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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unlike Black families, which are more monolithic in my opinion, Latino/Hispanic families are so much more varied and diverse, which causes their sense of community to be more country-specific and language-specific.

For example, families from Argentina or Spain are more white-passing and have more European influences, whereas as families from Brazil might connect through their shared knowledge of Portuguese, which is very different from let’s say a family from Mexico. [/quote]

This will have to stay as an opinion because as I hope you are aware “Black” families can come from Brazil and other countries in Latin America (DR, PR, Cuba, Panama….) the English speaking Caribbean (Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad…), the US, and countries in Africa. So this group of people that you opine is “monolithic” is actually more diverse than your comparative group. [b]Blackness spans multiple languages including Spanish, continents and religions.[/b] I am Nigerian and my wife’s family is Cuban/Jamaican. Our kids identify as Black American, Latino and West -Indian and we have had rich connections with many families at our TT within all of these groups, but also rich connections with people outside of those groups. I was raised in TX to find commonalities with others based on values and hobbies. That’s how I met my wife actually. Maybe try to do the same OP?

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We don't need to use "Black" to describe all people of near or distant African descent as of we all have something in common (we don't at all). Doing so is an attempt to link oneself to African American people, but we are a distinct ethnicity that one just cannot hop into because you have ancestors or recent relatives from Africa and you happen to be in the U.S. now.[/quote]

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