Are the Dominicans Black?.?

Question

Most of the Dominicans I see look interacials, or full blood Blacks. Are they decendents of Africans too?.

http://flickr.com/photos/marybag/112599726/

or simply go to flickr.com, and type Dominicans.

This says more

http://flickr.com/photos/artedigital/109740214/

http://flickr.com/photos/marybag/48008964/

Answer 1

They are mixed blood. They look mostly black but not quite and do not consider themselves black. They are "mulatto". A mixture of black and white.

Answer 2

Dominicans are black. Look at all there famous people and you will see that Dominicans are black. David Ortiz Sammy Sosa, Alfonso Soriano, Robinson Cano, Vladmir Guerrero, Miguel Tejada, Arlenis Sosa, Tony Dandrades, Sessilee Lopez, Manny Ramirez, Pedro Martinez, Leslie Grace, Fernando Rodney, Romeo Santos, Henry Santos, Venya Carolina. Nelson Cruz, Fabulous, Judy Reyes, Zoe Saldana, Dania Ramirez

Interesting facts Between 85% to. 90% of all Dominicans have African ancestry.
Per capita Dominicans have the highest rate of African ancestry. They are actually closer related to Africans. Most don't have any Native ancestry. Less than 15% of population have any Taino ancestry.

Compared to Argentinians who are.more closely related to Spanish/Europeans or
Bolivians who are closer related to Amerindians.

Answer 3

How can a Dominican be Mexican? besides, specific some Dominicans are Black. a number of them are additionally mulatto- a mix of Black, White, and Taino. Dominicans are available lots of colours and actual good factors..

Answer 4

Yeah, what NorCalboy said. That's why you might see a Dominican, Puerto Rican or Cuban who look either black, white (because of the Europeans) or Indian (because of the natives who where originally from the islands). The slaves who were brought to the islands influenced our food, music, religion (such as Santeria, which is a form of Voo Doo). It's also because of the Africans that we have our trade-mark big booties ;-D

Answer 5

Many Dominicans are of African descent, which historically was a result of African slaves being brought to the Carribean.

When the Spaniards came to the West Indies, many intermixed with the Africans, therefore creating a the interracial mix that you see. At the same time, many Dominicans are also of European descent (mainly Spanish)

Puerto Rico also has a similar flavor to it

Answer 6

Like most of the answers above, most are a mixture of Black African, and Spanish/Portuguese. The Caribbean Islands were populated with Black Africans from the worlds largest slave traders, the Spanish. So I do not know how "Doll Face" thinks the white man had anything to do with a Black & Spanish mixture of people?

Answer 7

The rule is usually if you have black skin, ten times outta ten you're Black.

With some Dominicans, however, they will fight you to the dawn claiming that they are Latinos.

But to their surprise...there ARE black Latinos.

Answer 8

Yes. Slaves were brought from Africa to all over the eastern coasts of America and its islands.

Answer 9

They look black to me, so yes, descendants of Africans, but I think they are also mixed.
>> News for you, SAILING MA - Spanish people (meaning people from Spain) are WHITE!!!!!!!!

Answer 10

I'm Dominican! Yes, many of us such as myself are mixed with Black. But I'm different. I'm American born and I'm mixed with Jamaican, Creole and Cherokee.