All my life I considered myself Black, white, and Native American. And I was recently told that my grandfather was Domincan. But how my dad looks black. I don't understand. Do this make me a Domincana?
2006-10-24 05:36:56 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I am Irish, Cherokee/German, Welsh and Black Dutch. I am all of the above and probably a few more. I am a Heinz 57. And to look at me you can see I am very much made of each one.
So if your granddad is Dominican, you too have part of his bloodline.
My bloodline is 1/2 Irish, 1/8 Cherokee, 1/8 German, 1/8 Welsh, 1/8 Black Dutch
2006-10-24 05:54:40 · answer #1 · answered by MoonWoman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, it depends upon what you what to idenfity yourself as, to be honest. Also, we're dealing with two different things here: nationality and ethnicity.
Handling that question first, nationality refers to the country for which one has citizenship or (in cases of immigrants seeking to become citizens) the country in which one is residing. Ethnicity relates to the blood in your veins, and often relates to ethnic groups more than nations. Though your father may have been born in the Dominican Republic and lived there for a while, he may not be latino or hispanic ethnically. I'm Irish and Polish by ethnicity, but by nationality I'm American. If I moved to Chile and had a child, that child would be Chilean, but he wouldn't be hispanic. You could very well be black, white, and Native American, though your father was Dominican.
Now, as to what you are, to which ethnicity do you most identify? On my own account, I could say that I'm Roman, Allobragian, and Slavic, since the Irish were a mix of Roman, Pictish, and Celtic blood and the Poles are a Slavic people. If we all go far back enough, we're all the same race. People often refer to their ethnicity based on the last couple generations, though. You could call yourself Dominican, Latino, Hispanic, Native American, or Black, whichever you like, to be honest. All would be true, from a certain point of view.
Considering this, race and ethnicity really aren't as important as people throughout history seem to make it, huh?
2006-10-24 12:53:55 · answer #2 · answered by Kevin B 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I agree, it matters not, to anyone but you.
Heritage is important. Define your roots. You should probably be asking this question in the geneology section.
Good luck.
By the way, Latina doesn't specify a color, it specifies descendancy from a Latin American country. A lot of Spanish people have black ancestry though they don't all realize. The Moors did invade Spain for hundreds of years and I don't think they kept to themselves. People drifted from continent to continent and so, trying to define your heritage is, at best, a matter of deciding which bloodline outweighs the others.
Everyone thinks they are a certain race then someone in the family pops up with features from a completely different race and it's just a reminder of what went before.
2006-10-24 12:45:44 · answer #3 · answered by Liligirl 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some Dominicans are Black, some Latino people are Black.
Latino people have all kinds of different ancestry.
In times of the slave trade they had slaves in some Latin American countries. So you can go by Latina if you want.
But don't say your not Black, cause I've seen Black Latinas say that.
2006-10-24 12:49:58 · answer #4 · answered by No Kitty Cat for you!!! 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. His blackness is down to the Spanish and English running their West Indian colonies on African labour, but your own mixture is American and Human without any intermediate categories applying.
2006-10-24 12:45:07 · answer #5 · answered by cdrotherham 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your grandfather was dominican,ask your father,and you have latin roots because of your grandfather,but you are not latina,anyways,again,you should ask your dad. I am a latina,both my parents and all my family is puerto rican and I have lived all my life in Puerto Rico,and still do.
2006-10-24 12:41:56 · answer #6 · answered by linrod 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That would depend if your grandfather was from the Caribbean island of Dominica or the Dominican Republic.
2006-10-24 12:49:11 · answer #7 · answered by myste 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
black, white, native american, n NOW u wanna be a latina huh? i guess ur 1/4 dominican then, n black too. a lot of dominicans are black, thats why ur dad's black, or latino, or white, asian, watever else u are.
2006-10-24 16:12:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you may have latina blood but your still mixed so i dont really know i guess it depends on how much dominican you have in you is your father all dominican cause then dominican would be your prominant race making you a latina i think that is the way it works
2006-10-24 12:48:22 · answer #9 · answered by bklynmka 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dominica-A country!!!
Racial mix: African, European, and South American Native.
I don't know. Where's daddy's peeps from?
You are whatever you wannna be baby.
2006-10-24 13:23:54 · answer #10 · answered by Lotus Phoenix 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋