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Why do many people in Latin America have African ancestry?
Many people in Latin America have African ancestry due to the transatlantic slave trade, where millions of Africans were forcibly brought to the Americas to work on plantations. This historical migration and mixing of populations have resulted in a significant presence of African ancestry in countries throughout Latin America.
What is mestizo and mulatto?
Mestizo - Someone of mixed European and ameridian ancestry. Mainly Mexicans are mestizo, they have spanish and native American ancestry. There are many mestizo in Mexico,El salvador,Honduras,Paraguay and other latin American countries. Mulatto - Someone of European and African ancestry. A good example of mulattos are brazilians soccer players ronaldo and Roberto carlos and also dominican baseball player Alex"A-ROD"Rodriguez. Ronaldo and Carlos are probably of portuguese(European) and angolan or another African country descent. Alex Rodriguez is probably of spanish European and west African or another African country descent.There are many mulattos in Brazil,Dominican Republic,Cuba,Puerto Rico,Venezuela,Panama and many other latin American countries.
What is Pam grier's ancestry looks native american?
The American actress Pamela Suzette Grier (born 1949) is of African-American ancestry. "Looks native American" is not a very scientific way of classifying ethnicity.There are many hundreds of people in the world with the name "Pam Grier", some of whom may have native American ancestry - but the actress does not.
Why do many people in Latin America and the Caribbean have African ancestry?
Many people in Latin America and the Caribbean have African ancestry due to the transatlantic slave trade that brought millions of Africans to the region to work on plantations and in mines. European colonizers imported enslaved Africans as a source of labor, which led to intermixing and the formation of diverse Afro-Latinx and Afro-Caribbean communities. The legacy of African culture and heritage is deeply ingrained in the region's history and contributes to its cultural diversity.
Why can both African-americans and African -Latino be black?
More west African slaves were taken to Latin America than the amount that was taken to the U.S. only approximately 8% of the slaves came to the U.S. That is why many latinos are black or have African ancestry
How many African-Americans have some white ancestry?
There is no precise measurement of how many African-Americans have some white ancestry, but it is thought that almost all African-Americans whose ancestors were slaves in the pre-Civil War United States have some white ancestry.
Is Jennifer Lopez an African American musican?
NO! Like many Latin Americans, Brazilians and some people in the USA she is of mixed heritage. She is a Puerto Rican likely similar to me. My Ancestry DNA shows I am 86% European (Spanish, Portuguese, English, Italian and others), 12% Native American, likely Taino, and 2% North and central African.
What culture greatly influenced Latin America dances?
There are many African influences on Latin American dances when the slaves were brought to Cuba, Brazil etc.
How many people in Africa are African-American?
Not a significant number. Though some could consider those in Liberia to be the most "african-american", since Liberia was established to send black slaves from the US "back" to Africa. To be African-American presumably means that your ancestry is in Africa and you are in America. This is a rather outdated term and not descriptive, however, since most "African-Americans" living in America know little of their ancestry in Africa and as are established in America as any other person. They feel the same culture shock, etc, while in Africa.
Is you were born in Africa and live in America are you African American?
No, there are other criteria. There are many ethnicities represented in Africa. If an Afrikaner were to move to America, he would not be referred to as an African-American. To be an African-American, a person would need to be of Congoid (Black African) ancestry but born in America. It is puzzling how, from a distance, anybody can know which continent a person was born on but, because "Black" and "Negro" fell out of favor, the term is used rather loosely to describe anybody of Congoid (also called Negroid) ancestry who happens to be in the United States.
What country do hispanic people come from?
Hispanics are people who can trace their ancestry back to Hispania (what is now the Iberian Peninsula). They come from Portugal, Spain, or the many Latin American countries.
How many African-Americans reside in California?
It depends on your idea of an African-American. Some believe it means that the person is a descendant from an African who was forced to immigrate to America as property. But if that was the case, then Obama would not qualify as an African-American. My Nephew has a beautiful European Mother and a handsome, America, Black father. What do you call him? And what about the Africans who are citizens of America, yet they have there ancestry in and from Africa. What do you call them Einstein? Some people like me, believe that there is an African-American in all of us because we all have ancestry in and from Africa. We all came from there. If you must call me by my place of birth, then say I am a Ohio-American, 5th generation. At this time the question is unanswerable.
