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o Escrito Rápido/ Quick Write: Are all Spanish speakers “brown”? Is there such a
thing as a Spanish speaker who is of African descent? Give examples.

Preguntas de PowerPoint “Afro Latinos”

“Afro Latinos” Powerpoint Questions
1. What is Afro Latino? (Look up “Afro Latin American” in Wikipedia for answer
and put it in your own words)

2. What is one country where Afro-Latinos live that is mentioned in the video?
**Click on the side videos about 2 countries

3. What country has the 2nd largest African population in the world? (Introduction
video)

4. What do some Afro-Latinos call themselves in the Dominican Republic?

5. Have you ever seen or met someone who spoke Spanish that you didn’t expect to
speak Spanish? How did you react?

6. Do you agree with Eddy Bello and Ronald Flecha’s quote? Why or why not?

7. Which area on the map had the most slaves immigrate to it? How many slaves
where there?

8. How many Afro-descendants are in Latin America?

9. Was there slavery in Mexico?

10. Write a paragraph to agree or disagree with one of the statements on the “agree or
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disagree” slides at the end of the power point.

Preguntas de Reto / Challenge Questions

11. What are the Africans who speak English in Nicaragua called?

12. According to the professor Enrique Patterson, what is the biggest social issue in
Cuba?

13. Why would the Cubans be embarrassed for Alice Walker and the “black
Americans” with her?

14. Why are there less black Cubans on the census than there “really are” in Cuba?

15. Who were the ancestors of Afro-Nicaraguans?