Afro-Latino
African-descended Latin American
Afro-Latino describes people of both African and Latin American heritage, or the cultural blend of these identities.
The term recognizes that many Latin Americans have African ancestry through the history of slavery in the Americas: Afro-Latino communities in Brazil, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic.
Also Afro-Latina (feminine) and Afro-Latinx (gender-neutral).
Having two racial ancestries
- multiracialOf multiple ethnicities
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
mixed-race · Afro-descendant · self-identification · census · racial classification · hyphenated identity · dual heritage · colorism
Legendary Cuban salsa vocalist
- salsaSpicy tomato condiment
- bombaIsland folk percussion genre
- reggaetonLatin urban genre from Puerto Rico
- cumbiaColombian folk dance genre
merengue · bachata · Afro-Cuban · Yoruba · orisha · carnival · rumba · congas
American Caribbean territory
- Dominican RepublicCaribbean island nation
- CubaCaribbean island country
- BrazilLargest South American nation
- ColombiaEquatorial South American republic
Panama · Honduras · Venezuela · Bahia · Cartagena · Veracruz · coastal regions · migration
Ownership of people
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- sugar plantationsFarms growing sweetener crops
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
maroons · resistance · Middle Passage · indentured labor · invisibilization · erasure · civil rights · activism
Bias based on complexion
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- antiblacknessPrejudice targeting Black people
- racial hierarchyRanking groups by ancestry
invisibility · underrepresentation · stereotypes · beauty standards · hair texture · skin tone · social mobility · marginalization
biracial
Having two racial ancestries
- multiracialOf multiple ethnicities
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
ancestry · mixed-race · Afro-descendant · self-identification · census · racial classification · hyphenated identity · dual heritage · colorism · ethnic pride
Celia Cruz
Legendary Cuban salsa vocalist
- salsaSpicy tomato condiment
- bombaIsland folk percussion genre
- reggaetonLatin urban genre from Puerto Rico
cumbia · merengue · bachata · Afro-Cuban · Yoruba · orisha · carnival · rumba · congas · call-and-response
Puerto Rico
American Caribbean territory
- Dominican RepublicCaribbean island nation
- CubaCaribbean island country
- BrazilLargest South American nation
Colombia · Panama · Honduras · Venezuela · Bahia · Cartagena · Veracruz · coastal regions · migration · New York
slavery
Ownership of people
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- sugar plantationsFarms growing sweetener crops
abolition · maroons · resistance · Middle Passage · indentured labor · invisibilization · erasure · civil rights · activism · reparations
colorism
Bias based on complexion
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- antiblacknessPrejudice targeting Black people
racial hierarchy · invisibility · underrepresentation · stereotypes · beauty standards · hair texture · skin tone · social mobility · marginalization · empowerment
- Afro- wordsAfro-Caribbean, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian, Afro-Asian, Afro-European
- LatinoMexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Colombian, Dominican
- Latino identitiesLatinx, Hispanic, Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican
- EthnicitiesAsian, European, Arab, Chinese, Japanese
- Afro-ColombiaAfro-Colombian, Pacific coast, Cartagena, Maroons, cumbia
- Afro-LatinosAfro-Brazilian, Afro-Colombians, Afro-Cubans, Afro-Peruvian, Afro-Brazilians
Africa, African, Latin, Latino, Latin America, Latin American