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Originally Posted by jsarno
I know this is off subject, but I am curious...why is it players like David Ortiz, or Vlad, or Pedro Martinez are not considered black?
(despite the obvious that they are from the "dominican republic")
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Some consider themselves black while others don't despite what
appears to be the obvious. Race classification doesn't work in Latin America the way it works here in America. Here is a
snippet from wikipeida that hits the nail on the head.
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Of a total population of 549,549,000 [in South America] an estimated 100 million are Afro Latin-American [5][6]. Approximately 5% of the Latin American population identify themselves or are classified by census takers as being primarily of black ancestry. A further 16% of the population is mulatto, while Zambos are a small minority. By combining all three, another definition of Afro-Latin American is arrived at, one that in Latin America would be widely considered overly broad. (In fact, it would more resemble the one drop rule commonly accepted in the United States). By such a definition, about one-fourth of Latin America's population would be Afro-Latin American. Another fairly large minority probably has at least some black African ancestry.
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