time....I never had heard anything about oh you don't look puertorican until I got to united States is funny how much color matter here
Bravo ladies, I think it might be beneficial for you to reach out to other Afro Latinos on UA-cam to have them tag your videos, whether they are beauty gurus, have a cooking channel or any of the many channels they might have in between Many of them have followers from many different cultures.
Se ven afro latinos en telemundo o univisión pero muy pocos. So I am understand your feeling guys...but that happens every where. Por qué estamos hablando en Inglés?
Young ladies! I am impressed with your delivery and the feedback from the interviews carried out. However, as to the media in the USA there is not much to go by proudly although for real in the Latino World it is much more pathetic. Often times because of this I rather seek to listen programs and watch television coverage (drama and movie included) Africa, or from Jamaica. Of course Euro programs are also watch in these countries but the difference is Afro programs are well represented.
The time the above video was published was a few in days over three years ago. It will be a pleasure to visit on facebook to see what progress and what assistance can be made to push your campaign further. It is not apology that the need exist to embark upon the concept of executing television programs and/ or stations that reflect the imagines of blacks in the Latin World or elsewhere with the objective of improving black lives.
hi i am interested in participating in this, are yall interested at all in receiving video submissions? theres lots i have to say on this topic as a black-mesoamerican womxn and i would like to share my thoughts as apart of this project
beautiful sisters I just came back from Nicaragua saw black there to.
You guys or someone of Afro-Latino descent should start there own web series on UA-cam. I know a few African Americans that have them (Issa Rae, B&S TV, and BOA TV). Or maybe collaborate with these people to get the word out about Afro-Latino talent.
Sisters I love your you tubes. I am from Africa living in Canada. You are at the right lack place USA, where you can put pressure on these TV show owners. I speak portuguese and Telemundo is bresilian, we rearely see afro latinas (os)representation. Please let it out fight for it.
White or light skin latinas are more racists than white americans.