Census Estimate: U.S. Hispanic/Latino Population is 3rd Largest in the Americas at 60 Million
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I repeat.......
2019
Yall keep falling for and propagating this dumb shyt......
Hispanic - is a multi racial linguistic term
Latin America(Latinos) - is a multi racial geopolitical region
You might as well say...
Census Estimate: U.S. southerner Population is 2rd Largest in the Americas at 120 MillionDon't get me wrong you can compare anything I can compare you to a brick provided I state what attributes I'm comparing. That said the comparisons are always ridiculous. My favorite is Latinos don't all vote for the same people see we(as in African Americans) need to do that also. Fool Latinos don't vote for the same party for the same reason southerners don't vote for the same party. There is a variety of subgroups(national, racial, ethnic, etc) with different political experiences; of course all Latinos aren't going to vote the same way
2018
Region...Population...Percentage
Northeast....56,111,079.....17.2%
Midwest......68,308,744.....20.9%
West...........77,993,663.....23.8%
South........124,753,948.....38.1%
United States Population Growth by Region
EXAMPLE: If the "south" is a geopolitical term designating a land region and "southerner" is a term designating multiple races of people from that geographic area why should I as an African American get up in arms ...especially when damn near half the population of "southerners" are African American?
For the short bus people a geopolitical region, linguistic group, and racial group are all distinct things.
The only thing that would make sense to compare Latinos to are something like "Southerners", "New Englanders", etc ...not a racial group
(Remember the idea of a "Latino" / "Hispanic" is an american demographer creation ...that yall keep falling for)
Who Is Black?
JUNE 10, 2001
ROSA CLEMENTE
Yesterday, an interesting thing happened to me. I was told I am not Black.
The kicker for me was when my friend stated that the island of Puerto Rico was not a part of the African Diaspora. I wanted to go back to the old skool playground days and yell: “You said what about my momma?!” But after speaking to several friends, I found out that many Black Americans and Latinos agree with him. The miseducation of the Negro is still in effect!
I am so tired of having to prove to others that I am Black, that my peoples are from the Motherland, that Puerto Rico, along with Cuba, Panama and the Dominican Republic, are part of the African Diaspora. Do we forget that the slave ships dropped off our people all over the world, hence the word Diaspora?
The Atlantic slave trade brought Africans to Puerto Rico in the early 1500s. Some of the first slave rebellions took place on the island of Puerto Rico. Until 1846, Africanos on the island had to carry a libreta to move around the island, like the passbook system in apartheid South Africa. In Puerto Rico, you will find large communities of descendants of the Yoruba, Bambara, Wolof and Mandingo people. Puerto Rican culture is inherently African culture.
There are hundreds of books that will inform you, but I do not need to read book after book to legitimize this thesis. All I need to do is go to Puerto Rico and look all around me. Damn, all I really have to do is look in the mirror every day.
I am often asked what I am—usually by Blacks who are lighter than me and by Latinos/as who are darker than me. To answer the $64,000 question, I am a Black Boricua, Black Rican, Puertorique’a! Almost always I am questioned about why I choose to call myself Black over Latina, Spanish, Hispanic. Let me break it down.
I am not Spanish. Spanish is just another language I speak. I am not a Hispanic. My ancestors are not descendants of Spain, but descendants of Africa. I define my existence by race and land. (Borinken is the indigenous name of the island of Puerto Rico.)
Being Latino is not a cultural identity but rather a political one. Being Puerto Rican is not a racial identity, but rather a cultural and national one. Being Black is my racial identity. Why do I have to consistently explain this to those who are so-called conscious? Is it because they have a problem with their identity? Why is it so bad to assert who I am, for me to big-up my Africanness?
My Blackness is one of the greatest powers I have. We live in a society that devalues Blackness all the time. I will not be devalued as a human being, as a child of the Supreme Creator.
Although many of us in activist circles are enlightened, many of us have baggage that we must deal with. So many times I am asked why many Boricuas refuse to affirm their Blackness. I attribute this denial to the ever-rampant anti-Black sentiment in America and throughout the world, but I will not use this as an excuse. Often Puerto Ricans who assert our Blackness are not only outcast by Latinos who identify more with their Spanish Conqueror than their African ancestors, but we are also shunned by Black Americans who do not see us as Black.
Nelly Fuller, a great Black sociologist, stated:
Until one understands the system of White supremacy, anything and everything else will confuse you.
Divide and conquer still applies.
Listen people: Being Black is not just skin color, nor is it synonymous with Black Americans. To assert who I am is the most liberating and revolutionary thing I can ever do. Being a Black Puerto Rican encompasses me racially, ethically and most importantly, gives me a homeland to refer to.
So I have come to this conclusion: I am whatever I say I am! (Thank you, Rakim.)
2019 continued
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Mestizo - is racial category for mixed indigenous/white peoples
Mexican - is a multiracial grouping of people from the nation/state of Mexico
Central American - is a geographical location consisting of multiple races of people
My point being here is that people are grouping a lot of different people together. Why is this important ...because people such as in this post take Hispanic/Latino and try to spend that number into this homogeneous political block which doesn't exist.
Anytime someone says Hispanic/Latino they immediately start acting like Mexicans are storming the gates. While both the Mexican birth rate is lowering and border crossings have plummeted.
- White Miami Cubans don't have the same political aspirations as Puerto Ricans regardless of race.
- Likewise White Cubans and Puerto Ricans who are already citizens don't have the same political aspirations as Mestizo Mexican migrants
- Short of language Dominicans have little cultural ties to mexico
- Mestizo's who have been citizens of the U.S. since the 1800's when the U.S took over part of mexico don't have the same political aspirations as recent Mestizo Mexican migrants
- etc etc etc.
Matter a fact I would focus more so on the abortion rate among African American women than anything having to do with Latinos/Hispanics crossing the border
Note that's 259,336 Annually ....likewise the amount of migrants stopped at the border are just under 400,000 themselves
(The assumption being more are caught at the border than make it in)
Ms. Quick
“If I don’t eat breakfast I’m fking pissed off!”
As intended.
That's over 20 million black babies aborted in the last 6 or so decades.
The Asian population is about to even the black population in about 20 years.