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Originally Posted by westak
Ok, this has always confused me as my wife is Afro-Latina and I am black but I, nor she, would never view our home as "racially mixed", regardless of cultural differences.
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Well, yeah, this gets into some of the Census weirdness. It doesn't all make sense.
I can say that in NYC, Afro-Latinos tend to identify as Latino rather than black, and there are definitely cultural differences. This is especially true for Dominicans, who absolutely identify as a separate, purely Latino community, regardless of racial background. Puerto Ricans, not so much.
So, for example, an Afro-Latino Bronx Dominicano would not identify as black, even if very dark-skinned. But if he were in Vermont, I guarantee everyone would label him as black.
Also, this may suggest that some of the "black decline" in U.S. cities is exaggerated, if Afro-Latinos are identifying as Latino.