first!

For the love of God!! Hispanics can be any freaking color/race!! SMDH!!

Like Lala,I’m too an Afro-Hispanic meaning I’m a black woman of Hispanic descent originally from Central America…got it? It’s really not that hard to comprehend folks! lmao!!!

For the life of me,I will never get why SOME folks in this country (either ignorant,uneducated or act like they don’t know) truly believe that a person can’t be both but just one or the other…*rolls eyes & sighs*

Growing up, my mom told me and my siblings to let ppl know we were Trinidadian because Afro-Americans are generally viewed as lazy bums. Not all Africans, just the American ones. That’s why we make the distinction, #justsayin

la la is really cool chick carlmelo good pick buddy:)

la la is a really cool girl good pick carmelo

Who knew this was breaking news! NOW I can sleep at night…!

Okay. First of all, she has a strong identity of who she is unlike most people who can’t seem to figure it out. You either identify with something or you don’t and be comfortable in your skin. I do understand what she is saying being biracial myself, but I am clear that I am Black because that is who I identify with. Yes, I love my Caucasian side but in the real world, I am comfortable simply being Black.

Okay, my day can begin now that I am clear about who LaLa is and who I am

Its a lose/lose situation…let her embrace her latino culture and then she’s a sellout to tha black race and vice versa…

Btw, lala seems cool and I’m happy for her and Melo.

Come on now. This isn’t really anybody’s business and who are we to tell her what to choose to identify herself as?

It is a shame that African-Americans here in the U.S. jsut can’t be “black and proud.” I just sayin’.

Who cares what she identifies with! Why do AAs care so much because a mixed race person embraces?

Latina is more a culture than race. she black but her culture is Latina.

Please, that girl is black every one has several types of races in them but we can’t all go around saying im mixed with 52 colors. and for Sticky-n-Sweet it’s not about what other people think of you, it’s what you think of you.

Well if her parents are from P.R then she is Puerto Rican. so idk why shes retractin what is true not all P.R look like J.LO… Anywho people who are from carribean have culture n they are proud to distinguish their island n culture.

I commend LaLa for embracing her heritage and not continuing the stupidity of the one-drop rule (if you have one drop of black blood then you are simply black). Mariah can learn something from LaLa, because I am tired of Mariah calling herself black as if she is an African American. Mariah is a black cuban. She is NOT, I repeat, NOT, an African American. And Halle should be able to say that she is bi-racial too.

Why do African Americans want to keep up the stupid rules given to us by our oppressor? Of course, whites are going to always think that a person with one drop of black blood is black, but do WE HAVE TO KEEP EMBRACING THAT STUPIDITY? Hmmm, I guess so, because whites will always consider us to be a ni**er, and we keep calling ourselves that too.

Get over it. She has negro blood as well as other blood. Let her identify whatever culture she wants to.

Barack Hussien popped out of a white coochie and we call him black. He is not even negro he is straight african. Is Obama denying his whiteness?

Americans have such a ignorant way of getting offended by things like this. By the way, I’m american.

La La better hope the Knicks don’t whoop the her husband’s teams behind at noon today. Believe that!!

Christmas is coming !!! Still alone this year??? No, welcome to
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a nice place for seeking interracial love, which gives you a chance to make your life better and open opportunities for you to meet the attractive sin gles and treat you like ///a king or Q-ueen.
Come to find your special one for a sweet Christmas !!!!

Hispanic/Latino/a isn’t a race but a culture or heritage…that’s all…I insist,I don’t get where all this “confusion/misunderstanding” comes from? *scratches head*

Oh let me guess what could perhaps be one of the major issues: In this country,including the major Hispanic networks (Univision,Telemundos) sadly,only embrace their fair skinned,long straight/wavy hair with non-Afro features counterparts like Jennifer Lopez,Eva Mendez,Sofia Vergara & Daisy Fuentes to name a few making many N. Americans believe that these are the only & true representations of Hispanics/Latins & that’s not true.

I’m so sick of typical low self-esteem nappy headed black people getting mad when someone acknowledges there true ethnicity. It probably wouldn’t matter except they forget that THEY are the ones who exclude or try to make a biracial person feel like they aren’t “Black” enough or question their “blackness” because their skin is fair and their hair isn’t nappy. Instead of dealing with your bullying and trying to make us feel like we don’t belong, we have flown above and now it’s a problem?! Truth is Lala IS biracial, NOT black. It is what it is. Get over it losers and quit trying to make it into a big deal. Ok? Thank you!

Her family is clearly Hispanic, so why should she deny that part of her? I never knew she was Hispanic until she said so, but she should not have to prove to anyone what she is.

I didnt know there were lazy races ….I just thought there were lazy people…huh…go figure…..

Biracial? NO …multicultural? yes

Being black is superficial and overrated, period. People need to realize that the so called “black race” is more divided than ever – and it’s better for everyone to stick with their lineage, and throw that superficial “black race” BS in the bin…

F*ck being black! – I’m DWAYNE for life…

You some of you people that come from these Caribbean Islands have a lot of nerve with this crap that African Americans are perceived as being lazy. Common sense, and a little history lesson confirms that our ancestors were the strongest, brightest, and greatest. How else could America rise to it’s prominence? Yes off the backs, blood and sweat of African Americans. We paved the way for you Islanders to come over to this country, and reap the benefits of our hard work, struggle and pain when your people were too weak to build up your own countries. Just look @ some of your countries now, still broke poor and third worldish. So don’t give me that crap about African American being viewed as being lazy, because our record speaks for itself. We built great countries in Africa, and a great one here. That’s why they brought our ancestors to America, because we weren’t lazy. And if you Islanders were so much more superior to African Americans, why don’t yall stay in your own country and build that up?

Most people would be suprised to know the history of Africans in Puerto Rico. Long story short Blacks have a prominent place in their history books but like most cultures its not celebrated.

Sorry bruh. Theres nothing overrated about being Black, in fact its quite the opposite.

Im so sick of this topic!

Bunny, how is she not biracial? Did you see her mom and family on her tv show?

AND BLACK FOLKS PLEASE, PLEASE STOP TRYING TO CLAIM EVERYBODY. IF YOU ARE BI-TRI RACIAL IT IS WHAT IT IS. I DON’T CONSIDER MIXED PEOPLE BLACK. I’M BLACK AND THEY ARE MIXED RACE WHICH IS NOT BLACK !

Co-sign Blessed Daughter!

Africa was named after a European named Leo Africanus from the 15th century.

The American known one drop rule got some negroes feeling sour. Let a person identify as they wish. A person doesn’t have to identify as solely black just to make a negro feel good about his or herself or race. Get over it!!

Well said!

I HATE THAT THE HISPANICS HAVE TO DISINGUISH THEMSELVES AS EITHER WHITE OR BLACK WHEN CHOOSING A ‘race’, THIS IS NOT FAIR FOR THE LATINO WHO DOES NOT WANT TO PICK OR CHOOSE!!!!! I LOVE THE AFRO-AMERICAN RACE, MORE THAN ANYTHING BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE I GREW UP AT!! ALTHOUGH I AM HISPANIC IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT I’m EITHER BLACK OR WHITE!!

@sticky and sweet
GTFOHWTBS
I’M A HUNDRED % BLACK AND I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE DOMICAN REPUBLIC.Y SOY LLENA DE ORGULLO.BUT I KNOW WHERE DOMINICANS COME FROM- AS WHERE ALL PEOPLE COME FROM.AFRICA.IM FAMILIAR WITH YOUR TYPE.YOU LIKE TO CROSS OVER WHEN yOU CAN GET OVER.WHY ARE YOU ON A BLACK SITE EMPHASIZING HOW BLACK YOURE NOT.AND SENSE YOURE PARENTS TOLD YOU NOT TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF AS BLACK APPARENTLY THEY RAISED YOU TO FEEL SUPERIOR TO BLACK PEOPLE.BUT THATS HARD FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU KNOW IN YOUR TRUE HEART THAT WE GOT TOO MUCH sTYLE AND FLAVOR TO BE IGNORED.BET YOUR PARENTS DIDNT HAVE SHYT TO SAY ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE.YOU’RE THE TYPE TO SECRETLY ADMIRE WHITE WOMEN FROM A DISTANCE.BECAUSE ALL YOU KNOW IS WHAT YOU SEE AND READ.MY FAMILY RAISED US TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOURE IN THE U.S YOU SHOULD EMBRACE YOUR BLACKNESS NOT SELL-OUT TO FIT IN.
YOUR PARENTS SOUND LIKE THE TYPE THAT YOU HAD TO HIDE YOUR BLACK HOOKUPS FROM BUT THEY WOULD BE SO PROUD OF YOU IF YOU CAME HOME WITH SOME WASHED OUT HUNKY.YOU DONT HAVE TO CHOOSE SIDES.BUT I CHOOSE TO.BECAUSE ILOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT BLACKNESS THE ROSE AND THE THORNS.YOURE THE TYPE THAT WHEN THE MEDIA PORTRAYS BLACKS NEGATIVELY YOU SAY ITS THEM.BUT oN THE OTHER HAND YOU LOVE THE SWAG THAT IMMINATES FROM US AND ITS SO POWERFUL THAT YOU COULDNT HELP IT IF YOU WaNTED TO.SO LEAVE ALL THE STEREOTYPES IN YOUR MOMMAS HOUSE.BECAUSE ITS THE VIEW POINT TAUGHT TO THEM BY KEEBLERS.AND bE AS FAR AS TELLING YOU TO SAY YOURE TRINADIAN WHO WERE THEY TELLING YOU TO TELL THAT TO BECAUSE BLACKS SEE YOU AS BLACK AND WHITES SEE YOU THE SAME WAY.SO GOOD LOOK SEEKIN WHITE PEOPLES APPROVAL.YOU SOUND LIKE YOU REALLY CRAVE IT I HOPE YOU GET IT.IM SURE YOUR MOM WILL BE VERY PROUD OF YOU.
IN THE MEAN TIME YOU CaN CaTCH ME OVER HERE LOVIN HOW HARD IT IS TO BE BLACK
SORRY BOUT THE RANT. BUT MEANT EVERY WORD SPELLING ERRORS AND ALL

The most important man on earth is Obama. The most respected and famous entertainers and athletes on earth are Black Americans who are emulated all over the globe. Too many of the so-called Hispanics, especially the dark skinned ones, cling to that old model of Black Americans as being one thing. Over 90 percent of the Puerto Ricans are poor and discriminated against themselves when it comes to skin color. Amongst Spanish speakers color means a higher standard of living, being closer to the ideal western state of beauty. Sammy Sosa had to bleach his skin, wear contacts and straighten his hair in order to be accepted by the lighter Dominicans in his own country.

@Mustafa
Tell me how being black is not overrated when black people can’t just get along without one set of black people claiming superiority over the other????

“Wrinkled their noses” are you for real when people from all over the world admire black people in America but you honors the Rican? Nobody!

Why would she identify herself as just Black and deny her Hispanic heritage? ESPECIALLY since she speaks fluent Spanish. That would make absolutely NO sense.

Looks like we’re not the only one who believes everything someone is telling them. Your comments are the result of that age old lie about AA being lazy. Most opinions about Black Americans from other Black countries come from what you read,hear, or see which come from media or print that was’nt written by us. Be thankful to us cause our contributions are great. Goggle Black inventors and suprise yourself. Peace

My exact sentiments…

I guess you mean low self-esteem, nappy haired, contact lenses wearing, weave wearing Puertos like you and Lala. If you SP!CS had so much self esteem how come you all scraping the bottom of the barrel in American society. How come SP!CS copy Black people but Black people don’t copy ya’ll. And why do White Latinos reject you nappy haired, dark skinned SP!CS all the time.

I thank God I have always been comfortable in my skin… I never understood people who make a big fuss over race or light vs dark etc…. Just b thankful for the red blood that flows through our veins and the air we breath…we r all different and beautiful

Why is it always the black race with you people.. Everybody on here is straight doggin the black race. Like the black race is at fault for everything. Which it is not it’s the human race as I can see. Everybody wanna dogged the black race when stuff like this comes up. But soon as some one becomes the 1st black president you wanna be proud about it smh. If people wanna get technically and take it back to the 1300′s then we are all mixed then not one of us in this world is a full black person. So, this makes no sense to me. I believe the black race is the most beautiful race as much as people wanna claim to hate it. It’s the most embrace race in this world. Everybody loves following the trends of the black race and can you blame them. LaLa can identify herself any way she likes. And the last time I check it wasn’t the black race who was having an issue with her statement. It was the Latino saying she isn’t fully a latino because of her complexion. So people embrace who you are stop being so negative towards the next person. That is what’s so wrong with the “human race” now.

And that is exactly how every Hispanic group in America feels about Puerto Ricans. They all look down on Puerto Ricans as being lazy bums on welfare.

Overrated means to put high value into something. We can look at most comments here and see thats not the case. We have divide issue that keeps us from getting along with each other. Tom Brady Peyton Manning overrated. Michael Vick is not thought of like these other 2 qbs for example.

Why are people saying LaLa is mixed? I thought she was 100% latina. The fact that her skin is dark doesn’t make her mixed. Also, in America hispanic is a race. It is the race of people from spanish speaking countries regardless of color.

If her parents looked Latina (which they clearly don’t because neither one of them are white) why does Lala look so UNLATINA? Generally a Latina woman would look like Selena Gomez, Jessica Alba and such. Lala looks nothing like that, neither does Rosie Perez.

Latina Hispanic particapation in america civil rights movements was where? Brave African Americans fought and continue to fight for CIVIL rights FOR ALL AMERICANS. I am light bright damn near white I speak french and germany. I am so glad my grandfather and father were not Cowards or to scared to fight march to stand up and be counted. Look at the civil rights history? Pictures of the civil rights marches. Where were the Latina hispanics asian americans? No no me no like dem me me no march me quiet me me like my job me no want your job boss!

I grew up with a lot of self-hating people of african decent who would say stuff like “I’m not black, I’m panamanian” or some other nonsense. I got tired of trying to educate them about the black diaspora and just realized that the negative perception of black americans around the world is a mighty force to fight against. It’s not our fault as black americans if others in the world listen and believe everything the white man/media says. we do our part. without our efforts they would be nowhere (which they don’t seem to mind as long as they get the white man’s approval). Being black is a privilege (no matter what anyone tries to convince you) and I am very proud to be a part of such an amazing people. F anyone who isnt

LALA,…SHE LOOK BLK AND NOT LATINO,… HER MOM LOOK MEXICAN INDIAN…I THOGHT THAT WHAT SHE WAS MIXED WITH!!!

Very well said

I asked that question in one of my previous comments hun ? She was clearly the darkest one, the rest were creoled colored. I don’t know, it puzzeled me as to why she looked so different! I just knew her daddy was black untill they showed him and he wasn’t. Like I said it looked like he had a lil black in him some where way down the line ! I don’t consider mixed people black !They are what they are !

@ Mrs Rance: Fat Joe in my eyes is an Afro-Hispanic or of Afro descent…I mean,just look @ his features..just saying….

& yes,Lala’s as much of a black woman as she is Hispanic since a person can be both..I’m one

This woman does not fit the definition at all of what Latin people are. Puerto Ricans would rather call themselves Latino even when they aren’t, in order to separate themselves from society’s ideal of a Puerto Rican because it is not a positive ideal. To society Latinos are white.

I agree 100%. nationality, culture, and race are different.

Hey glok what up. I never knew white folks ( society) considered latino whites. We know white folks ain’t having that. Altho whats the desperate housewife name the one who husband just cheated on her. She claim latino and she was on that show about DNA and this chick was 80 % white woman !

Mexicans and Cubans do say the same about Puerto Ricans that is 100% correct!

@Mustafa
Overrated = to rate, azzess, or estimate too highly

Till black people start getting along, and see each other as one big family irrespective of their Country – being “black” will always be overrated and superficial to me..

F*ck being black!!!

MOST PUERTO RICANS I GREW UP WITH AND MOST LOOKED BLK AND MOST LOOKED WITH,..ALWAYS CLAIMED TAINO INDIAN OR ARAWAKAN INDIO….VERY FEW CLAIMED WHITE THAT I KNEW …NOW THE DOMINCANS WHO LOOK BLK LIKE ME CLAIM WHITE ,..IM LIKE WTF…I WOULD HAVE NEVER KNEW THEY SPOKE LATIN TIL THEY OPENED THEY MOUTH!!!

100% co-sign @afodite!!! & why is it majority of the time people love the black race except for the black race. I never understood that. Black race is the most celebrated race on this planet but people who are black claim not to be. Exp: Beyonce I was reading an magazine with her about three years ago and she was saying she wish she could of been borning a Latino because of there culuture that’s prolly why she did that damm Spanish cd. Be proud of who you are. That’s the moral of the story children. Stop being negative why are we so negative for.

When God made humans, he made different races for a reason. We as humans have destroyed that distinction with all of the race mixing, which is why people like La La are confused and feel the need to prove themselves. We can just embrace all cultures, we dont have to mix. Whats the point of exploring Asia, Africa, Europe, the Carribean, etc..if all we are going to do is mix, have everyone looking the same, and continue the divide and confusion amongst each other because people do not know who they really are. Think about it. I am so happy that I can walk down the street and you know that I am black. You do not have to wonder.

There is nothing biracial about Lala Vasquez. She wears straight hair weaves, she wears light contacts and she bleaches her skin. She doesn’t look biracial at all and she is clearly jealous of JLO from the catty comments she made about her.

I MEANT MOST LOKED WHITE!

there is no way a foreign black gonna claim only being black and get categorized with yankee black americans, no way in hell…. wo wants to be stereotyped as being lazy…..

*diddo* @ Bunny. Where r u from btw?

@ Blessed Daughter.

You said it! Amen!!! Let it be known, once and for all.

@ realist? So, what do you check mark for your race on an application?

WHAT UP DANI,…PORTUGESE AND SPANAIRDS ARE THE WHITE LATINO,…AND MOST OF WHAT WE SEE TODAY ARE MIXED WITH THAT AMONGST AFRO LATINAz ARE MIXED,..WHITE,BLK AND INDIAN…EVA LANGORIA IZ A MEXICAN /INDIAN !! YOO THEY HAVE PLACES IN MEXICO WHERE THE PPL LOOK LIKE NEGRO PPL…THE NAME I FORGET SAN PEDRO!!

now hats a good one.. pura and natural and straight up black is what i crave.. damn im jealous!! but i cant help what my parents and grandparents did but i can hate on those low down white men who laid up raping black women and making mixed babies and then had the audocity to not claim their seed.. ohhhhh! i hate them crap!! and it aint got a damn thing to do with a white owman taking my black man because that has never happened, i dont like whites for all the dirty things they have done and still try to do to blacks.. but yet run all up in our bedrooms! You got to be a lowdown dirty dog to do what they did and talk all kinds of crap about blacks but steady breeding with blacks! If i hate your azz so much i damn sure aint sleeping and breeding with you.. that sounds like undercover sneaky love!

I check OTHER!!! I just can’t deal the stupidity of the so-called “black people!”

Please black people have more clout than filty mexicans and Latina. Hell they trying to put them out of the country. You may not claim black but to America you ain’t white so you ain’t chit. Don’t try to act like mixed race has it better, they probably have it worst, don’t nobody want to accept them but crazy black folks and I get tired of them claiming everybody !

ur mammie.. cause that what she is lazy azz he**!

MOST PPL I KNOW THAT COME FROM FOREIGN TODAY ARE NOT ASHAMED OF BEING BLK ,..YOU GOT BLKz WHO KNOW THEY AZZ IZ BLK CLAIMING SOMETHING OTHER THAN BLK….SO WHAT GIVES???

Rose I think I heard you mention before you are from where I am from I know you ain’t crying about these 2 inches of snow. It’s cold as hec, now that it is !

I read an article recently that was talking about trying to find bone marrow for a leukemia patient but it had been extremely difficult because he was multi-racial. His particular genetic make-up was very rare, and the article mentioned that the new trend of racial mixing is making it a little more difficult in the medical world for solutions. WEll, at least with this little boys situation. My point is, we can love one another but we do not have to share our gene pool. Also, the last time I checked hispanics and p.ricans are not races, it is culture. They are both mixed. European Spaniards state they are the true spanish people and that hispanics and p.ricans are mixed spanish people who was just born on the island of puerto rico and also from mexico. When we lived in Germany, I met a lot of people from Spain and we had endless convos about the topic.

I’m NOT gonna read none of this ‘STOOPID’ sh!t not more. This stuff is full of ignorance, dumb & idiotic sh!t that won’t have any end to it!!!

These clowns always run away from that Africaness. White folks have programmed them so much with propaganda that they deny there very own existence. Always grasping for something to distance themselves from the so called Negro, Colored, Black, African American. You defeated fools never had a chance. Rise, rise, rise!!!

Originally from Honduras,Central America born & raised but I moved to NY in 03′ & have been living here since & you?

Folks Do some reading & educate yourselves..some of y’all are to ignorant/uneducated!

Hi Peaches. I get what you are saying. Your daughter is biracial. Generally speaking, in the eyes of other caucasian people, they may view her as black person, I have no issue which someone saying they are biracial. I def would have a problem if someone denied the African part of them. To me, I consider La La Afro-Latino.

@ realist! wow! So, do you hate blacks as a whole or do you hate some of the stuff you seen.

Real Latinos are white white folks and white folks only. White Latinos hate brown and black Puerto Ricans and we know it but we still kiss their white azzes to be accepted by them.

@harlemangel
So TRUE.

@realist. By your own definition of overrated (being estimated too highly) you support my argument that being Black is Not overratted. You are what you are. Thank the Creator for that. Hate to get personal but by checking the other box on an application is a sign of self hate in my opinion. Seems to me you under rate yourself. Malcolm X would’nt do that.

Who cares…I just heard Aretha Franklin might be on her death bed

Realist is one dumb muthafugga.

How is he gonna say being black is overrated and have Malcom X as his avatar? What a dumb thing to say. Malcolm X would chew u out for saying something as stupid as that.

I can’t stand your dumb self. U try to come of as being smart but your nothing but a pseudo-inellectual.

STFU

*intellectual

CONTROVERSY? why do people care what race she is are you gonna like her less different if she black ? she afro-puerto rican meaning she has african ancestry but was born in Puerto Rico..its 2010 so NEXT!

good post

You guys cab be whatever you want to be…As long as you stay as far away from me as humanly possible!

I mean that!

IT’S REAL BUT SHE IS PUERTO RICAN AND PUERTO RICANS HAVE AFRICAN HERITAGE JUST LIKE AFRICAN AMERICANS.. AND PUERTO RICANS HAVE A DIFFERENT CULTURE OF THEIR OWN. JUST LIKE AFRICAN AMERICANS. WE ARE ALL FROM AFRICA BUT THE TERM BLACK IS VERY AMERICAN. IF SHE SAID IM BLACK ALTHO HER BACKGROUND IS PUERTO RICAN THAT WOULD B TO0 GENERAL. SHE IS PUERTO RICAN THERE IS A DIFFERENCE AND IF YOU THINK IT ISNT THAT MEANS YOU THINK PUERTO RICANS DONT HAVE A CULTURE. WHEN YOU SAY PUERTO RICAN IT SHOULD BE ALREADY UNDERSTOOD THAT PUERTO RICANS HAVE AFRICAN BLOOD POINT BLANK. SPECIFICALLY SHE IS PUERTO RICAN

yes Latina is not a race smh. Just like black is not a race but a freakin color.

@ Miss Perfect!
What does Next mean?

The reason why people say where there from and not just that there black is because everywhere else has deep culture attatched to it. American blacks have no culture except for the one the white man gave them.

Double cosign! And if you ask the islanders who know the real deal they will tell you the truth and tell you they will never return to their islands(due to violence, poverty, and ignorance).

THERE IS A CULTURE ATTACHED TO BEING PUERTO RICAN, DOMINICAN ETC JUST LIKE THERE IS A CULTURE TO BEING AFRICAN AMERICAN. POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE. JUST LIKE THERE IS A CULTURE TO BEING FROM FRANCE. YES THEY ARE WHITE BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY THEY ARE FRENCH. IF YOU ADMIRE ANOTHER CULTURE WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT??? THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS ONCE PEOPLE TRAVEL. AND THATS WHY PEOPLE TRAVEL.

@stinky and sh!tty
I’ve traveled around the world studying abroad and the perceptions of African Americans vary depending where you go, but lazy definitely isn’t one of them. Maybe that’s the ideology of just you, your familiy, and whatever poverty stricken island community you come from. Read a book (That’s if you can, I know the illiteracy rate of those islands in the Caribbean) and educate yourself about the country you came to and respect all its people.

We African Americans built this country, made it possible for others to come here and even have a fair chance at a better life, we went from being thought of as sub human and cattle to having equal rights, our own learning institutions, businesses, land/property, and becoming elected officials in and outside our community. All had to be WORKED and fought for. And our cultural and scientific contributions are out of this world.

Sit down —> _/ and shut ^

WTH are people talking about!! There are lazy folks in all races perhaps its just certain races are brought more to the forefront about their criminal activities and what not. I am so sick of people always always trying to label black folks as lazy, criminals etc..etc..I’m
Black (African-
American) whatever and I am neither lazy or a criminal nor is my husband and hopefully our children won’t be either. Damn when are we going to stop seeing people for their color(race)?? Who cares what La-La is but I see she went for a BLACK man when it came down to marriage. Maybe it’s because he had a little change. Why didn’t she go for a Puerto Rican as a spouse??? People really need to quit!!!

@Simply Jane
I just don’t want to be azzociated with the stupidity of majority of black people…I’d rather be myself and live – than to azzociated with any race that think low of themselves..

@Mustafa
WTF are you talking about?

@Jinx
Get a life!! These nutz on your fugly face, hoe..

Not all blacks are actually black though, millions are brown, yellow, light and bright. Black needs to be redefine to a culture in my opinion. It is certainly not just about color otherwise all blacks would actually be black in color. Just saying.

Carmelo is Half Puerto Rican, something you already know I’m sure.

If you call yourself a ‘latina’ all you are is a mix between some native, african, and spanish drizzle. That’s all. You’re not spanish from Spain, you don’t look and act like the Europeans, they don’t speak spanish like you, your culture isn’t like theirs.

Spaniards from Spain prefer African Americans, the mexicans, puerto ricans, central americans and such though- they detest. And you all know it. That’s why you come here hating on the African Americans.

NOBODY TRIPS WHEN PEOPLE FROM JAMAICA SAY IM JAMAICAN!!!!! SO WHY TRIP WHEN A PERSON FROM PUERTO RICO SAY IM PUERTO RICAN!!! REMEMBER EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN CULTURE EVEN THO THEIR BLOOD LINE TRACES BACK TO AFRICA. I DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT AFRICAN SO I CALL MYSELF AFRICAN AMERICAN OR BLACK FOR SHORT. BUT BLACK AND WHITE IS TOOOOOOOOO GENERAL AT THE END OF THE DAY

Spanish people are white people. The people who see on television are Spanish speaking and that is in no way the same thing. The Spanish speakers you see are ghetto hood rats, but ghetto hood rats are in every culture. If you want to see Spanish culture go to Spain.

Please they showed Carmelo mom & dad on the show and they were BLACK,it was nothing mixed looking about them hell they were blacker than me.

PUERTO RICE IS THE 51ST STATE, FOOL!!! DO YOU SEE BLACKS IN NEW YORK CLAIM NEW YORK AS A NATIONALITY, PUNK?

@mustafa
100 cosign what you said about culture..

That was Carmelo’s step-father. His real father was Puerto Rican and he died when Carmelo was four years old.

African Americans have the most money on planet Earth compared to other black races. The Carribbean blacks are dirt broke with nothing but poverty especially Trinidad.

@Realist. C’mon son. You do no that Puerto Rico is not part of the United States. The US owns its territory but its not one of the 50 states.

Daddy Yankee and Fat Joe are OBVIOUSLY of Afro-descent. However, I would never call any of them black. They look part black, but not half. It might be harder to see the Afro in Daddy Yankee, but it’s obvious he isn’t one hundred percent white Spanish European.

Still, the fact is, she looks as black as any black woman in America, blacker than me, so keep it real, ’cause she didn’t make it to fame off of the ‘latino’ culture….all these people walking around talking about “I’m white, I’m latina”, well darling, Spaniards don’t call themselves latino, they call their subjugated, colonized leftovers ‘latinos’ so where is the pride in that?

Also, I speak english-I’m not english. Get it? You speak spanish- you’re not spanish.

LaLa sadly is irrelevant as well in the world of celebrity. She really doesn’t work.

but have you see pictures of him? I am not too sure about Carmelo being PR. They showed a picture of him and he looked black !There was nothing about him or his mamma that looked PR !

People like you show that black ppl can be as equally ignorant as whites and everyone else. She is a Puerto Rican who is black. Why is that so hard to understand? I am a black person of Haitian ancestry. Yet no one complains when I say that. Why dog her then?

Okay. “Black or Latina”? You can be both you know regardless of what the White Latino say.

I knew this was going to be an ignorant article when I read the title… okay for those that don’t know (including lala herself) most Puerto Ricans have a trace of African Blood. So yes, lala you are black, learn your history smdh.

In this day in age everyone is so mixed anyway there’s no use in trying to claim a certain ethnicity, especially in America where everyone is mixed with everything…

Lala was correct for making the distinction, for one being Black represents one’s race, Latina is culture & ethnicity. I’m surprised she mentioned Trinidadians though, I am a first generatiom Trini in the US & I make that exact distinction when describing my background, I’m black first but I am not African American due to cultural differences. I don’t make the distinction b/c I believe one group is superior to the other, it’s just different. For one comment that was made saying us “islanders” are piggybacking off the coat tails of those that built this country that comment can apply to all racials groups, really & truly it’s immagrants period, despite race that come to this country see all the opportunity & take advantage of it more than the people that’s already here, that’s just the way it’s been, always room for change though

CARAMELLO IZ BLK, HE IN THE GARDEN NOW SHOWING GRINING ALL HIZ 32 NEGRO TEEF!!

This topic is stupid, and arguing about it is even more stupid. My dad is black, my mom is black and indian. (she looks white) because my grandad is black and white and indian…. and me guess what…I’M BLACK..My mom told me I don’t need to go around saying I’m indian and black and a dash of white. You are what YOU SAY YOU ARE…I could care less what another race, country, or person thinks about me. I’M GOING TO BE ME AT THE END OF THE DAY AND I HAVE MY OWN SOUL. If someone wants to be ignorant enough to judge an entire race of people then that’s on their ignorance. If you want to be a dumb azz and think all african americans are lazy criminals then go ahead. When I go to work and college and see all those african americans going to school full time and working full time I’ll make sure to tell em how you fell…GTFOH

THIS CONVO IZ LAME!!

WHY WOULD ANYBODY JUST CLAIM BLACK IF THEIR PARENTS ARE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY?!!! that makes no sense, the black people here in the united states have no roots in their place of origin, that has really effected them, there are so many black people who wish they knew where their ancestry came from but they don’t, which is not their fault. But how are you gonna get mad when black people who are first generation americans rep both american and the land of their parents, its called culture, its called knowing your roots literally, when i go to nigeria my extended family is always telling me about my grand father, my great great grandfather and so on, I have roots their and I have a culture that my parents instilled in me and to ask me to claim just black DOESNT EVEN MAKE SENSE!!! but i guess u just have to be the child of those who came from another country or a community that presevres their culture to know that.

WRGAS? She can be whatever she wants. She can tell me she Japanese and I still would not GAF! Who cares?

what country you are from is different than what race you are. all people are saying is that she is black from puerto rico. she identifies with latin culture but she is black like it or not. Latino culture has different races in it including white,black,asian. she’s black sorry.

obviously she cares since she keeps bringing it up. stressing her latino culture. I know she thinks latino is a race but she is wrong.

you americans are some really ignant mofos

I wish LAla would let this crap go. DO she see Christina Milan or Halle Berry talking bout this crap all the time. She the only celeb with this crap on her wiki. When I was little and use to brag about being mixed, my Mama use to slap the he** out of me and I stopped that shy a long time ago. Lala’s mama should have done the same thing.

your country and your race are not always different but I do see what your same, but at the same time didn’t she say we was a BLACK puerto rican? or did I misread it.

@dani. Happy Holidays….

FYI. Mexicans ARE Latinos;
Hispanic and Latino Americans are Americans with origins in the Hispanic countries of Latin America or in Spain, and in general all persons in the United States who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino. Reflecting especially the Latin American population, which has origins in all the continents and many ancestries,Hispanic/Latino Americans are very racially diverse, and as a result form an ethnic category, rather than a race. The choice of name depends on geography: Hispanic and Latino Americans who reside in the eastern United States tend to prefer the term Hispanic, whereas those in the west usually prefer Latino.

@ Mustafa

Tom Brady: 199th pick, won Super Bowl in first season as starter and two more since, career pazzer rating 94.7

Michael Vick: 1st pick, Yet to take team to Super Bowl, career pazzer rating 79.1

Who’s overrated?

Dude I am so tired of race talk because the color of your skin and your heritage shouldn’t matter. Just be you. I was at work the other day and I said “I’m Jamaican” and then this person goes “Does that mean your black?” LIKE WTF

Yall had me thinking I was crazy for a second there. I actually had to go Google some Fat Joe pics to see if the way I remembered him was not correct. But nope I looked and he doesn’t look black to me. The point is moot anyway because the fact is he is not black regardless of what people want to see him as.

Halle Berry is full American. Christina Milian probably isn’t that into her Cuban heritage. Maybe Lala’s PR heritage is really important to her and she wants to make sure people know that. And learn some things. Hispanic doesn’t automatically mean you’re mixed.

PUERTO RICO IS NOT A COUNTRY!!!! IT’S A PUPPET STATE!!!

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… and the first Africa [anywhere in the world] person to earn a billion dollar is an American woman!!!

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Sticky, you and everyone who thinks like you need to STFU. Regardless of what you call yourself, whites in America will still see yours and your mama’s a.z.z.e.s as n****s. Most of the blacks in America are living FAAAR better than blacks from other countries, but yet you wanna pretend like you come from royalty…GTFOH! You LEECHES haven’t done S.H.Y.T. for the sake of black people in America but sure don’t mind enjoying the benefits BLACK AMERICANS fought so hard to get. Maannnn…YOU and eveyone who thinks like you can kiss my beautiful AFRICAN AMERICAN A.Z.Z.!!!

Typically tragic mulatto whining about all of these black kids that said he wasn’t blk enuf growing up and then turning around and saying we wish he was black. Lol How the hell does that even make sense?

My father is considered a native guatemalan (from native america descen and a small amount white spainard). My mama is african american. I never had exposure to my hispanic culture and therefore, culturally identify as black. But u look at me and can look at me and see I’m hispanis before you would guess I’m black too. now u look @ lala and see her n think she blk but she is more in touch with her hispanic culture than me

Oh…and make sure you get my message to your ungrateful, sold out and confused mammy.

U can be biracial hispanic or african descent hispanic and still bee calld blk hispanic.
My boyfriend parents are both african descent and very dark skinned from panama. Can’t speak a lick of english. My momma blk and my daddy mexican. We both blk hispanics. Lala prolly like my boyfriend.

Well, I guess if the Hebrews stayed back in Egypt just because they help build it, they would be just like American Negroes today who continue to whine about every little thing just because they feel misplaced in a foreign land. But the Hebrew left the country they help build behind and went back to where they originally came from. And also, the Americo-Liberians who left the US are not whining today like African-Americans about what rightfully belongs to them, or are they? …lol

PS: I find it quite ironic African-Americans continue to tell people not to believe how the western media portray about African Americans but they are the first to believe how the same western media portray other communities especially those in Africa.

Why is this so hard for yall to comprehend!!!! didnt we all learn the difference between race, ethnicity and nationality in elementary school?!?!? Her race is black, her nationality is Puerto Rican, and her ethnicity is hispanic/latino! Why would yall want her to deny her hispanic heritage. Im from New Orleans and we have a unigue culture and heritage and I would be pissed off if people told me to not acknowledge it. So Lala puerto rican culture is worth acknowledging without us giving her backlash. furthermore, Puerto Ricans are all racially mixed. It was an island of indigneous people that spanish europeans landed on and they also brought africans along with them, which is very similar to the U.S and all those other islands. Whats the big deal?!? instead of consuming yourself with celeb gossip and news take an hour to learn something about history.
peace!

People need to figure out the difference between race, culture and locations. Every black person isn’t from the US.

Despite the rich history and accomplishments made by African Americans which made the U.S. an option for her, she still harbored such ignorant thoughts? Really? If it wasn’t for AA’s who fought the good fight against racism and for civil rights, others of the African Diaspora would most likely have migrated elsewhere instead of moving to the US to get a slice of the “American Dream”. Racism would not have turned a blind eye to your dark skin just because you came from Trinidad/Jamaica/Barbados/Nigeria/Guyana/Ghana/etc…#just saying.

As for Lala, I say leave it alone. Whether she identify herself as Black, Rican, or whatever changes NOTHING in MY LIFE so I could care less.

i dont c the problem with her Declaring shes puerto Rican because she is. i didnt know she was untill she said it so she was lettin people know

I remember her from HS too..When the Panamanian and Mexican girls would snicker cuz she spoke Spanish like a a “tourist” and back then she wasn’t rushing to tell anyboy that she was a Rican

As far as white americans are concerned: Black skin + Nappy Hair = Ni99a

Some of you black foreigners need to get over yourselves.

LMAO at your BF parents not speaking English..My mom been in the U.S. 20 years and she sounds like she just got her from Panama

First of all, I am a so-called negro, so this doesn’t affect me. I just don’t feel that hispanics that are damn near white have to say they are “black” just to make black people feel better.

This is so stupid.Who cares what Lala considers herself,its obvious she’s proud to be puerto rican and that she has no problem with black people.She did marry a black man and a lot of her
friends are black.I never understood why black and brown people don’t get along.It doesn’t matter what you are,if you aren’t white then America considers you to be lazy,trash and no good to society.We’re all in the same boat so why be against one another when we could just be one and continue trying to get rid of those negative images of us.

The Knicks Won!! Too bad Melo, at least you have a cute wife.

The shyt that trips me out with these africans and afro-latino’s is why don’t you mothafvckas stay off our nuts.They have their own websites and there empty azz a mothafvcka .

For someone who speaks spanish, listens to spanish music, and grew up in that culture, simply saying, “I’m black” doesn’t cut it. It’s not trying to disconnect from being black, its also recognizing who you are. I look black, but I
m puerto rican. I tell people I am Puerto Rican. Obviously I am dark,so I’ll go as far as recognizing I am an Afro-Puerto Rican, but I cannot just shun the culture in which I was raised.

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LMFAO. You are being silly. NO ONE is telling anyone to claim only black. There is a difference between nationality and race. Two completely different concepts.

If we follow YOUR logic then African Americans should NOT be saying that they are black but AMERICANS since that is their nationality. My gosh people are really dense on here lmao.

NEXT, how the hell are you going to sit up here saying that blacks don’t have a culture here in the USA and don’t know where they are from.

HELLO African Americans are from the USA stupid. If we were in Puerto Rico where LaLa is from we can apply your same ignorant logic of people within a nation not knowing where they are from because they look to that country. DON’T be ignorant.

Also lets not forget to mention how Puerto Ricans are taking from so called black culture from the USA. If blacks in the USA have no culture then things like jazz and soul and blues need to stop being imitated by “Latinos” including Afro Latinos.

There are many black cultures and dialects and people mixed with Africans because of us being brought around the world. Its an interesting topic because Black Americans are mixed with different Africans and some whites but being mixed with white has nothing to do with skin color because many light skinned people were in Africa before white people ever came along! Its just when this topic comes up people are trying to tear other people down instead of trying to come together and thats why its not going to GO NO DANG WHERE!

The title of this makes no kind of sense! Since when is Latino a race and not an ethnicity? Most of the people we call Latino are usually Mestizo or Native Americans…. but they come in all races and mixtures…

You say that like Non African Americans don’t behave the same way, if not worse. I see commercials all the time in which charities are asking people to donate money so starving African countries can eat, have clean water, healthcare, Etc. After Haiti was devastated, who did they look to to help them…Not their own government, not neighboring Caribbean countries, but the American government.

***Islands***

LOL. YOu do realize there are millions of black people in Mexico right?

African descent Hispanics meaning of two african descendant Hispanic parents from Spanish speaking countries and same with mulattoes(biracials) from Spanish speaking countries will have a different expereince from a person that has one black NON hispanic/latino parent and one Hispanic parent of any race.

Most Hispanics have or are mixed with African descent anyways.

DITTO!!!!!!!!!!!

she is latina she is not african american. true african american are al sarpton oj simpsion etc. obama is not really black either.

THANK YOU

^5 You betta tell the dayum truth with ya all caps typin azz! LOL

This convo is crazy.

Lala actually said: “I never said I wasn’t black. And since when does being black and being Latina have to be mutually exclusive?” This is not a controversy. Latin as about language and culture, not race.

Who cares! First and foremost I AM A CHILD OF GOD FIRST!

Its really more to it than that but a lot of people wont admit that and think they know more and keep this whole thing going!

I am not trying to call people out but its true!

An African American Is an African American!! and the name is really broad. An African American can be any race. An African American can be any ethnicity. Africa is a content not a country and America as in the Americas is a content TOO!! So people need to stop saying well an African American is this an African American is that because there is really no defined lines only peoples opinions.

This conversation is so TYPICAL.

I’m Dominican (born there on the island). There are people in the DR who look WHITE, there are people who are in the middle (like myself), and there are very dark complexioned people. Because of my complexion, I don’t consider myself black.

It gets on my nerves when someone says “What nationality are you?” and I answer “Dominican”. And they say “Dominican? Oh, then you’re black”.
I say “No…I’m Dominican, that’s my nationality”. And they say “No, you’re black, Dominicans are black”.

If I were to ask a white Dominican “what are you” and they say “dominican”, it would never occur to me to say “No you’re not! you’re white!”

An African thats American! Black Americans birth here dont know their true family history. lalas people were brought from Africa to the Americas and some were white people from Spain brought to the Americas that mixed with native Americans whom we call mestizo. AMERIGO Vespucci….A BIG HE DONE!

who really cares, she has big tits , thats what we care about right fellas?? ladies , maybe yall jealous how her money or her hair. La La is La la nothin more nothin less. she got big tits

Once you travel outside of this country you see people of so called latin descent identify themselves as either white or black. Only here in America do people try to differentiate one or the other. Its this simple light white dark black. Nevermind the country or culture. Just be a damn human. Who gives a sh!t race you are.

Why do we call Europe Europe and Africa Africa but when it comes to the Americas were so divided?
An African American is just what it is leave that ish alone!!!!

Places and lands were first divided by the people and atmosphere of that land. People can go into many categories because there are to many and the lines are not defined enough. Shesh! lol

I’m with she-ra just call human, because there are many ways to define things but at the end of the day I was made in the image.

@pretty

your blaack too, dont get it bent. your not anglo or caucasion. i forgive yourignorance tho. just dont go saying that foolishness to anybody black man.

@prettyinpink
Where you from on the island
And you say because of your complexion you don’t consider yourself black
Do you consider yourself of a higher status than those darker than you and admire those lighter than you because that’s how you sound

Quisqueyanos de pie

I am glad she got it straight, Because people on here don’t have a clue what it means to be multi- racial, They was talking about Christina Aguilera being white when she is half white and half Spanish. Now how you gonna ask someone to give up and not embrace what ever race they are? That is not fair nor correct. To me we may embrace what ever God gave us. How many Blacks are pure Black? Oh is that it ? You have been instilled to hate the white man so much that you ignore who you really are. We need to know who we are to know where we are going.

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That is silly because there are black people who are mixed who have white skin! And the’re are people who look full African who arent even African or there mixed. Skin color determines SHYT! People need to get off of color.

At the end of the day I think its very important to find out about our selves and keep it going for the next generations could know.

We all should love all sides of us and just be humans.

@nymphis… SSSHHH… I cant flirt now.. xoxox!!

Hispanic/Latino is not a race, but an ethnicity. Just like being Arab or even Jewish. The US Census does not even give those options for race.

Who cares! This isn’t real news. Next…

Um no one should use Hispanic decent, thats a term the white people gave us!!!!!dnt call urself Latina and then use the word Hispanic. Also not puerto ricans have african blood and refer to themsrlves at black/latin such as jennifer L

FIRST OF ALL HOW ON EARTH DID THIS THREAD GET OVER 200 COMMENTS?

let “lala” be delusional and run away from her blackness. Lala is the perfect name for this dumb bytch because she is in LALA LAND!!!

If she wants to be labeled as “latina” let her label herself as that. Who cares about this bytch…why is she even famous? LMFAO!!!

I swear hispanics/latinos are so f_cking confused about their racial identity, it is truly hilarious.

A lot of them run away from blackness as well. Hispanics/latinos are known all around the world for denying blackness and praising whiteness.

Latinos rather latch onto the spanairds a race that oppressed their island monkey azzes for hundreds of years than to latch onto africans.

A dominican guy blacker than alek wek once told me ” oh I’m not black I speak spanish” I just ignored his dumb azz.

Lala continue to be in lala land and label yourself as whatever you choose. She is probably going to brain wash her OBVIOUSLY BLACK SON into labeling himself as a “latino” as well….smfh. What a dumb bytch.

Why do people of mixed race have to say their black all the time if they arnt all black. Why deny the other race, you let the white man trick you years ago with that if you have 1 drop of black blood then youre black. Youre whatever is in you, if youre white and black then youre white and black not just black and not just white.

I am too of indian/dominican blood and my mother is part white. but in america if your brown/dark skin your not allowed to be proud of what race you really are, they want us to call ourselves black or african american. I hate the word black cause its not even a race, and as far as ethnicity when I see the word black I think of something black like a keyboard or outside of an avocado, I rarely see a human being that color. hispanics as well as americans come in all different colors and mixed racial makeup. and is there any afro hispanic or african american that can honestly say they are full african at all? probably not.

wow you have to cook soul food to be black SMH

This is humbug. She doesn’t have a problem with blacks. She f.ucking one! HA!

and I just wanted to mention that most time the parents are just trying to uphold their countries culture.. not that they deny “blackness” per say..

Americans make being “Black” seem synonymous with only AA. I think that’s where the problem is and why people who are Black but not AA choose to identify themselves through alternative ways so that they will not lose their identity.

You’re ignorant and its people like you who keep this drama going amongst people in the community. If anyone is white washed its you because your spreading hate and making it even harder for us to come together because your a racist ignorant pig your self!

You hit the nail on the head, people in america seem to think black equals=african american.

That is why you have stupid azz latino/hispanics running away from their blackness.

Awe Realist you are truely fcked.. lol Man you gotta be consistent with your ish.. One day you’re all for black love, next day you’re dividing with the light skin/dark skin mess, and now you don’t any part of it at all..

You amuse me..

@triwa

How am I spreading hate? I’m calling this bytch out for her delusion.

I’m calling all hispanics out for their delusional mentality.

These little rice and bean shytting idiots need to pick up a damn history book and learn something about themselves.

I’m tired of hearing the “I’m not black I’m hispanic/latino” bullshyt coming from people that are darker than akon and alek wek combined.

Yes but there are to many ways to define things. I look w/e you wanna call it black/brown african and I am but my great grandfather on my dads side was white/latino and my grandmother was half white you can tell it in my cousins and aunts from a early generation than me who have brown hair,lighter skin and eyes and some of them have Tan Meduim brown like me but they are mixed. Skin color doesn’t tell nothing! Or any type of history! You can be dark skinned and mixed and fully white skinned and mixed.

Most of the worlds Indigenous populations is brown/black.. anything after that is admixture..

Harriet Tubman, let me educate YOU. I don’t care what “white America” thinks-or anyone else for that matter. My child knows she is bi-racial, and she identifies with being BI-RACIAL!!! That’s who she is. So, please spare me the picking cotton sermon. This is 2010-not 1810!!! If anyone has a problem with my child, be it a white person, black person, Asian person, whoever, please trust and believe they will get told, so take that back to the underground railroad!!

“These little rice and bean shytting idiots” Really? You had to go there. Yes true there are people who like that but you are generalizing an accusing. They may say that Blacks in America love to generalize them with being self haters and they love to act white… then its a ping pong effect of tossing hate back and forward!!

break down the term “bi-racial”: “bi” means two, “racial” means race-put it together you have two races-now who’s the idiot??

You’re a clown realist!

“I hate the word black cause its not even a race”
^
@mb

lol…you hate the word black cos its not even a race, after you proudly confessed that your mum is “half-white”? haha … This is pure comedy

@peaches

Harriet tubman was a brilliant woman so if you are calling me that in an attempt to insult me than try again because it isn’t working.

And my IQ nearly dropped to the shyt whole with your ” THIS IS 2010″ statement. So what if it is 2010? racism is still a common thrend.

From gentrification, from housing discrimination, all the way down to police brutality.

And call your daughter w/e you wish, idc but biracial is a stupid azz term. It makes me laugh for some odd reason.

Thank you couldnt have said it better

@peaches

I guess every black person in america is triracial than because most of us have native and european ancestry.

This is why I think terms like biracial,triracial,quadracial, etc are stupid as hell. When does the madness end? lmfao

Racial categorizations are so hilarious, people trying to add all this extra shyt to sound more “exotic”….lmfao

BTW was talkin to Realist

LMAO. Your sentence alone is an introverted confused contradiction. Just stop altogether while you are at it.

LALA is BLACK lmao. Latino and Hispanic are NOT races in America. Also that term is not even used in Spanish speaking countries.

IF that were the case that means white ppl and black ppl in the USA that are originally American are American.

Lala’s race is : Black, negroid

Nationality: AMERICAN born and raised to Puerto Rican parents.

Being from Puerto Rico or speaking Spanish does NOT make it your race.

Are Haitians not black because they speak French and French Creole? NOOOOO.

Haitians are black, well most are considered black. Haiti has all races.

Puerto Rico has ALL races just like the USA mainland. Same can be said for Spanish speaking countries

*descent*

@JayRo
cosign!

Stop Talking!

Thank God am a full blown african, all this mixed blood crap is very confusing.

She is neither educated or cultured. Who cares…..

My friend is from the DR. Her skin is brown but not like mines and she has thick nappy, good long hair lol. I asked her several times over the years what is she mixed with because she has a spanish look to her & speaks spanish & english barley, well it hard to understand her english. Every thing she says I have to say huh but she does not look hispanic, mexican, latina, pr etc and something about her looks black. and her response is always I am D. I just knew her dad or somebody was black but he wasn’t. So one day I was like NO what are you mixed with and she was like in the DR it does not work like that, if you were born there you are DR, and I hear this from a lot of people from different countries. They look at us like what is all this divided chit about.

What happened to all the people who didn’t want to be called “AFRICAN American” from the other article… now you like the term huh..

Just sayin’

and yeah let me respond to this Fat Joe, DJ kalhid (sp)etc nothing about them look black ! You all are totally reaching when it comes to they high yella, spanish looking as.ses. Come on now black people. On top of that I have never heard anyone of them refer to themselves as black and if so I would a.s.s.ume it was for sales !Stop trying to force black on people !

Exactly ! These are the same damn people in here crying proud !

@Glok

I did sound a little ignorant only because I’m tired of people denying their blackness like it is a negative thing.

I’m tired of the mentality that hispanics/latinos have, they avoid blackness like a plague.

But whatever I have other things to do.

YOU CAN BE BLACK AND LATINO. AM SOMALI AND BLACK.. SOME AFRICAN AMERICAN NEED EDUCATION ABOUT RACE/CULTURE/ETHNICITY/COUNTRYAM NOT AFRICAN AMERICAN AND STILL BLACK. STOP THE DUMBNESS

Thats exactly why in my eyes I consider ” black” African American culture. If you consider yourself black that tells me you are AA. It’s our own chit !Who cares how other black globally express themselves. If you are black you are AA.

Let me help you out ” I’m “

You can’t be black if you are not African American. Thats our chit. Our culture it’s not a global thing. What black people outside of America consider themselves black !

@Real One I was just about to make that same comment

Glock shut up! Yall both are trolls trollin…

Peaches as an African american woman don’t listen to these people & society dictate to you the color of your child. You made a point I stress here all day every day. How the hell can you be black when you are clearly 2 races. Society didn’t birth your child and common sense alone tells you, you can’t be black if you are clearly black and white ! What am I missing ? My mom, not my mom just saying but my mom is white and my dad is black, how the hell am I black and thats it ?!

My thought is this……why is this even newsworthy? Who cares if she’s a loaf of bread?

Peaches you on here I just left you a reply for your first comment if I would have know you may still be on line I would have left it here. If your baby is black and white I think it is the most stupidest thing to make your child identify with one half. Keep doing what you do ! Common sense is common sense !How the hell am I black and white but I have to claim one.

@Zee
It matters because he had other motives, it wasn’t because of his morals. A lot whites try to make it as though he was a saint of his time. And blacks, especially black republicans think he was down for us.

No, he was down with the North because they brought in tons of money from the factories and revenue from cotton was chum change in comparison. Also, the North was going to be the clear winner simply because the supplies and money needed for war were made up North in the factories. He didn’t risk ish, he knew who would win and he got popped thinking the ish was over when there were still hard feelings.

It is what it is. Moving right along.

Vazquez <– where is this a black last name? Y'all dumb for not knowing this

Abraham Lincoln was pure European, but in fact a a melungeon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melungeon

I dont understand you, what are u saying? Me being a Ghanaian(africa), am not black.

Didn’t I tell you the word is “I’m” not AM it’s all good tho. No you are not black you are african or ghana! I never known Africans to refer to themselves as black !

Abraham Lincoln was not pure European, but in fact a a melungeon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melungeon

@E$
Carter (As in Jay-Z)…where is the Black last name??

OMG Reba don’t brainwash the girl like that! she’s black! lol you can not be serious. This thread is mind boggeling..

@Reba…you are sooo uneducated.

Abraham Lincoln was not pure European, but in fact a melungeon…perhaps he was sympathic to the cause.

Feel free to correct me if I am wrong. To my knowledge AA’s are the one who refer to themselves as black.

@reba lol, are u serious? Wow.

I work with a lot of little kids and you know what this 4 year old little man asked me? What color am I- what color are you? you know why? because at four years old all of his friends knew (by way of parents) that he was black! And he’s a gorgeous little curly haired caramel drop..

my man- he’s American black, Native, Irish, and Sudanese (African).. you know what he thinks of himself as? BLACK..

Why still argue? Were you not on the same boat, coming from africa, black american and black latina?

@ Critical I couldn’t have said it better-that type of attitude just adds more fuel to the flames.

Reba most people with a darker hue of skin are going to say that they are black/brown. African Americans are black and so are Africans and any other lineage that comes from the root. The root as you is Africa, hence why some dislike the “AA” title when they are generations far removed. Understandable. At the end of the day we are who are. Culture is something very different than your country of origin, ethnic background, tribe, and/or race.. Culture is your surroundings, the things that shape you daily, your customs and mores.. I always used to say that Black Americans and White Americans are not that much different from eacother.. other than color because you have a unified culture. Black all over the world will relate to AA because you are the prime representative of us through the media.. (might be why some are so ignrant on other).. there is one way dialogue when it comes to black.. and it’s just not going to cut it anymore..

She is neither educated or cultured. She is just the wife of some dumb athlete. Again…. Who cares?

Girl them boats dropped all our a.s.ses off 400 years ago. I can’t believe most of yall still stuck on them damn boats !Thats chit is old as hell it’s a new day and age we all new breaded !

Just because you have some black ancestry, it does not make you black. Same as with any other race. That one drop rule is absolutely ridiculous. It’s not that you can’t be proud to have some black heritage, it’s just if you look like Jennifer Lopez or Roslyn Sanchez your gonna look silly claiming to be black. You can’t relate to the black American experience because you don’t look like one and therefore are not treated like one.

What it it said here is true! Many arabic people are indeed black (color) I live in europe, I know many of them! But DJ Khalid even if he is indeed arabic, he looks white to me!

@Reba

Are you kidding me? My nationality is Haitian, so i am not black. You’re retarded!

So you basically proved my point that Black is our AA’s culture ! ” We are the prime representation…..”

excuse my typos and missing words.. hope you get it.. Also a lot of the little things celebrated were brough from one place.. That is why black will always be unified. we are all one.. I can see similiarites in everything from food, to music, to clothing from east Africa all the way to Ja.. With that being said we are different.. Africa alone has the most genetic variations in the world and that’s between black. One African may be more related to other races than his neighbour..

You are only because you have access to it. not because you are the end all and be all of it.. That’s why you need to reach out and learn about others. It will help to demistify your own stereotypes..

Nall honey you are hatian. I have never heard a hatian call themselves black they call themselves hatian shrug !I hear it all day every day. Now others can chime in on this. Hatians refer to themselves as hatians especially in america !

LOL, are u dumb or what? It is because of them boats that today, there are blacks all over america, north and south! No boats = only indians and white people!!!
U mean you ignore it…? Oh… OK!

Who are Black people to tell La La what race she is, and what race she is not? Whatever race/races La La claim or doesn’t claim, it’s her business!

Mexicans come from the same people as Native Americans… They are not “latinos”. Lala is a NEGRO and she better deal with it.

I see what you ar saying. You see similarities here as in Africa but guess what, thats not only with black people, or the black race a lot of people americans etc rip off african shish and try to make it their own ! As far as AA culture I doubt it’s the same in Africa. I’m not denying i’m of african decent, what I am saying ” black” is more an AA culture !

@Chance what is “new Breaded”? So you’re saying Lala is mixed with bread? I didn’t know humans could breed with baked wheat & yeast…

You all (except a few) are talking to the wind (french expression that I translate, lol) We are all black, african (Iam), black american, haitian, black latinos, black arabic…!!! We all come from africa (that’s why we’re black, yes I swear!!!) And excuse me to say this but in most of the cases, we cannot see a difference!!!

I was speaking on DJ K being of African decent !I’m like you, he look white or spanish as hell if you ask me. I can’t get with that drop of one blood shish. I even notice how now white people are trying to call Obama biracial, but these are the same damn people who deemed him african because of his one drop of blood. Pay attention. I heard on CNN today our president is half white…oh really just the other day and in the dictionary etc if you have a drop of blood you are black !Which one is it white folks !

but what i’m trying to say is if it weren’t for your AFRICAN roots you would have no “BLACK” culture really. It would just be American.. The things that were passed down are from one place.. it has a root. It’s cool.. I don’t really know how to explain it but it’s whatever..

Reba Americans can’t rip it off.. It was passed down to them. That’s why they have an identifiable “BLACK” culture in the first place. Otherwise it would be just like I said. A shared AMERICAN culture only.. I dunno. I guess I’m donzo on the topic.

OK, I’m confused. First she says she’s Puerto Rican, then says, “my parentS (plural – meaning BOTH) are from Trinidad.” People from Trinidad aren’t Puerto Rican…they’re black. My ex is from Trinidad and he’s never claimed anything but being black even though he looks Middle Eastern.

To me, Americans can’t “rip” off anything. It’s theirs- it was passed down through blood, sweat, and tears. It’s theirs to own and be proud of. If anything that “black” culture you speak of is from there, otherwise it would just straight up be American. Face it, this conversation is purely about SKIN COLOR. not about the intricacies of anything-it’s purely superficial.

then change your avatar picture because that is a major contradiction. It gets no more pro Black then Malcolm X.

Nationality is not a color are you crazy or just plain stupid. This is the very reason why people don’t think a person can be black and latin at the same time, because even black people are confused about it.

To me, American can “rip” off anything they want. It’s theirs- it was passed down through blood, sweat, and tears. If it wasn’t there you would not have your “black” culture you speak of it would just straight up be American culture. White culture so to say. Bah, it’s all good.

She said her people are from Puerto Rico not Trinidad.

I’m going through some old news paper articles about Latin America from the 1800′s to the time of the Civil Rights era, how time flies and so much has been forgotten. From the looks of these articles doesn’t look like Blacks in Latin America ever identified with nothing more then being Los Africanos. During the 60′s and 70′s they were saying it loud. 40+ years later they are not Black at all, wow damn that was a lot of humping around.

HEY Y’ALL!!! HERE’S A DISEASE THAT WILL PUT US ALL RIGHT! IT’S A RACIST DISEASE!!! SO IF U KNOW A BLACK AMERICAN, A LATINOS, A HAITIAN OR WHATEVER WHO HAS THIS DISEAS, IT’S NORMAL, HE’S BLACK (OH REALLY?), HE’S COMING FROM AFRICA (AHAHA, I KNOW SOME OF YOU DON’T WANNA HERE THAT, LOL) IT’S GENETIC AND ONLY BLACK PEOPLE CAN HAVE IT!!!
HERE’S THE LINK…
http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/heart/sickle_cell_anemia.html#

@Reba

I c what you mean , if you ask me what i am, i am not going to tell you that i am black,(Duh you can c that) i am going to tell you i am Haitian to distinguish myself from all the other blacks. For you to say that someone is not AA he/she is not black is wrong. Obviously Haitians are blacks, so are the Jamaicans ect.

She said nothing wrong.I am half black and half puertorican and I say both when I am asked. If she is fully puertorican then what’s wrong with saying that? because she looks black, is married to ablack man and wears a weave? Just because most people consider her black according to her looks she is puertorican. Why do black people always have something to say when someone wants to embrace their other cultures? If she is half black and half puertorican then yeah she should say both but if she is pure puertorican then thats what she is. It’s funny, black people wanna say how we(mixed ppl) dont want to embrace our black heritage but they themsleves shut us out with the light skinned comments and oh you ain’t fully black blah balh blah…make up your minds and stop having such negativity about everything because of your self hatred.

And oh please, would you excuse my english sometimes, I’m a french speaker + it’s 3:35 am here…

What is it being black? Is it a nationality or a color? Is there a country named Blackary or something!?

Brown and Black Puerto Ricans are not treated the same as real White Latinos that is obvious and if you chose not to believe it because it hurts your feelings, then you are a fool. Puerto Ricans have not made any gains in this country. And the light skinned ones are of Spanish heritage, but the ones like Lala are not.

And this is why White Latinos make a point of not calling Puerto Ricans who are not white Latino. Because we want to distinguish ourselves from you. This is why Mexicans are keen to say Mexicano, or the people from predominately European countries in South/Latin America do not want to be associated with the Spanish speaking people of North America if they are brown or black.

To many Dominicans, to be black is to be Haitian. So dark skinned Dominicans tend to describe themselves as any of the dozen or so racial categories that date back hundreds of years–Indian, burned Indian, dirty Indian, Cinnamon, Moreno or mulatto.

This is also why White Latinos distinguish themselves from brown and black Hispanics who call themselves Latinos. Cubans and Mexicans distinguish themselves also for fear of being called PuertoRican.

CONTROVERSEY? Yeah OK Whatever…

@ Jay32: Very well said!

No matter what your argument, this society that we live in still sees you the same if you are not white. That is just the bottom line. To them you are still a minority and not on the same level, it does not matter what country you are from, they look at skin color PERIOD. That fact has never changed.

Okay chick if it really didn’t matter then you wouldn’t get so agitated when somebody thinks you are black if you are both then you are both. But oh don’t pick the black side apparently nobody likes to do that….ignorance I tell ya. I love being black by the way, love it.

I read a lot of this and a little of that. I am Puerto Rican and proud of it. In my family, we are all shades in hair, eyes, skin, etc. We are very proud of our culture. We celebrate African dances, European dances and so forth and so on. There is not one thing in Puerto Rico that we celebrate more so than the other. We are very proud to be Puerto Rican because when you say “Puerto Rican” everyone knows that we represent pretty much everything under the sun and we were able to take a little of this and a little of that and blend it to make it our own when everyone was trying to tear us apart. Our afro dances like Bomba and Plena represent that. We have Danza a more European dance, we have Taino which were the first indians that Christopher Columbus encountered, we have the dance Salsa that is all those combined with a little seduction added to the mix and last but not least we have reggaeton that has a Jamaican beat to it. Our foods represent that same mixture of cultures. So yes we are very proud of our culture and everything that we have overcome to get where we are today. So don’t mistake “I’m not black, I’m Latina” as an insult, but as a combination of every thing that we stand for. Are we growing as a country? Of course we are, as is any other country.

Ethnicity and race are two different things. I thinks that’s what lala was trying to explain. You cannot choose one of the other. It is like choosing between your parents. However, it is true that many black latino get offended by being compared to Afro-American…

I don’t know why American Blacks wants to take credit for being the only who have fought against injustice.

The early Haitian migration influence American History to a certain degree.
The Haitian migration of the 18th-19th century influence New Orleans culture including the religion,lol and the creole some of you love to use.

10000% CO-SIGN.

“if you don’t understand white supremacy, than everything else will only confuse you.”

yes!! Good to see other Bro. & Sis are AWAKE! I LOVE BEING BLACK!!!!

The historical impact of the Haitian Revolution would extend far beyond the small Caribbean island. Without control of the crown jewel of its planned empire, France saw the Louisiana territory as a useless drain on its resources. Needing money for his renewed war with England, Napoleon sold the vast Louisiana territory to the United States on April 30, 1803, for about four cents an acre.20 With this abrupt act, France removed itself as a power in the Western Hemisphere. 10
For the United States, the Louisiana Purchase was a turning point the historical importance of which has been ranked “next to the Declaration of Independence and the adoption of the Constitution.”21 This single acquisition doubled the nation’s size, making it formidable enough to withstand almost any outside threat. It gave the country its heartland, as well as control of the Mississippi River and the important port city of New Orleans on the Gulf of Mexico. 11
By acquiring New Orleans, the United States removed the trade barrier which the French had imposed against Americans wishing to ship goods through New Orleans. So important was this port to the commerce of the young United States that, in April 1803, President Thomas Jefferson wrote: 12
There is on the globe one spot the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three-eighths of our territory must pass to market. The day that France takes possession of New Orleans…we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.22

The historical impact of the Haitian Revolution would extend far beyond the small Caribbean island. Without control of the crown jewel of its planned empire, France saw the Louisiana territory as a useless drain on its resources. Needing money for his renewed war with England, Napoleon sold the vast Louisiana territory to the United States on April 30, 1803, for about four cents an acre.20 With this abrupt act, France removed itself as a power in the Western Hemisphere. 10
For the United States, the Louisiana Purchase was a turning point the historical importance of which has been ranked “next to the Declaration of Independence and the adoption of the Constitution.”21 This single acquisition doubled the nation’s size, making it formidable enough to withstand almost any outside threat. It gave the country its heartland, as well as control of the Mississippi River and the important port city of New Orleans on the Gulf of Mexico. 11
By acquiring New Orleans, the United States removed the trade barrier which the French had imposed against Americans wishing to ship goods through New Orleans. So important was this port to the commerce of the young United States that, in April 1803, President Thomas Jefferson wrote

This is what Jefferson wrote

There is on the globe one spot the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three-eighths of our territory must pass to market. The day that France takes possession of New Orleans…we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.22

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There is on the globe one spot the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three-eighths of our territory must pass to market. The day that France takes possession of New Orleans…we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.22

La La calling herself a Latina is not a big deal. R people seriosly making this an issue because she embraces her latin culture ? It really sounds like ignorance to me that it has become a big deal. Just like Black Americans embrace their african roots so do black hispanics americans and black caribean americans. I am a caribean american and dnt consider myself to be an “Afriacan American” because i have never been nor cannot idetify with anyone who is from or who lives in africa. Being “Black” is only due to the color of your skin.Its more than tht. Who a person is or becomes is due to their culture and background.

historycooperative.org/journals/ht/34.1/thomson html

The Civil War.

www inmotionaame.org/migrations/topic.cfm?migration=5&topic=8&tab=image

An 1862 editorial written by a newly enlisted Union officer, Afro-Creole Romantic writer Henry Louis Rey, urged free men of color to join the U.S. Army and take up “the cause of the rights of man.” Rey invoked the names of Jean-Baptiste Chavannes and Vincent Ogé. Their ill-fated 1790 revolt had paved the way for the Haitian Revolution:

CHAVANNE [sic] and OGÉ did not wait to be aroused and to be made ashamed; they hurried unto death; they became martyrs here on earth and received on high the reward due to generous hearts…hasten all; our blood only is demanded; who will hesitate?

The editors of L’Union described Rey and the Afro-Creole troops as the “worthy grandsons of the noble [Col. Joseph] Savary.” The paper insisted that military service entitled them to the political equality that had been denied their ancestors who fought valiantly in the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Furthermore, its editors warned, the men had resolved to “protest against all politics which would tend to expatriate them.”

When federal officials undermined their suffrage campaign, Afro-Creole leaders took their case to the highest level. In 1864 L’Union cofounder Jean-Baptiste Roudanez and E. Arnold Bertonneau, a former officer in the Union army, met with President Abraham Lincoln; they urged him to extend voting rights to all Louisianians of African descent.

The Black Republic and Louisiana:

So Haitians/Caribbean have contributed as much,so American Blacks please keep this in mind.

http://www.inmotionaame.org/migrations/topic.cfm?migration=5&topic=3&tab=image

www inmotionaame.org/migrations/topic.cfm?migration=5&topic=3&tab=image

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Sticky, i thnk all caribean children have been told to make tht distinction

Americans have so many hang ups! People are different, and embrace those differences, just because they don’t identify themselves the way you think they should doesn’t immediately send up a flag of self hate! I’m from the Caribbean, born and raised when I was in college in Iowa, blacks were at a minimum and they felt we should all stick together, cool, but if someone called me African American, and I made the distinction, it was a problem! I gt sick of explaining, the title “African American” didn’t suit me, just say black, not because I had a problem being noted as an African, the problem was I was not American. Its my right, anyone has the right to identify as whatever they chose!

So what lala? People think Im spanish but I am black but I dont catch an attitude. Relax, whats the big deal? You serious go out your way to prove that you are puerto rican? Everytime I read an article about you its the same thing. Lets try something different next time.

Exactly!!

It’s not up to you to define who she is. Stop being jealous of other peoples’ heritage. She grew up in the latin culture. That would be a slap in the face of her culture to just recognize black heritage. She’s obviously bi-racial.

So this is considered controversy?

THESE COMMENTS MAKE ME WEARY.
SO MUCH HATE ON THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RACE. WE DID NOTHING, BUT GET DRAGGED HERE AGAINST OUR WILL. AND NOW THE OTHERS WHO DIDN’T WISH US NOTHING BUT ILL. SO AS A SUCCESSFUL BLACK WOMAN LIVING IN THE US NOT IN STRIFE. ALL OF MY BRETHERIN IN THE DIASPORA I WISH ONLY A GOOD LIFE. THOSE WHO THINK BAD OF US AND LIVING IN AGONY. THE UNIVERSE AND KARMA DOES WHAT SHOULD BE.

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Don’t sweat the haters, Lala. Do you, mami !!

That’s what she is..A black puerto rican..and I really don’t see where she’s ever identified as anything else…you have white puerto ricans as well…at the end of the day she’s a human being..

why can’t she be both? why does she have to chose? afro-latinos are still latino and are entitled to claim their latino heritage.

I swear you guys are brain washed. american made up BLACK and WHITE. it means nothing. The one drop rule means nothing their arent calling johnny depp black are they even though he has black ancestrys. There are Italianos, Mexicans, Jamaicans etc.

its about culture not color of skin. I was born and raised in Panama so was my family. we are Panamanian with so many shades of skin in between but still panamanian

and im not denying my beautiful culture for anything

LaLa is stunning and has a beautiful family..She has a good heart too….

wow i just re-read that excuse the spelling mistakes.. but the point still stands… furthermore america is not only rich cause of the black people that live there… so until u can say i live in a country where black is the majority and my country rich cause we made it that way u shut your month cause if that was the cause u guys would be worse of then africa… uk is the same as american the only differance is the blacks down here arent lazy stupid violent etc compared to the rest of the community..

FINANCIALLY ABLE

NO NEW NEWS TODAY ?…THIS TOPIC IS A WASTE OF GOOD PRESS SPACE.

What a stupid question for her to respond to, what a majority of stupid comments to accompany this topic. I’m Nigerian-Argentine-English. Black, white and hispanic! I’m mixed race and proud!! Why do I have to be pigeonholed within one race which has individuals who may be racist to me anyway because I’m not actually their colour! I find it interesting that so many “black” people feel the need to identify mixed race people as black, as while it is true we may receive racism as black or Asian people do, sometimes this comes from our “coloured” peers. This is commonplace in the UK, it is very easy to find mixed race individuals who have shunned their background culture.

Can’t we just be happy that we’re all different? Mixed race people are taking over anyway – OBAMA already showed you that (HA HA coincidentally America’s 1st black president is mixed race – bet his white half didn’t stop you all from voting)

this whole mixed theory is new. when i was younger you were black or white, etc. now everyone wants to be a blend. i identify with black. if someone asks me what i’m mixed with then i will answer but i’m not marking an application “other.”

Way, way too much conversation on any one post. Obviously opened up a can of worms on this one. NEXT!!

are u serious? lol
answer me this question
im from jamaica i would like to know am i black?

I DIDN’T REALIZE THIS IS SUCH A HEATED SUBJECT.I AM A BLACK CHEROKEE,BLACK P.R. AN SO WHAT I AM BEAUTIFUL NO MATTER WHAT. I REALLY GET TIRED OF PEOPLE ASKING WHAT AM I, OR WHAT ARE YOU MIXED WITH. I REPLY I AM HUMAN AND I AM FROM THE PLANTED EARTH. BOTH OF MY PARENTS ARE HUMAN. 1- STOP STARING AT ME, 2- STOP ASKING ME WHAT I AM AND 3- DON’T LAY YOUR HEAVY ON ME , IT DOESN’T LOOK GOOD ON ME. I ONLY LOOK GOOD IN BEAUTIFUL AS WE ALL ARE NO MATTER WHO ARE PARENT ARE OR WHAT COUNTRY WE COME FROM

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It’s nearing 2011… these debates have to stop.

God created ALL men equally and every person have the same opportunity to become something in the life. The Lord is the All judge of mankind. Who are we to say who is of worth, desirable, useful or valuable because of the color of their skin. The devil has use the White man to get in all of yours head. This life is to short the ONLY thing matters is Jesus Christ he die that man my have life. We all are going to stand before the judgment seat of Christ;and where you came from will not mean a thing. ONLY what you do for Christ will last!!! Repent People and turn to God!!!!

Bishop, I must agree with you Black people are brain wash. The only people I am claiming are the ones I born. Tell me this people who goes around the world wishing that they were of another race other then someone with VERY VERY LOW SELF ESTEEM. Which they got from their parents of Low self esteem. People please get a life. God loves all of you!!!!

@Jessica
Look here you tea sippin b!tch, African Americans are the globally respected idea of blacks with African descent because of our cultural influence, contributions to the sciences, and history. Get over it, stop hating. This is why most of you other blacks from other countries try to imitate us and hate on us at the same time whether its our music, fashion, dialect from hood to proper etc etc. Damn you’re on blog focused of African American culture right now, Idiot! Damn shouldn’t you be blogging about Mel B, Leona Lewis, and Craig David LMAO.

Obviously we’re doing alright over here, Europes economy always falls before ours. And I have seens the slums in London and Baths, so let’s not talk about ghetto. And definitely don’t get me started on the slums in the Caribean. When we do visit its on the resort don’t get it twisted.

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Your Rihanna is trying to be our Beyonce, your Leona Lewis is trying to be our Mariah Carey, your Craig David tried to be our Usher. Establish ya own swag or give credit where credit is due.

LA LA Is black and looks black, and I think that bothers her so much. Look at all the positive black women we have like Michelle Obama, Oprah, etc etc. Regardless of what she speaks or where she came from her, her roots are with the black people. She doesnt need to depict that. I just hate ppl like that.

aren’t someones race and ethncity completely different. I am also a black puerto rican, but my ethnicity is puerti rican, my race is black. They are 2 completely different things, When someone asks “what are you ( and I get it all the time)” I respond puerto rican, that is where I was born and mostly raised. Most people can just look at me and know I’m black, how many darker skin people do you know that are white???

lmao…another bunch of blah blah blah

BTW, only ignorant people use the word “Black” to equate “African-American”.

@Bunny and others
black,white,beige,tan,orange, grey,yellow,alien green… White man came up with the rules…if u not white,then u the opposite…black,dims the rules..We have been living by them ever since,so all the la,la’s,Shemar Moore,Hailey Barry’s,Alicia Keys,etc,of the world,that other box only means “another black person”, that’s what ur counted as.

dumb azz negroids and hispanics continue their pathetic attempts to “be better than each other” when your the same thing. black is black. latina is not white. and no one in america gives a shyt about any latino/hispanic persons background. it’s all the same and you sound stupid because no one cares but you. just saying

Ssssh LALA No need to explain. Paco only want you when Tyrone try to get at you. You don’t need him. He steals anyway. LOL

BY THE WAY,HAS ANYONE EVER SEEN LA LA’S DAD?I REMEMBER WHEN SHE WAS FIRST STARTING OUT ON MTV,HER HAIR WONT SILKY STRAIGHT LIKE IT IS NOW,HINT:CHEMICALS HAVE ADVANCED,HER HAIR WAS COARSE,SOMETIMES IT WAS STRAIGHT BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IT WASN’T BLACK IT WAS BROWN.I SMELL FISH!

Jessica Alba is White, but if she spoke with an accent, cooked/ate spanish foods, and embraced spanish culture, she would not be considered white. fyi. Why do you people care anyway? You embaras s yourselves. Be proud of who you are.

Sorry but they like the dark latinas. The only reason they dont claim her is because she’s with a blk man. The females are just jealous.

Black is a Race

Puerto Rican is a Ethnicity

LaLa is a Black-Peurto Rican

Fact

latin culture , anglo-saxon ,creole culture = WHITE FOLKS !!!

In puerto rico black people are discrimined just like in usa , france, brazil, cuba,mexico,… !!

As an afro-latina, this is hilarious. Black folks always trying to figure out what somebody is mixed with. I get equal prejudice from whites AND blacks. I’m too nappy-headed for whites and too high-yellow for black (women in particular). Get over it, one drop means we’re all black in the Man’s eyes.

Why is the black women always labeled the hater when clearly she is always the one hated on by black men, the media, white woman, light skin women, and the list goes so far on. It’s always the black woman being blamed for every thing but we are the haters ??????? Every time you look up it’s ” black women ” but us black women are the haters or the bad person gtfoh

Reading comments from this article, it seems AA’s are becoming a minority within the Black American Communities.

Not sure, I can only speak from my own experiences, but the disporportionate rate of single black women speaks for itself. It’s nothing to get mad about; denial is the first stage of the healing process.

There is a dispoportionate among of single brown and black Puerto Rican women too because Hispanic men only want the ones with light skin and straight hair. They try to deny it, but denial only extends the delusions they feel.

@sticky&sweet shut the eff up azz hole.
Your mother is also an azz. Sheesh!

Creole culture is not white. Cajun culture is white. Creole is mongrelized. Latino equates to light/white skin, straight hair and Spanish features. Not dark brown and black skin, not nappy hair or African features like her’s. Those are fine if you are African, but they are not traditional Latino looks. The brown and black Puerto Rican phenotype does not fit with the ordinary, world view of Latino. There is a difference that the media, Hollywood and the world recognizes but the Puerto Ricans do not because of their own insecurities.

Oh yes she would! More than Lala would be considered Latina that’s for sure.

BLACK IS A RACE FOOLS NOT AN ETHNICITY~ YOU ALL SOUND STUPID!

Hispanic is not a RACE but an ethinicty. Only black people are pressed. Does any one really care, be whoever they hell you want!

She’s got a pretty face, brown skin, and big t__s…and she’s from Brooklyn. LALA you know damn well you belong up in the benz with us listening to Jigga and not with Tito. Stop lying.

I have a man sweetie ! You and your false white man stats are to lol @. My point is proven it’s always blame the black women. So who’s the hater ! Not the black women it’s all the people with the black women in their thoughts !Yet I like to note in ” redbones” comment, another jab at a black women, but were the villians yeah ok…case closed. Thanks for proving my point !!

It is ok to have pride for your culture. Sheesh. Black people are from everywhere. Americans are horn dogs. They wanna claim everyone they wanna fu_k. LOL People come here for money and opportunity. There are better looking people in the islands. Puerto Rico is an island. Americans we come for the money, not for you LOL

@Shannon, I’m happy you have a man sweetie, good for you. (you said a man right, not a husband… point proven). And if my previous post wouldn’t have gotten censored you would have been able to get the entire picture before jumping to conclusions. I’m not attacking black women; I am black but that doesn’t mean I’m going to ignore other aspects of my heritage to make someone feel better. The point was black folks need to stop the in-fighting – there are enough non-blacks out there trying to keep us from rising. What does it matter what someone is miscegenated with. Anderson Cooper would not be asking LaLa Vazquez what she’s mixed with. Black folks that perpetuate that bullsh!t. African Americans have been conditioned with self-hate. Deny it all you want but you can’t fix the problem until you admit there is one.

okay all those dirty broke, sloppy looking poor people ! Lose weight and take daily baths bishes !

Troll stfu first of all who gets married at 22. My goal is to be married by age 27, next you wasted space with your irrelevant comment. My point was for the world to see how the black woman is the known villian and hater but if you ask me the black women is always the one hated on by black men, white women, media etc so wtf are you saying. I said nothing about anyones heritgae, I agree with lala. Don’t worry about responding back i’m done with you. I said what I had to say and what you just responded back was a watse of space !

I’m PR and black but I was always told to say I was latin. Because latinos work harder than blacks.

For less money don’t leave that part out. They work for fees even blacks won’t work for ! A PR will cut a sub division gra/ss for 2 dollars lol and you proud of that !

At what? Selling drugs. Then why are so many of you on welfare. The South bronx the welfare capital of the United States. Taxpayers money going to that welfare commonwealth of Puerto Rico where over 80% of the population lives off Food Stamps.

Thats a Mexican, and I make 67,000 plus a year so I cant speak for all. Hey im not saying it was right but my mother always told me to say that…

Lala seems like a real cool person. Not sure how anyone could take her for being dishonest or disillusioned about her identity. It seems as though she has a firm grip on who she is despite the entangled cultural/historical perceptions of those who judge her.

There is no nobility in upholding misaligned, ill-contrived, hand-me-down views of your identity (or anyone else’s for that matter) just because you are too self-absorbed to attempt further understanding. If you really want to re-identify with your true blackness, what’s stopping you from actually visiting Africa? Why go by what you assume to be true about your history rather than actually digging and finding out for yourself? How does Lala’s identity even encroach on yours anyway? Why does a “well white people still see you as black” even matter? Furthermore, this proverbial white person’s ignorant tendency to lump anyone darker than a paper bag into the same cultural box says more about them and their definitions than it does about the individual they are defining, so why buy in with them?

Question what you’ve been taught or your teachers will set your worth.

@Shannon, so busy being angry you can’t even see the bigger point. Class dismissed youngin.

Saying something does not make it so, and yes the Mexicans do work hard but the P.R’s…not so much.

with about 20 kids. I hate being around them in public all those damn kids in easter dresses and church shoes in July lol

60 dollars a year, and I bet you have 20 kids !

Unless you are white you are not Latino so please tell your mother that and stop giving real Latinos a bad name.

Sorry buddy I have 3 kids, house and a car. Why you mad at me for? Wait you have to be black right?

We ( black & white people)see you all as the same ! Mexican hispanic, PR, latino. No difference in society eyes. Did your mom tell you that ?

@Shannon, keep proving my point youngin, class dismissed.

RIGHT? I took offense to you saying PR’s work harder than blacks and hosea cuts my grass for 3.99 !I guess they do but tell the truth and shame the devil !

RIGHT ! I took offense to you saying PR’s work harder than blacks and Hosea cuts my gra.s.s for 3.99 ! Tell the truth and shame the devil !

You can say that and im not saying you wrong. But where im from latinos look at blacks different and vice reverse. You have to pick which side your on.

Keep proving my point hun; anger begets anger. Take caruhdat before it’s too late.

3 kids is a lot ! I’m sure you will have 3 more by the end of this year !

Mad? At a PuertoRican who looks like Roberto Clemente? Now that’s funny. Come back when you are a white Latino then we’ll talk.

Brooklyn you really shouldn’t be mad, Tell me this what have your black people did for you lately!!! I can tell you what my people done for me friends and outsiders.

You’re bragging about making $67,000 a year?…with 3 kids,a mortgage and car payment…you are what is considered one of the working poor

Not mad son just real, real talk son. I do for myself I don’t need my people to do for me I stand on my own. But I will say this, stop ripping off my culture and do your own thing in America for a change.

No, that is not true at all TROLL. There are major differences just ask Hollywood.

To Lily im far from the working poor I will say that much I plead the 5th, but brooklyn I feel you but im not ripping yor culture off. I’m just telling you how it is from a latino POV thats all. I’m a light skin PR for that other person.

@ red b0ne: sorry to disappoint you dear, but NO RACE USES THE TERM RED BONE OR LIGHT SKIN EXCEPT BLACKS. TO EVERYONE ELSE YOU ARE BLACK. “REDBONE” BLACKS MAKE BLACK BABIES AND DARK SKINNED BLACKS MAKE “REDBONE” BABIES. CHRIS BROWN IS CONSIDERED BLACK BY EVERY RACE.

Ask hollywood ? Is that where PR’s find value. This is real fuggin life not damn hollywood. Who the fck is hollywood ? If you don’t be realistic and come out of dream world !

la la ma ur black whats so wrong with being called african american??!!! i never heard u speak a sound of spanish. mostly all spanish ppl from this side of the world have african ancestors. so whats the big deal to be called black? u wear weave and everything! i’m dominican and bajan and i have no problem with being called black and i speak spanish. get it 2gether la la because b4 u went 2 ur SPANISH NOSE U HAD A NEGRO ONE!!!

CULTURE HAS NO BEARING ON WHAT A PERSON WILL LOOK LIKE. CULTURE REPRESENTS WHAT FOODS YOU EAT, WHAT LANGUAGE YOU SPEAK, WHAT MUSIC YOU LISTEN TO, ETC. SMH. I HATE WHEN THE STUPID PEOPLE START TALKING. WYCLEF JEAN SPEAKS FRENCH AND CAN BE CONSIDERED CREOLE. CREOLE IS A CULTURE, GOTH IS A CULTURE, ROCK N ROLL IS A CULTURE, HIP HOP IS A CULTURE… YOU CAN BE ANY COLOR OR RACE AND BELONG TO ONE OF THOSE CULTURES.

I’ll tell you what brown did for me…they stole my got dammn tires!

She is both. Stop trying to keep the one drop rule alive.

PR’s “lazy bums”…wow…

We had a conversation about this at my job a long time ago. This cuban lady said she was white. She looked it until she opened her mouth. There was an old white lady working with us who said you are not white!! And was quite upset that this woman said so!

There is no such race as hispanic or african-american. Both of these are ethnicities. THere are only four races in the world. Caucasian, Mongoloid (asian, native americans etc.) and Negroid are the three races recognized early by physical anthropologist. basically, hispanics and african americans are linked by cultural similarities and are races are mixed. Jewish is not a race, it is a religion. I am amazed at how many folk don’t understand this basic criteria. She can identify with both and be mixed raced.

This is something that has always interested me in terms of race vs culture. Race is a social construct that isn’t genetic at all. You can not look at a person’s DNA and say that they are white or black or hispanic. You can say that they have blue eyes or brown hair, but what “race” no. However, even though race isn’t a real thing and has been made up by our society, there are still consequences of that social construct. A good film for viewing is: “Race-the Power of an Illusion”

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBoQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Frace%2F&ei=CbQGTZmrOYP_8Aa-57SbBg&usg=AFQjCNF1CzHVG-wpyeHM1OJVivzSQ4NSjA

HA HA HA CREOLE!!! THAT SHYT WILL NEVER BE ON A CENSUS OR A QUESTIONAIRRE. SMH. WHAT NEXT, RASTA? THERE WILL NEVER BE A BOX FOR CREOLE. GUARANTEED. BLACKS WHO EAT GUMBO AND/OR SPEAK FRENCH. WYCLEF JEAN IS A CREOLE NAME. SMH.

and half of you all seem to hate the fact that people of mixed nationalities can identify with both! what is wrong with you guys? and all this bs about how LALA doesn’t look Latina so there for she is BLACK? lmao sorry but she is Puerto rican and yall can keep rambling on about how being hispanic isn’t a race.. HAVE YOU NOT SEEN THIS WOMANS PARENTS? gosh you people are so damn ignorant SMH

ITS YOUR OWN KIND THAT’S DENYING YOU. SMH. I WOULD NEVER CLAIM SOMETHING THAT DIDNT WANT ME. MI ABUELO ES MEXICANO BLANCO, THE MOMENT I FOUND OUT THOSE MFS WERE RACIST, FAQK OUTTA HERE! NOBODY GIVES A FAQK WHAT SHE IS WITH FAKE HAIR, A NOSE JOB, SKIN BLEACING, AND COLORED CONTACTS. HA HA HA EVEN IF SHE WAS PUERTO LIKE JLO, WHO WOULD GIVE A FAQK? just saying

THIS IS AMERICA. NO ONE GIVES A FAQK. IF YOU SPEAK SPANISH, YOU’RE HISPANIC, NOT WHITE. NO ONE CARES. NO ONE CARES WHETHER IT’S WHITE HISPANIC OR BLK HISPANICE EITHER. SERIOUSLY…NO ONE GIVES A FAQK….HATE TO BREAK THE NEWS TO YOU.

AA don’t ever like to acknowledge the fact that when someone is mixed they also are THE other ethnicity NOT JUST BLACK.. it doesn’t matter if that person has more black features lol they are still mixed with white, asian, hispanic ect…! for example Gina Ravera, Rosario Dawson, Carmelo anthony and many others like LALA are mixed with PR lol and I don’t mind or hate the fact that they are black and it’s what made them look the way they do.. both ethnicities contributed.

KOOL GUY COMMITY!!;;;,,NOT SURE!”IF THE BEAUTIFUL! ‘MS LALA VAZGUEZ,BLACK OR WHITE!”BUT;WE;AGREE,WITH KOOL GUY!!”SHE IS ONE FINE BEAUTIFUL !!”LADI..thanks forreadinn!

550 comments? What is really up. Is it THAT serious, sheez.

People are gonna call it how they see it. Lala is just verifying what she really is.

@ReALiSt aka ReALiSt DO YOUR RESEARCH PUNK!!!! PUERTO RICO IS NOT THE 51ST STATE ITS CONSIDERED “Unincorporated organized territories” JUST LIKE THE US VIGIN ISLANDS. BOTH WERE AROUND LONG BEFORE USA HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEM. ITS A BIG @SS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PUERTO RICO AND ILLINOIS OR NEW YORK. PUERTO RICO WAS INVADED BY THE USA. ALSO “Puerto Ricans cannot vote in U.S. presidential elections” SO AGAIN IT’S NOT THE 51st STATE PUNK!!!!! PUERTO RICO “belonging to the United States, but not a part of the United States” READING IS FUNDAMENTAL…U SHOULD TRY IT

TRUE AND EVERY WHITE PERSON IS NOT FROM THE USA EITHER EXCUSE ME I MEAN CAUCASIAN PERSON… BLACK AND WHITE IS WAY TOOO GENERAL. THATS WHY WE HAVE AFRICAN AMERICAN, HISPANIC, ASIAN AMERICAN, MEXICAN AMERICAN THESE ARE MORE SPECIFIC. WHOEVER CREATED BLACK AND WHITE TERMS SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHOT, THOSE TERMS ARE SO IGNORANT… PEOPLE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED BY THERE GEOGRAPHICAL HERITAGE NOT BY A SKIN COLOR

HISPANIC IS A RACE OF PEOPLE. SHE SHOULD HAVE SAID HISPANIC IF THEY WERE ASKING HER ABOUT RACE. BUT AGAIN PUERTO RICAN IS MORE SPECIFIC ALTHO IT MAINLY STATES WHERE U ARE FROM OR WHAT UR CULTURE IS NOT UR RACE. BLACK AND WHITE ARE HORRIBLE AMERICAN TERMS THAT HAVE BEEN EMBRACED WORLD WIDE IN MY OPINION.

OMG…..

Honestly, the ONLY RACE on EARTH is the HUMAN RACE. You can claim whatever culture you want from there on and that is YOUR business and PERSONAL PREFERANCE. I was fortunate enough to live in Canada for bit, and NO ONE talks like this. The black, white, caribbean, asian and indian-Canadians all represent their CULTURES and are VERY PROUD of them, but no one stereo types, or talks down like this.

All this arguing over who is a good Latin/Caribbean/Hispanic/South American person, who looks down on who crap is retarded. The fact of the matter is that by the time our kids are having kids, there is a huge chance that EVERYONE is gonna be BROWN. So what are we gonna do then? Argue over who is the preferred shade of brown? GTFOH. Thats some BULL-ISH. Grow the eff up and keep your racial sensitivities, preferances, and opinions to yourself, cuz I don’t see people out on the street approaching other people and saying this s%it to anyone’s faces.

The ignorance in here is ANNOYING! ALL Black people contributed to the freedoms we take advantage of today. If any of you morons think that ONLY African Americans or ONLY Carib Americans have fought for freedom then YOU still aren’t as educated as you think you are! BTW there are Caribbean islands, African Nations and Latin American countries with BLACKS who have BEEN running their governments and making money. Not every Black outside of America is starving anymore than every Black in America is rich! AFRICANS EVERYWHERE UNITE or else just STFU!

BTW NO Hispanic is NOT considered a race of people but a CULTURE. Look at the applications you fill out and notice it says BLACK (non-hispanic) Black (hispanic) White (non hispanic) White (hispanic). No they are not going to make up a new race for people who are MIXED, BIRACIAL, INTERRACIAL that is why you also see those terms used. I love how everyone wants to be or doesn’t want to be Black when it is convenient for them. Trust the average REAL Black person doesn’t want any sell outs claiming black anyway. BLACK IS MORE THAN AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE! If anything AFRICANS could tell AFRICAN AMERICANS they aren’t the ones who are BLACK!

@uhh yeah ok – REAL TOUGH BEHIND COMPUTER SCREENS…

Bottom line is everyone is of African descent but ALL caribbean and Latin americans kill me by making this criollo or negra distinction. Its bulls*it all you need to remember is that there are three races: Negroid; Caucasoid; and Mongoloid. Guess where ALL of you NOT from Spain spanish- ie NON EUROPEAN- folks fall?

This is not about COLOR/RACE it’s about CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. Her race is Black, her nationality is Puerto Rican. What so f*ckin hard to understand!?!?!?

who cares what lala calls herself. why she did not hook up with a latino basketball player. why she has this ghetto girl talk. her dad look like a regular black man to me.

Uhmmm…somebody forgot to give the memo to J-Lo…them babies look hella BLACK!

What sense does that make? So if a person has a black father and white mother they should just say their black because their skin tone isnt completely olive? Knock it off. Silly to deny a whole other race if that person has that in them.

Actually Carmelo is latino, do your research, his dad is Puerto Rican.

AA’s are actually worse when it comes to how they identify themselves.

Today, they will say “I’m African American”
Tomorrow, they will say, “No, I’m not African American because I don’t have anything in common with Africans, so I’m Black American”
Then day after that, they will say, “You know what, I have some Irish blood in me because my great-grand father was Irish. So I’m Black American with Irish ancestry” LMAO!!

And that is why such topics like this article for example, always gather so many comments all thanks to people who still find it hard to agree on how to identify themselves and identify others..and AA’s are the biggest culprits.

And I find it amusing how African Americans tend to change the discussion into issues concerning social services, who is getting what and who is not getting what, and how they are treated to support their arguments. But this argument is not about possessions but identification, and how people identify themselves. The immigrants maybe poor and suffered from all sort of abuses in their home country as AA’s would like to think, but at least they know who they are, where they are coming from, and where they are heading to…and that is what makes a person/nation.

Why is there even confusion over this? She’s a black latina: end of story.

Latino & Hispanic? It’s Time to Rethink these Terms!
Michael Grande – 7/5/2005
The words Latino and Hispanic have been so carelessly thrown around, used to label individuals, taken advantage of by some of the popular media (ie: Latin Grammy’s, AOL Latino, and the Hispanic Heritage Awards), and even used by some unknowing people as a tool to define their heritage. Yet do we really know what these words mean?

In Western Europe the term Latin(o)(a) is commonly used to refer the cultures of Italy, Spain, Portugal, Romania, and France. Additionally Europeans are shocked at how the term is used in America and who the term has been used to label. The term Latino(a) refers to the Latin culture, a culture that originally flourished in Italy during Roman times. It was during that time that the Romans spread the Latin language throughout Western Europe; the language then morphed into the modern Romance Languages such as Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. In essence, the Italians are the original Latinos, and the only people who should be termed “Latino(a)” are those whose ancestry stems from Western Europe or those who have strong cultural ties to Latin Culture. Why would someone so irresponsibly refer to an indigenous Mexican as “Latino” when he has his own ancient, Pre-Columbian Heritage, ie: Aztec, or Mayan? Why would someone use the term to refer to someone of indigenous Peruvian heritage when he has his own Incan heritage? Why would someone label an indigenous-blooded Puerto Rican as “Latino” when his bloodline lies with the Borinquen Indians? People need to wake up and get educated on this issue. How many North Americans would like to be referred to as “Norths” or “Anglos” based upon our geographical location or our mother tongue? I for one, would not! The spread of such inaccurate terminology only helps to perpetuate myths that prevail in our society. Cultural ignorance seems to be a popular phenomenon in the U.S.A. Americans do not have the right to irresponsibly use terminology that attempts to alter history. We have the resources to become culturally educated; let’s use them and begin to express our heritage by country, not vague, “media and commerce friendly” generalities.

If indeed we chose to speak of “Latinos,” using such a generalist quip, a quick reference term for all those who trace their roots to Latin America., then we should include the maternal Latin countries in that group: Italy, Spain, Portugal, even France. There is a pervasive Latin cultural flow that began in those countries and spread to Latin America. Latinos wouldn’t be “Latinoamericano” without the Europeans.

Since the word “Hispanic” originally came from Spain as an adjective for linguistic purposes and is derived from the Roman name for their prized province “Hispania,” I guess we should look at England’s Roman name – “Britannia.” It appears then, according to Hispanic rhetoric that all speakers of English, regardless of culture, race, ethnicity, or geography should be called “Britannic.” So from India to America – I guess I should now present the list of BRITANNICS…. I think you’ll begin to see for yourself just how silly the modern-day, American usage of the words Hispanic and Latino has become…

The English-speaking Countries:

• Antigua & Barbuda

• Australia

• Bahamas,The

• Bangladesh

• Barbados

• Belize

• Bermuda

• Botswana

• Brunei

• Cameroon

• Canada

• Cayman Islands

• Dominica

• Fiji

• Gambia,The

• Ghana

• Gibraltar

• India

• Ireland

• Jamaica

• Kenya

• Lesotho

• Liberia

• Malawi

• Malta

• Mauritius

• New Zealand

• Nigeria

• Pakistan

• Papua New Guinea

• Philippines

• Seychelles

• Sierra Leone

• South Africa

• Sri Lanka

• Swaziland

• Tanzania

• Trinidad and Tobago

• Uganda

• United Kingdom

• United States

• Zambia

• Zimbabwe

Why not just be black if your parents are from another country? Are you serious? If you were from Paris, and grew up speaking French, eating French cuisine and enjoying French customs, but later came to America, you’d be FRENCH. You’d still be black, obviously, but there would be a language, custom and tradition apart from the color of your skin. I black person from the Dominican Republic will say, “I’m Dominican.”

Being “black” in the U.S. differs from being “black” in other countries. Here, don’t have a traditional language or customs or religion. Even “soul food” is just “southern food.” Because we don’t have a national identity, I think we want everyone to say they are “black” just like us. But a Haitian isn’t an “African-American” because they are not American. They are Haitian. They are black. But it would be silly to ask them to recognize and identify themselves only as “black” and ignore their Haitian heritage.

There is no conspiracy to cover-up here. Just common sense.

This just goes to show though how mad dumb and ignorant a lot of people are if BLACK LATINOS or latinos with some significan BLACK ancestry have to still tell or discuss with/to people what they are AND HOW IT IS THAT THEY ARE. Is she BLACK IS SHE LATINA…. how about SHE IS BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.

BLACK don’t change because of the country you and your people are the culture and that can play into race and identification BUT your race DOES not magically become something else.

No such thing as a lazy race. Lazy ppl exsist in every race — stop sounding so stupid ppl.

La La baby no 1cares wht race u are hon! U might Not Be Blk but youuuu shol like Blk D^^K tho…N ur husband ain’t notthg but another Tiger Wood any who! Meanin he’s washed by another race…He cuda married a Blk women! but since he has u i guess dats wht he Settled 4smfh @ both of yall!

So many races have contributed to Latin heritage/ cul;ture- White, Black, Native American and a few others, that any of these groups can proudly acknowledge their Latin heritage.

Hey Toy, Just like you don’t want darker skinned blacks questioning your blackness. Darker skinned black people don’t want to be called Nappy Headed. You’re just a ignorant as they are. I’m sick of my own people putting me down for the way God made my hair. I’m sorry I wasn’t born with straight or wavy, or lose curls. I guess God just punished me with this hair. Sorry I’m not european or mixed enough for you Toy. Did you ever stop to thing that maybe black people have low self esteem because they are called nappy headed? Black people have been brainwashed to believe the closer you are to white the more beautiful you are. I swear it worked. Black people put each other down more then any other race. No wonder no one a lot of people don’t claim their black sides. I’m sick of this light vs dark, good hair vs bad mess. When will it end?

Hey Toy, Just like you don’t want darker skinned blacks questioning your blackness. Darker skinned black people don’t want to be called Nappy Headed. You’re just a ignorant as they are. I’m sick of my own people putting me down for the way God made my hair. I’m sorry I wasn’t born with straight or wavy, or lose curls. I guess God just punished me with this hair. Sorry I’m not european or mixed enough for you toy. Did you ever stop to thing that maybe black people have low self esteem because they are called nappy headed. Black people have been brainwashed to believe the closer you are to white the more beautiful you are. I swear it worked black people put each other down more then anyother race. No wonder no one a lot of people don’t claim their black sides. I’m sick of this light vs dark, Good hair vs bad mess. When will it end?

an the same is said about you immigrants too. so don’t get it twisted. you are not viewed favorably either. so cut the bullsh!!!t!

Lose/Lose situation. LaLa is a half-breed. She is not black. She may have African desent , but she would deny it to advance her “career”. Confused, moneyhungry, sellout-ish hoe.

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