Me and my friend watch baseball a lot and many of the players we thought were black are from the Dominican Republic and Columbia etc. I know they possibly have African in them, but I can't explain it to her. She thinks that they aren't supposed to talk the way the do! omg!
2006-10-19 17:43:03 · 16 answers · asked by tari36867 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
It confuses many people when a person complexion is a shade that many would define as a certain race.
If your brown skin your black
If your tan your latino or black
If your creamy tint: your white, asian
I dont think your friend or most people will understand that the Majority of the human race is a shade that is not light skinned: its a fact....
She does need a history lesson most latinos (not hispanics) are brown skinned, people are brainwashed into thinking latinos comes in only a golden shade of tan..... And baseball teams are 95% made up of latinos... HELLO! you cant pick them out by skin color alone: thats just plain igorance.
Also "race" is a word constructed to put certain humans in a box: when your complexion has nothing to do with who you really are.
2006-10-19 18:02:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't understand why it would matter anyway. What makes a "black person" a black person? Is it the fact that they live in America and have dark skin or are you tracing each individuals roots to see if they came from Africa? You do know that the Dominican Islands are were some of the slave traders and even some of the African explorers landed thus creating a darker skinned group of people in those islands. So....does not make them "black" too?
What about people with the same colored skin that are from Europe, Australia, Canada, or any other non American country? Are they "black people" or are they just European, Australian, or Canadian?
Another thing is if a white person were to ask that same question they'd be deemed a racist and be accussed of being stereotypical. It's really a double standard and it's not quite right. You expect "equality" from the "White man" but you don't give it yourself.
We had a "black" girl come in our store today and she refused to be helped by our "mexican" employee. What she didn't know is that John and his parents were born and raised here and he can't speak spanish...she was just being stereotypical...
so I guess I need to do a yahoo question that states...why don't "black people" like Mexicans and Latinos?
2006-10-20 00:58:08 · answer #2 · answered by Bonecrusher 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are white Americans, black Americans, black Dominicans, and white Dominicans. Hispanic isn't a race, it's a cultural/linguistic characteristic. So, many of those Dominican players *are* black - they're just African-Dominicans, not African-Americans.
2006-10-20 02:04:53 · answer #3 · answered by JerH1 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some Dominicans are black I'm one of them I'm from an island in the west indies called Dominica not the Dominican Republic if you don't believe me look on the globe or look it up on google
2006-10-22 21:03:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Umm, Dominican Republic is a country, there can be black or Asian people there. Your nationality has nothing to do with your race. That is like suggesting that all because I was born in Columbia, I am no longer Black, WTF? If my first language was Spanish, that does not make me a Latino. There are many different races in Central and South America. I would know since my father is from the West Indies. Do yourself a favor, and learn geography.
Moron.
2006-10-20 00:50:38 · answer #5 · answered by Ohay 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
That's interesting. My son is African American but he is fluent in Spanish. When he was working at the mall he worked with a lot of Latinos. They thought he was from the Dominican Republic or Cuba. I guess his High School Spanish paid off. You see, it works both ways!
2006-10-20 00:48:19 · answer #6 · answered by elease06 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are black. I shared my life with a Dominican for a while. The only difference is that they speak Spanish.
2006-10-21 01:08:33 · answer #7 · answered by 2fine4u 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have been to Dominican Republic. There are many different types, some are very dark skinned, some are lighter.
2006-10-20 00:51:38 · answer #8 · answered by Fleur de Lis 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
When you explain that to your friend you should also explain to them that there are no black people, white people, yellow people, etc. Racism starts because we put a title of color on a person. but your TRUE history will tell you that Dominican Republicans, and a lot of South American people are of "African" decent, just as many Northern Americans are as well.
2006-10-20 00:54:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Well, you're going to have to blindfold her first...
Or redefine "Black" as it in normally used...
Non-African-American?
Non-African-American of the darker persuasion? :)
Well, whoever, and however this question gets answered -
I'm sure that more than 50% of the people won't like it for one reason or another...
I now abstain and withdraw.
Well, OK. Here's another answer:
Don't explain it to her, and let her think whatever the hell she wants to.
She will anyway...
2006-10-20 00:49:32 · answer #10 · answered by Jon W 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋