I like these, it's always good to see pieces on Afro-Latinidad. However, idk if I agree with some of the choices and criteria in the second study. I feel like it comes from a US perspective where one drop of black blood = being black, which is not accurate to Latin America. How do they know some of the people answering are Afro-Latinos if they don't identify as such (in the case of people who mark white or mixed race)?
Also, I disagree with counting "moreno" as Afro-descendant in the statistics for Venezuela. First, because it's a vague classification that was poorly designed by the government and basically means "brown" and was meant to represent the mestizo identity, and also, because the census had separate categories for black and afro-descendant. Most of the people who choose "moreno" don't identify as black and wouldn't be perceived as so in Venezuelan society - in fact, in misrepresents Venezuelan society as predominantly black, which is not the case, considering how representation of black Venezuelans is almost non-existent.
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Also, I disagree with counting "moreno" as Afro-descendant in the statistics for Venezuela. First, because it's a vague classification that was poorly designed by the government and basically means "brown" and was meant to represent the mestizo identity, and also, because the census had separate categories for black and afro-descendant. Most of the people who choose "moreno" don't identify as black and wouldn't be perceived as so in Venezuelan society - in fact, in misrepresents Venezuelan society as predominantly black, which is not the case, considering how representation of black Venezuelans is almost non-existent.
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