| #101 - Posted 22 August 2008, 10:32 AM | |
Location: United States Join date: February 2008 Member #: 340 Posts: 923 | RE: Question regarding Sammy Sosa Quote: CeJota previously said: Being Jamaican Dominican living in Augusta Georgia I answer crazy questions on a daily basis our hispanic population by size is Mexican Salvadorean Costa Rican Puerto Rican when an AA see me conversing with fellow Hispanics they sit back amazed and say "Where you learn Mexican from?" I tell them I grew up speaking Spanish because my father is Dominican. Then they ask Thats in PR right? I knew you were PR b/c your skin look reddish black and your hair real "good" and wavy.lol and don't let that same person see me talking with my Jamaican mother. I prefer the term west indian in my case when it comes to what culture i am because AA don't get easy offended as to if i say im hispanic because then i would be denying i'm "black". lmao! So even in Georgia one runs into this same type of mentality we have been talking about. This was posted on the HBF Anthro. forum by a non-Latino who is well versed in LatinAmerican and particularly Caribbean culture: Quote: Originally Posted by g-man I would argue that the English Caribbean is closer to the U.S. but still different. The Dutch and the French (Haiti included) are between the English Caribbean and the Spanish, at least in my experience. Like in the U.S. there is an inability to recognize that one can be proud of one's African ancestry and not consider oneself black. This is a basic hurdle many (black) Americans and many English-speaking Caribbean folk have when understanding the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, or for that matter much of Latin America that is heavily Africanized. If you have an investment in hypodescent and political blackness (i.e., Pan-Africanism, Afrocentrism, etc.), then you will necessarily see the lack of popularity of both in the Spanish Caribbean as a sign that it is less flexible when it comes to race (read: blackness) and hostile to things African. This is not always the case. And in fact those who embrace hypodescent and/or political blackness are often more inflexible simply because they cannot fathom that someone can be African and other things, not consider themselves black, and still order all their ancestries horizontally. ^ I suggest for all those who are not familiar with us to read it carefully so that they can try to understand our view instead of imposing theirs on us. |
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| #102 - Posted 3 September 2008, 6:31 AM | |
Location: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me Join date: December 2007 Member #: 9 Posts: 13576 | RE: Question regarding Sammy Sosa Quote: ladronaso previously said: Quote: USADR previously said: Same thing for us, people in LA think we all look like Sammy Sosa. So it's not limited to just Americans. I have received the same response from Cubans. I have showed family pictures to many Cubans and the first thing out of their mouth is "Oh they don't look Dominican". My response to them is "sorry but we don't walk around with signs stating "the type of Dominicans we are" i.e white black mulatto Chinese Indian Arabic etc. Ladrone you have got to overcome this inferiority complex you have about Cubans and Boricuas it is not an attractive quality ....Cubans and Boricuas think of you as their brother....Why are you always dumping on them ? give it some thought....Reflect lets get ready to RUUMMMMMMBBBLLLEE |
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| #103 - Posted 3 September 2008, 10:16 AM | |
Location: Puerto Rico Join date: July 2008 Member #: 1101 Posts: 30 | RE: Question regarding Sammy Sosa Sammy Sosa was a great baseball player! It dont matter color, race, etc. |
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| #104 - Posted 3 September 2008, 11:31 AM | |
Location: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me Join date: December 2007 Member #: 9 Posts: 13576 | RE: Question regarding Sammy Sosa Babe did on hot dogs and beer " Corky " did it on you know what.....none of those guys including "Corky " are getting in the Hall of Fame lets get ready to RUUMMMMMMBBBLLLEE |
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| #105 - Posted 3 September 2008, 11:38 AM | |
Location: United States Join date: February 2008 Member #: 336 Posts: 1585 | RE: Question regarding Sammy Sosa No telling if Babe had a secret of his own. ..after all we're talking about a major sport where championships have been known to have been rigged! It seems like baseball has to to some extent always included forms of cheating.... |
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| #106 - Posted 3 September 2008, 12:26 PM | |
Location: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me Join date: December 2007 Member #: 9 Posts: 13576 | RE: Question regarding Sammy Sosa Quote: Manhattanite previously said: No telling if Babe had a secret of his own. ..after all we're talking about a major sport where championships have been known to have been rigged! It seems like baseball has to to some extent always included forms of cheating.... sure "Corky" and his corked bat ...spitballs etc .....but Steroids is a no no in all athletic activities....Now we have scandal looming over the Jamaican track team....maybe as George Carlin says legalize steroids and let us find out who is the best on Steroids Edited on 9/3/2008 12:28 PM by gouletcolonial. lets get ready to RUUMMMMMMBBBLLLEE |
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| #107 - Posted 15 March 2009, 9:59 PM | |
Location: United States Join date: March 2009 Member #: 2316 Posts: 1 | RE: Question regarding Sammy Sosa That true baby girl..alot of the racism is amongst latinos, and them being uneducated, and still carrying the white racist blood of their spanish ancestors. Also , all blacks arent african american...when one says they are black they are not saying they are african american. they are just speaking of there racial identity...and no matter what your ethnic back ground is...you are judged by your race first and not your heritage or your ethic background...to white people we are all black and of african decent, to racist white skin hispanic you are still black...so it doesnt matter, merlin santana faced racism in the industry because he was a black latino.....people have this stereo type of what a hispanic is suppose to look like..they expect you to look like a mexican. there are black latinos, white latinos, asian latinos, even arab latinos. |
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| #108 - Posted 16 March 2009, 8:07 AM | |
Location: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo Join date: December 2007 Member #: 38 Posts: 4359 | RE: Question regarding Sammy Sosa Quote: KROSSBOSS previously said: Also , all blacks arent african american...when one says they are black they are not saying they are african american. they are just speaking of there racial identity...and no matter what your ethnic back ground is...you are judged by your race first and not your heritage or your ethic background...to white people we are all black and of african decent, to racist white skin hispanic you are still black...so it doesnt matter. That might be so, but that doesn't mean that one have to go around parroting their idiotic and simplistic "one-drop rule", specially when DNA tests speak volumes about the mixedness of many dark skinned people (heck, it's estimated that 1/3 of americans belonging to the white endogamous group have actually some african ancestry in them, specially in the South). I find it odd that you AA's are the first ones in line at defending and maintaining that idiocy when it was specifically created to oppress you (specially the ones that are "white looking", as if it were a crime to have african ancestry). Maybe this article will enlighten you about the evils of that pseudo-scientific crap: http://backintyme.com/essays/?p=15 Any questions? Edited on 3/16/2009 8:23 AM by Lautaro. “Since the two rarely come together, anyone compelled to choose will find greater security in being feared than in being loved.” Niccolo Machiavelli |
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| #109 - Posted 16 March 2009, 8:24 AM | |
Location: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me Join date: December 2007 Member #: 9 Posts: 13576 | RE: Question regarding Sammy Sosa Quote: Lautaro previously said: Quote: KROSSBOSS previously said: Also , all blacks arent african american...when one says they are black they are not saying they are african american. they are just speaking of there racial identity...and no matter what your ethnic back ground is...you are judged by your race first and not your heritage or your ethic background...to white people we are all black and of african decent, to racist white skin hispanic you are still black...so it doesnt matter. That might be so, but that doesn't mean that one have to go around parroting their idiotic and simplistic "one-drop rule", specially when DNA tests speak volumes about the mixedness of many dark skinned people (heck, it's estimated that 1/3 of americans belonging to the white endogamous group have actually some african ancestry in them, specially in the South). I find it odd that you AA's are the first ones in line at defending and maintaining that idiocy when it was specifically created to oppress you (specially the ones that are "white looking", as if it were a crime to have african ancestry). Maybe this article will enlighten you about the evils of that pseudo-scientific crap: http://backintyme.com/essays/?p=15 Any questions? youre my hero lets get ready to RUUMMMMMMBBBLLLEE |
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| #110 - Posted 16 March 2009, 8:29 AM | |
Location: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo Join date: December 2007 Member #: 38 Posts: 4359 | RE: Question regarding Sammy Sosa Quote: gouletcolonial previously said: Quote: Lautaro previously said: Quote: KROSSBOSS previously said: Also , all blacks arent african american...when one says they are black they are not saying they are african american. they are just speaking of there racial identity...and no matter what your ethnic back ground is...you are judged by your race first and not your heritage or your ethic background...to white people we are all black and of african decent, to racist white skin hispanic you are still black...so it doesnt matter. That might be so, but that doesn't mean that one have to go around parroting their idiotic and simplistic "one-drop rule", specially when DNA tests speak volumes about the mixedness of many dark skinned people (heck, it's estimated that 1/3 of americans belonging to the white endogamous group have actually some african ancestry in them, specially in the South). I find it odd that you AA's are the first ones in line at defending and maintaining that idiocy when it was specifically created to oppress you (specially the ones that are "white looking", as if it were a crime to have african ancestry). Maybe this article will enlighten you about the evils of that pseudo-scientific crap: http://backintyme.com/essays/?p=15 Any questions? youre my hero It's good to know that one have fans out there, even in the more unlikely places. “Since the two rarely come together, anyone compelled to choose will find greater security in being feared than in being loved.” Niccolo Machiavelli |
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