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Black Hispanics?
“Hispanics come in all colors and
shapes. There are Asian Hispanics,
white Hispanics, black Hispanics and
even Latino Hispanics, as roughly 20
million people defined themselves,
puzzled by the ‘race question’ in the
2000 U.S. census.”
--Eddy Bello.
Dominican identity
“Sammy Sosa, David Ortiz, and Manny
Ramirez, men who in this country, most would
identify as Black men, but when asked, they
identify as Dominicans … strictly.”
Jose Vilson
Hispanic race?
“My Father’s Country is the Poor,” In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens, 210
Afro-Cuban identity denial