Alexandria Ocasio Cortez says she is an "Descendant of African Slaves"...as well as other things

[Cuban Pete]

Sounds to me like shes admitting that shes got some black ancestry (unlike a lot of "latinos" who are clearly mixed but refuse to admit it ) but also is cognizant that she cant claim to be black as she obviously doesn't look black.

This is honestly applicable to damn near the 40 million Latinx people from the Caribbean Islands, and some outlying groups like Coastal Colombians and Panamanians who are also heavily mixed and have large Black/Mulatto communities. All other Latin countries are mainly Native descendants, people whose ancestors were Aztecs Maya and Inca. Spanish Carib People got Taino but its like barely there compared to the amount of African blood they got yet the Mi No Black papi gang strong af going into 2019 still. Its getting better cuz now more than ever at least in music and Latin pop culture its Black/Mulattos running the culture instead of having it swiped and whitewashed like its been since fukking forever

 

[T'krm]

Afrolatina, no es. Es Blanquita!
Like her ppl are being disingenious here; as all this was a clear pivot to somehow allow align herself to the growing DOS movement, which we are sure all politicians, and their aides are aware of.

We all know the racial makeup of P.R...why all of a sudden the need to highlight it, what (3) years into the game?

 

[BigMan]

Afrolatina, no es. Es Blanquita!
Like her ppl are being disingenious here; as all this was a clear pivot to somehow allow align herself to the growing DOS movement, which we are sure all politicians, and their aides are aware of.

We all know the racial makeup of P.R...why all of a sudden the need to highlight it, what (3) years into the game?

? Are you a Puerto Rican just like her?

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

She is right
She is a mix of Spanish, native Americans, African slaves

Your taking it out of context anyways, she didn't say she was ADOS.

Some of us are a mix of the same except the white part is english speaking

 

[™BlackPearl The Empress™]

I guess it depends on the percentage of non-AA who are descended as well as whether or not 14 trillion in reparations would be enough. There's about 40 million Aframs, so if it turned out that at least 20 million non-AA would benefit from reparations, then hell yes I would have a problem and we'd have to factor in both lineage and race.

So then what did you mean by your original statement?

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

And this is why AADOS needs to be defined by 2 AADOS parents & 2 sets of AADOS grandparents. This is a clear set up. This is ridiculous.

This could be tricky. Dave Chappelle has AADOS parents but he has a white grandfather, I think. Wonder how many brehs have a set-up like that where they are clearly "black" and have a lot of AADOS but also have some recent cac.

 

[T'krm]

? Are you a Puerto Rican just like her?

No. I'm Black. She's not.

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Same.

Pelosi and Clinton are not big fans of hers. AT ALL.

Bill Clinton was one of the new Democrats that changed the face of the party to being more centrist like how Reagan turned the Republican party to God fearing Corporatists

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

meh
51 % black aint enough

i feel like there should be a council of like 20 respected and phD educated folks who can make a final decision

what if a kaepernick type cat is 49 %

We need a BCC - Black Citizens Council. I'd say that you need 3 of 4 grandparents to have been classified as "Negro" in the census of 19xx. Or take it a step further and say 5 out of 8 (or 6 of 8) great-grandparents classified as a Negro. If you can go back to pre-World War I, the chances of a current black American being AADOS is fairly high since there weren't a ton of black immigrants in pre-1917. Biracial is a tricky matter because most AADOS are not 100% black anyway, so mixing with a white broad will give you a 40-something percent "black" person.

 

[Prynce]

And this is why AADOS needs to be defined by 2 AADOS parents & 2 sets of AADOS grandparents. This is a clear set up. This is ridiculous.

chill out

I'm half AA and that doesn't make you any more AA than me

 

[The M.I.C.]

chill out

I'm half AA and that doesn't make you any more AA than me

Prepare yourself.

 

[Prynce]

Prepare yourself.

Oh i'm very aware about what's finna happen

 

[kayslay]

I like how she said she’s a descendant of African slaves, indigenous people, and Spanish colonizers. Then she said it doesn’t mean she’s black or native. Does that make her a Spaniard?

Yeah I peeped how she didn’t deny whiteness as well.

 

[kayslay]

And this is why AADOS needs to be defined by 2 AADOS parents & 2 sets of AADOS grandparents. This is a clear set up. This is ridiculous.

And MOST importantly they need to be able to trace all linage in THIS country!

 

[kayslay]

She clearly looks of African descent to me...I’ve always thought that too. That doesn’t make her ADOS but she does look like a light skinned sister.

She doesn’t look like a lightskin Black woman but she DOES look like Rosario Dawson.