Are Black Hispanics classified as Hispanics or as African Americans ?

Question

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****** from the caribbean and central america ( Dominican reublic, Cuba, PR, Panama, Honduras, etc)
also from south america: Peru, Venezuela, etc

Answer 1

Good question!!! I wish someone gave a legitimate answer to that..

Star for you.
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Answer 2

According the the US Census bureau definitions, people of Hispanic origin can be of any race, and people who fit multiple categories are encouraged to check off multiple boxes, so the answer is that a black Cuban or Dominican, for example, would be both black and Hispanic.

The term African-American is often (although not always) restricted to black Americans who are descendants of people brought to the United States as slaves. So, according to some people, Colin Powell, for example, as the son of Jamaican immigrants, is not black but not an African American.

Answer 3

nicely because of the fact the certainly puertoriccans race comes from 3 races Taino Indians Spanish conquerors and African American slaves extra via the Spanish so as that they could be seen as merely puertorricans some documents also have a container stating puertorrican yet Hispanic may be the appropriate word or label ....... on the different hand its not elementary to be issued a word or label with the interest panic in it lol

Answer 4

Non-white Hispanics

Answer 5

Hispanics

Answer 6

They consider themselves Hispanics/Latino. I live in NYC and have friends from Dominican Republic. If you call them "African-American", they get offended. I guess language is a stronger bind than the color of skin.

I agree with poster, steddy voter. I hate ____- American. No wonder people are so divided. They are Hispanic, African or Asian before they are American.

Answer 7

"African-American" refers to nationality and not race, per se, although that is how it is often used. "Black" is the race-category, as is "Hispanic". If someone is a black Hispanic, one is still Hispanic, and for census purposes, I suppose it comes down to what this person identifies as.

Answer 8

It all depends on who is classifying them. Most folk would say African American, just due to the skin color.

Answer 9

a perfect example of why classifying people by ethnicity and race simply doesn't work in the real world.

Answer 10

Hispanic is an ethnic classification while Black is a racial one. They can be both.

Answer 11

"Multi-cultural" would probably be the term of choice from the politically correct people. Me? I'd call them black Mexicans.