Black in Latin America E03, Mexico and Peru: The Black Grandma in the Closet

Black in Latin America E03, Mexico and Peru: The Black Grandma in the Closet

In Mexico and Peru Professor Gates explores the almost unknown history of the significant numbers of black people—the two countries together received far mor…
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25 thoughts on “Black in Latin America E03, Mexico and Peru: The Black Grandma in the Closet

  1. Shit I know it’s from veracruz r black but not fron center and northern
    part of Mexico but form peru the mix is more obvious you can see they skin
    and faces

  2. So glad I found this! Hope this educates some people. Growing up and
    explaining this to people was tough, I was always a dude trying to be
    something I wasn’t, which wasn’t the case at all! 

  3. Why are some people so fearful of African blood and influence. If anything
    it would show the diversity of your background and be celebrated. But no,
    people fear blacks, even when we are depicted as inferior, we are feared as
    if we will annihilate white people and become superior. I understand the
    modus operandi of the racist comments. Like all supremacists, they need
    the people they consider inferior, to actually believe that they are
    inferior. White supremacism is heavily, if not solely dependent on this
    for its survival, which makes it a very illusory and fragile ideology. If
    blacks don’t believe that they are inferior and continue to fight for
    respect, then white supremacism will inevitably die off – or be bred out of
    existence. In that case, I think I’ll do my part by finding a white woman,
    maybe one from Mexico or Argentina, and impregnating her.
    The racist people leaving comments here are some of the most insecure and
    cowardly people I’ve ever seen. They sit behind a computer spreading all
    kinds of hate they would never spread out in public. I wouldn’t be
    surprised if some of you actually have African DNA in you. If a white
    supremacist by the name of Craig Cobb can discover he has 14% sub-Saharan
    African DNA in him, just imagine the possibilities for you. I hope that
    keeps you up at night. 

  4. My mother is black and my father is a light skinned black. I came out the
    same color as some of those mixed Mexican women. We all are mixed with
    something. A racist could have a great great grand parent who is black but
    passed as white. So i don’t understand why its so much hate? The world
    oldest bones were discovered and we all came from her, and she was black.

  5. ALL PEOPLE CAME FROM ADAM AND EVE WHICH THEY CAME FROM A REGION OF DARK
    COMPLEXION WHICH IS NEAR ASSYRIA. GENESIS 2:8,14 ROMANS 5:12

  6. we don’t negate african presence in Mexico, southern Mexico, especially
    veracruz… have people who def have african roots.

  7. The best way for the elite of this world to totally take control is to have
    all races mix with blacks. This will certainly dumb down the human race!
    They know that the I.Q. of blacks is the lowest of all the races. For all
    races to continue to do this would eventually bring down the human race and
    possibly the end to civilization as we know it on the planet. Only the pure
    blooded elites would be in control of the world. The elite would continue
    to get smarter and the races that continued to breed with blacks would
    become dumber and dumber. This is the goal of the elite , they will do
    anything to keep their control , Including making slaves out of all of us.

  8. So I was born in Peru but raised in Angola and still live here, is it
    coincidence that slaves from Angola were traded to Peru?? maybe not, I
    might be African after all :)

  9. i m a peruvian and i to know the history of the blaks in america since the
    arives of colon, this is easyyyyyyyyyyyyyy….but i don t believe the
    history because i to look putterys of blaks mens in the larco museum with a
    anticuite of 2000 or mosth years of colon… and i have mi blak relatives,
    mi family is origin quechua i am american native, plis i ned mosth
    investigationnnnnnnnnnnn.. 

  10. a damn good documentary… this needs to be seen by mexicans and peruvians in
    america who were born and raised in america. and, everyone else!!!

  11. I loved it! I am Mexican of Native American and European descent. Mexico is
    a racist country, you won’t believe how racist it is until you live there.
    Afro-Mexicans are looked as an oddity since we don’t have that many. They
    live on the coasts, mainly in Veracruz and Guerrero. The Spaniards needed
    stronger people for the transportation of all the goods they stole, from
    the Pacific to the Gulf. They are wonderful people. I have met Mexican
    people who openly deny any Afro or/and Native American ancestry, which is
    sad; specially when you can clearly see the characteristic markers on their
    faces. I think most people would see this whole affair differently if they
    would have a DNA test; they will be surprised to find out they have other
    race in a recessive mode. Everyone thinks I am totally European, and when I
    tell them I am 28% Native American, I get awkward looks and uncomfortable
    comments. Thank you for posting it.

  12. I am flipping my class, actually more like blending, and am sharing it with
    my students! Thank you so much for putting it together. I am a better
    curator than voice over person!

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