In the second video of the Black in Latin America series, Henry Gates discusses the lost history of black people in Mexico and Peru. For every two slaves brought from Africa to the Americas, one was sent to Mexico. There was a huge population of blacks and indigenous people in Mexico, however looking at the complexions of the people it would be hard to tell. The blacks mixed with the others races producing lighter offspring. Despite that, there are still ways to identify those who are black; they are a bit darker than the others and they also have a unique dialect.
The identical cultures of the African and Hispanic heritages are shown through their music, food, other expressions of their way of life. The fandango music style is used as representation of Hispanic and African roots. The artists who make Hispanic music are of Afro-descent, and they accept the fact that they are culturally blended. For example, the song, “La Bamba” is mixture of Mexican culture expressing their black culture. The Hispanic and African recipes are prepared with the same ingredients, they only differ in the what they’re called. …show more content…
Yanga defeated the Spanish and was given his own town. this town was considered to be the first free town founded by free black people in the Americas. Contrary to the town’s history and how it came to be, many of the people who live there would prefer to be identified as morenos or mestizos because of their light brown skin than being negro. The blacks, whites, and indigenous people were allowed to have interracial relationships and marry. As they reproduced, this lead to the “16 shades of black.” The “16 shades of black refers to who was considered mulatto, mestizo, spanish, etc. They showed the diversified results of the mixture between the different
The identical cultures of the African and Hispanic heritages are shown through their music, food, other expressions of their way of life. The fandango music style is used as representation of Hispanic and African roots. The artists who make Hispanic music are of Afro-descent, and they accept the fact that they are culturally blended. For example, the song, “La Bamba” is mixture of Mexican culture expressing their black culture. The Hispanic and African recipes are prepared with the same ingredients, they only differ in the what they’re called. …show more content…
Yanga defeated the Spanish and was given his own town. this town was considered to be the first free town founded by free black people in the Americas. Contrary to the town’s history and how it came to be, many of the people who live there would prefer to be identified as morenos or mestizos because of their light brown skin than being negro. The blacks, whites, and indigenous people were allowed to have interracial relationships and marry. As they reproduced, this lead to the “16 shades of black.” The “16 shades of black refers to who was considered mulatto, mestizo, spanish, etc. They showed the diversified results of the mixture between the different