Misconceptions about being a Black Panamanian

[Ryda52]

That porn chick Caramel is Panamanian too.


Don’t know how to spoil it, sorry in advance.

 

[Noriega]

Headed down to panama today for 2 weeks

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

Dated a black Cuban chick once. That hoe was crazy

 

[™BlackPearl The Empress™]

I know plenty of Afro- Panamanians. Nothing good or bad to say.

 

[Noriega]

I know plenty of Afro- Panamanians. Nothing good or bad to say.

Nothing good?

 

[NoirDynosaur]

Black Panamanians birthed Reggaeton. It was originally called "Reggae En Espanol"

Shout out to El General and Renato. The pioneers

 

[Samori Toure]

Black Panamanians birthed Reggaeton. It was originally called "Reggae En Espanol"

Shout out to El General and Renato. The pioneers

Jamaicans moved to Panama to work on that canal.

 

[JadeB]

Black Panamanians birthed Reggaeton. It was originally called "Reggae En Espanol"

Shout out to El General and Renato. The pioneers

I thought reggaeton was Puerto Rican for the longest, tbh. Makes me respect Panamanians even more

 

[⠀X ⠀]

Half my family is Panamanian. We’re just regular Black people tho.

I’ve noticed some act like they’re a different kind of Black, just because their family came from somewhere else. That’s weird to me

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Panamanians are Spanish speaking Jamaicans. Costa Ricans too

 

[⠀X ⠀]

Panamanians are Spanish speaking Jamaicans. Costa Ricans too

I think they came from a couple of other place too. I’ll have to ask my aunt when I see her. She was born there

 

[BigMan]

Panamanians are Spanish speaking Jamaicans. Costa Ricans too

Panama has diverse origins. Some where taken as slaves straight to Panama and some came from Jamaica, Barbados etc.

Black Costa Ricans are straight up Spanish speaking Jamaicans tho lol

 

[Fill Collins]

Half my family is Panamanian. We’re just regular Black people tho.

I’ve noticed some act like they’re a different kind of Black, just because their family came from somewhere else. That’s weird to me

Yeah, y'all boys just chill, same thing with Dominicans (from Dominica) and Belizeans, they cool and KIM

 

[Iverson_64]

It was always weird growing up for me.

I’d have friends or ex girlfriends over for family gatherings. They’d be confused to see my dark skin grandma, aunties, cousins speaking Spanish and listening to salsa and reggaeton.

“So where is your family from? They Dominican right?”

“Panama? Where’s that?”

“It’s black folk down there?”

“Why do they sound Jamaican when they talk in English”?

And my favorite “Panama? Like panama city beach?”

Granted, I grew up in Chi where there aren’t too many Afro Latinos compared to the east coast

I used to date a Black Panamanian girl with long braids and you nailed it completely, especially with ya'll getting mistaken for Dominicans or Jamaicans. That used to happen to my ex all the time. She would get Cuban and Trini sometimes too.

She would also have certain non-Black Latinos treating her like an alien from outerspace when she would communicate with them in Spanish. And they'd ask her where she learned to speak Spanish lol.

She took a DNA test and found that she had roots from Barbados going way back.

It was interesting being a Black American man in a relationship with a Latina who's whole family was darker than mines. Even my current girl's family is lighter and she's Haitian. I learned a lot about Panama through her though. I even traveled there with her, her parents, and her brother at one point.

 

[Magic Mulatto]

Man, I wish they done left West Africans in West Africa…