[Alicia31388]

Several reasons:

1). People in most Spanish-speaking countries were never exposed to the black pride movements that spread through the United States, Europe, the West Indies and some parts of Africa. As a result, despite many people’s claims that Latino societies are not color-conscious, blacks still deal with problems that black Americans were facing before the civil rights movement. An example is that Afro Latinos are generally absent from the media – and when they are included, they’re cast as maids, buffoons and the like.

2). Many citizens in Hispanic society are outwardly racist, as opposed to in the United States and Europe, where people are now taught to be politically correct and more civil. For example, here in New York, I have Hispanics screaming ‘negro,’ ‘morena,’ ‘chocolate’ and other words at me to denote my race and color, which I find very offensive. Imagine if you lived somewhere and every time you walked out in the street or somewhere, people were constantly insulting you because of your skin color and race.

Because of these things, Afro Latinos have been raised to hate themselves and to turn away from being black, proud and accepting of themselves.

User Detail :  

Name : Alicia31388, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Afro-Caribbean, Religion : Christian, Age : 24, City : New York, State : NY, Country : United States,