Am I a Dominican Afro-Latina: My 23andMe DNA Results

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[@vegetariansimplicity6243]

its nice to see a dominican acknowledge that their Afro/black heritage it has been such a pain to see dominicans deny their Afro/black heritage thank you

[@AliciaEverAfter]

Very proud ☺️☺️

[@pamveeee]

most do? at least the ones born in the US do

[@vegetariansimplicity6243]

+foreignluna no they don't they fight not to be seen as Black

[@AliciaEverAfter]

+foreignluna I think most Dominican relate black to being African American and as a Dominican myself I can understand not wanting to be robbed of our culture, identity, language and customs. It may feel that by saying we're black we're saying we're not Dominican. And like most were a people proud of our nationality, ethnicity and history. However for me personally I know black is just a racial classification system so that's the only reason I want no part of it. I don't need another other categories or labels other than the ones I chose to be a part of.

[@Jumbo37279]

+Alicia Gibbs (ChicaFashion) I don't know why we tend to do that. It seems carribean Latinos do that a lot. In South American and Central America they don't have problems calling them selves black or white or mestizo etc, but they aren't as mix'd as we are, probably because of the size of there countries in South America.

[@trishasmiley]

Love that you know your history and not blind.

[@AliciaEverAfter]

Thanks!!

[@elizabeth-7064]

Wow its like your biracial but your black features seem to be more evident even though she's only 1/2 black

[@AliciaEverAfter]

I think many people are biracial but people seem to only relate biracial to being black & white when in reality if you're mixed with with many races you're biracial. For many Dominicans that's the case, we have our own country but are comprised with a number of countries. Makes me feel kinda cool. I made up of so much yet have one country to go back to and a set of customs and culture I was raised on.

[@elizabeth-7064]

Alicia Gibbs Biracial is Two races and most people tend to think of only black and white even though there are others. And if your more like you said. The person would be mixed (multicultural)

[@001islandprincess]

Biracial, racial etc are all terms invented by the original white supremacists (aka Western European enslavers). All human classification systems were created to maintain the status quo. Race is neither a biological or a genetic term, it is a socia-political term. The oriiginanl white supremacists invented human races to rationalize their continual enslavement of Africans and theft of indigenous people's lands. A hierarchy was created in which Africans and indigenous people were placed at the bottom and western europeans placed at the top. Africans and indigenous people's weren't even really considered human beings much less a "race". Botton line, socio-politically, we have "races" only because we live in a racist world as argued by many anthropologists.

[@tracyi9152]

@@AliciaEverAfter The majority of the Carribean is mixed not just Dominicans. I dont know why Dominicans think everyone else is pure.

[@AliciaEverAfter]

Marisol B I agree. In reality the whole world is mixed with something. I’m not sure where the 100% of anything comes from.

[@Lisaalamode]

great video!! xo

[@AliciaEverAfter]

Thanks love!!

[@cassandrasellersm.a.8719]

Congratulations on your Great Results!

[@AliciaEverAfter]

Thank you!

[@MexIndio1]

I love your results! I can't wait to get mines. :) One more week...

[@AliciaEverAfter]

Awesome post a link so I can see!

[@MexIndio1]

Will do! :)

[@satanlordofhell5834]

+Alicia Gibbs (ChicaFashion) hello, I was just wondering, how long did the quality review take? (Step 4)

[@rysaj1]

these DNA test are so fun.I did mine,new i was Swedish and french found out that i was also Russian and middle eastern .fun video thanks

[@nomadasinrumbo258]

awesome video !

[@TransitiontoHealthySelf]

Love your videos

[@Tinatma]

I did the genographic project, we have similar results. I'm 58% African, 36% European, 3%East Asian & 3% Native American. My mom is Puerto Rican and dad Dominican.

[@AliciaEverAfter]

How awesome! It's pretty cool seeing the results right?

[@FemmefitalefitclubTV]

NICE! My father is from Panama and he shared our family's background with my 14-year old daughter (who had no clue really) and she broke down in tears. Knowing where you are from and who your people are is so important. My father's mother emigrated from Jamaica, folks came from Costa Rica, and a host of other places to make up the Sullivans. I just might try this as your results have piqued my own curiosity. Great video.

[@AliciaEverAfter]

Glad you liked the video. It's so important to know because it helps with identity although I've always knew to some extent of my breakdown I wanted to know the each breakdown. And even though it was great to see it at the end of the day I'm still a child of God. I'm still Dominican but it's been awesome learning. And I think it would be great for your children. Through this I've learned exactly why I have more African DNA than European or Indio Taino. Sharing all I've learned with my hubs has been great and in the future with my children will be even greater.

[@JE-im4im]

I'm Dominican n wasn't beat with the vid being defined as a "Afro Dominican" , feel like u trying to break away n be your own label but I was wrong . Digging your comments , glad to see most Dominicans agree on how we label ourselves n culture Muah

[@angelasantiago7426]

no and no again shut up

[@batissta44]

Me:👨🏽🇩🇴 Race: Tri-racial(64%European, 28%African, 8% indigenous Taíno) Nationality: Dominican American Ethnicity: Latino/Hispanic -"Im not Black or white, Afro-Latino or Euro-Latino. I'm Dominican"🇩🇴 ;)...

[@sunborn_7]

You seem like a nice and kind person. No matter what your DNA says. We judge way too much on race.

[@barbaraobach]

It's a beautiful mix of the anscestries

[@marinadominicanaperez3655]

Lovely results 🇩🇴

[@TheDAT573]

Thank you for sharing.

[@mofresh87]

Pretty cool results

[@AliciaEverAfter]

Thanks!

[@noelcordero9107]

GORGEOUS!!!!

[@itoroots7291]

Great results

[@AliciaEverAfter]

Thank you!

[@uchihasasuke3973]

HOLA paisana lol. I am dominican too. I am from El cibao. You have a pretty good mix congratulations.

[@AliciaEverAfter]

Thank you! ❤️

[@uchihasasuke3973]

You're welcome

[@natanyat4901]

Those results are very vague. Big categories instead of specific places. Also, with her English name, she (and I) assumed that there would be more British. It serves as a reminder that a name can be passed down over generations but that it can represent a small minority of who we actually are.

[@AliciaEverAfter]

The detailed break down is on my blog but other that 3% British it doesn't break it down further than that unfortunately. However even so because my father's strong tie and pride even with just a measly 3% I feel the pride too. I guess at the end up the day it's how you're raised for some people. The result didn't change anything for me other than now being able to relate more with the term Afro-Latina. I thought it was just another label at first because who doesn't know Dominicans have African but from this thread many don't and many don't. I had a lot more African than I anticipated but I'm equally proud of it. 😊

[@Jumbo37279]

+Alicia Gibbs (ChicaFashion) I extremely love this comment!!

[@AliciaEverAfter]

+Chaos RealmGaming thanks it has a ton of typos lol but you get the point. Proud of it all. Being born and raised in NJ by Dominican parents and proud that they're a mix of European African and Taino. ❤️

[@tunjilegba]

Alicia Gibbs when your hair is natural you look more African, there are people in Africa who are mixed like Cape Verde, Mauritania and Morocco. The Spanish crown promoted Spanish men to procreate with Taino and African women to create 'loyal' subjects. The Portuguese figured out early on in the Congo that they could use mixed people as go betweens. My mother is mixed but she identifies as Afro-Caribbean reason being is that her mothers family/culture would not accept her as one of them

[@tunjilegba]

If we are going to be honest the Ethiopians(Habesha) Somalians and Eritreans fall under a similar West Asian admixture, I have witnessed this on many DNA reveals on KZbin

[@tahliah6691]

aѕajj there seems to be this myth amongst ethiopians that everyone originates from them. that statement is incorrect. as you said it's assumed. most West and southern and central Africans present 100% african dna without outside or non african dna. eg horners tend to be 50 to 60% bantu mixed with 30 to 40% arab or west Asian dna. so please explain to the world how a most central southern or west africans come from ethiopians but are purer african than horners and they don't present arab or asian dna? this is a lie and a myth. it is clear in all the horners dna test results that horners are not pure african but all are mixed with arabs african and west Asian dna. Arabs and asians are not indigenous to Africa. so whether you like it or not horners are not pure african. also Nubia which is sudan/Kish ruled most of Egypt Ethiopia somalia and Djibouti not Axum. modern ethiopia is not the same as ancient ethiopia. Ethiopia was previously known as Abyssinia then Axum which was also part of modern yemen. check any 1700 map of Africa. ancient ethiopia was south and central africa.

[@tunjilegba]

Tahnn Ju I agree there are many types of Ethiopian some are indigenous African in terms of old genetics. But Oromo and Amhara have mixture back and forth migration from Yemen. It dont make them less African because they have a mixture from centuries ago. Generally they are 60-70% depending on who you test. But, I do agree that we should double check if the genes they claim are West Asian are actually an African adaptation.

[@tunjilegba]

*****​​ Everyone on earth is not an African in my opinion, they mutated in foreign environments many cannot survive in Africa not in great numbers. If Everyone is African then you wont mind Europe and China and India snatching the resources? Nah I dont work like that

[@tahliah6691]

aѕajj what do you mean about the average Ethiopian ? Ethiopia is made up of tribal regions and the Oromo are the largest group. Amhara present the most Arab DNA and very little Europeans DNA. Most Arabs present about 80% Arab or middle eastern DNA. So how come they have Bantu or East African DNA and most Arabs don't? Horners are mixed African and Arab DNA check out the Ethiopian DNA online it's even more obvious to see with the naked eye. Horners are mixed. Not pure African.

[@darylwebb832]

Congratulations on bejng 50.5 African.., very exciting...

[@NesbiMaret]

Cool!

[@ineffable_name]

Checked out some of yo other videos and this is what I have to say, "fell in love with a blogger" t-pain voice. Or maybe u look like light skinned version of the last girl I dated.

[@almondeyes7765]

Someone posted a comment saying that they are black and Dominican...what? there is no such thing.I am not surprised that she doesn't want to be identified as black...Wherever you go on this earth you will be called a black woman so embrace it . Dominican is a nationality not a race...I am not going to say " I am Jamaican and black;that crap sounds ridiculous".Those cheekbones and lips don't lie sistah; you are black.And you have your ancestors hair which you should be proud of.Jamaicans don't run around saying we have Arawak and British blood like some groups.. We just show Nuff respect to our African ancestors.Patios says it all.Olmecs were here before the so called Tainos.. The olmecs were Africans.

[@jameriusmoody6830]

Black is a color not a race

[@001islandprincess]

Mia Williams As Fanon, a psychiatrist of African descent stated, "black and white people came into existence at the moment of imperial conquest. White depends on its stability of the negation of black. Neither exists without the other." Black and white are simply socio-political terms invented by the white supremacists. So called Black people only call themselves themselves that as they have no history or memory of their ancestors true name. Obviously their true identifies and histories were wiped out by slavery.Also, as John Henrik Clarke stated only "slaves and dogs are named by their masters." And as another author stated they oppressor can never call the oppressed by their real names.

[@thewordsmith5440]

Jamerius Moody What is Dominican a made up nationality. Nationality can change, borders can change, more immigrants can come etc.

[@teahgurl]

Alicia Gibbs you consider the term "Black" to be oppressive. How do you think "Black" Americans feel? What shall we call ourselves? And yes, I do call myself African American for convenience although I am not, as our genealogy is just as mixed up as yours. I have African and "African American friends (meaning their parents are African, came here and bore them). That's what being "African American" technically means. I would call myself simply American, but I live in a society driven by race sooo what do I call myself since "Black" is "oppressive"? I really want an answer bc from your insinuation, I feel a bit of insensitivity towards Blacks in America. But maybe I am wrong. To me, if you exited Africa through the slave trade, you are indeed "Black". However, you just have a culture more strongly connected to your roots that you can be identified with or be identified by... but that's all cutural bc certainly, I could have been born there and you here.

[@marvel6592]

she doesn't wanna use European terminologies of African people it's offensive, degrading, and traumatic which is why some of us are still conditioned when using those words I'm telling you the energies behind it is not good it's very negative it has bad vibes

[@sunnyvanilline]

Do you know Dailycurlz youtube channel? You really look like her! She is dominican too

[@AliciaEverAfter]

Yeah we're blogger pals. And thanks she's very beautiful. ❤️

[@Angell_Lee]

Beautiful girl!

[@AliciaEverAfter]

Angel Lee thank you

[@marinadominicanaperez3655]

I'm wondering why all African Americans skip all white Dominicans , plz tell me

[@jayallysongreen7781]

THERE ARE NO WHITE D0MINICANS UNLESS WHITES RECENTLY JUST M0VED THERE IN THE RECENT 100 YEARS

[@Freddy-yb4jk]

Jayallyson green. Read history!!!. History tell the truth about us Dominicans we are descendants in our majority of Spanish colony!!

[@robertcuevas3602]

ATL 1 why you here she is half white

[@krazyjnva2up2down55]

@@Freddy-yb4jk 🤣... You definitely never been to the island 🏝

[@krazyjnva2up2down55]

@@Freddy-yb4jk RD news even says the ancestry make up of the island is 59% africano 40% Euro and 2% Taino.. or something like that. I have to search for the KZbin link. (EN ESPANOL)

[@guillermone1]

The reason why you are only 8% British is because in the DR the term "ingles" has nothing to do with England. Instead for some reason it has been misused or misapplied. What they really mean or what you father was talking about are the black English speaking, British West Indian sugar cane workers that migrated to the DR during the turn of last century to work in the sugar cane industry. They came mostly from the Leeward islands and who are better known as "Cocolos" and that is what your father really means when he claims to have British ancestry. Cocolo is a term used in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean to refer to non-Hispanic African descendants, or darker-skinned people in general. The term originated in the Dominican Republic, and was historically used to refer to the Anglophone Caribbean descendants. Namely the Cocolos of San Pedro de Macorís, Puerto Plata, the Samaná Peninsula, and other Afro-descendants who lived in coastal areas and were culturally distinct from the lighter Dominicans who primarily lived in the interior of the country.

[@socialwork63]

Wow, I thought you would have been late 70's in Africa, but your literally 50 50 wow

[@krazyjnva2up2down55]

@@normandyf4234 EXACTLY 💯 👏. Mixed dosent have a look

[@CuzWut]

Hey! It turns out that I am your DNA relative on 23andme haha. I am of Aruban and Curaçaon descent.

[@AliciaEverAfter]

Shaquille Albertus really? Connect with me on there

[@sammiesmith6690]

Very cool.

[@soylungwenia4807]

OMG I love bread too !

[@AliciaEverAfter]

Sooo good

[@morganrobinson3066]

I would have always thought you were black. Welcome to America.

[@traceyramos2519]

your still pretty

[@tbey4187]

thank you dominican need to stop denying african side respect we need unity

[@MalditoLocaDeLosMina]

San Pedro de macoris

[@tommiegrant222]

Nice,

[@doomsday2004]

Check your Result again, they updated already.

[@AliciaEverAfter]

doomsday2004 thanks! Will do.

[@AliciaEverAfter]

My European results went up about 2%. From 44.5 to 46.1

[@doomsday2004]

My results estimate are: Sub-Saharan African 79.9% West African 70.6% Nigeria 38.9% Ghanaian, Liberian & Sierra Leonean 22.1% Senegambian & Guinean 3.0% Broadly West African 6.6% Congolese & Southern East African 9.1% Angolan & Congolese 8.6% Broadly Angolan & Congolese 0.5% Broadly Sub-Saharan African 2.0% Central & South Asian 12.8% Southern South Asian 12.8% Southern Indian & Sri Lankan 12.8% European 7.0% Northwestern European 7.0% British & Irish 3.1% French & German 3.0% Broadly Northwestern European 0.9% Unassisted 0.3

[@1234BLISTEX]

More African, less European, about the same native American for me and %, same last name!! Lol cool video🙃🤘🏽

[@AliciaEverAfter]

Sonia Gibbs very cool! Are you of Dominican decent as well?

[@robertogodoy9767]

@@AliciaEverAfter haz un video en español

[@giamalia7152]

Nice..

[@AliciaEverAfter]

Thank you!

[@kollinkirven6157]

Slaves brought to Hispaniola were of the African diaspora. I find that Dominicans who are millennials consider themselves Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Taíno, or Afro-Latinidad because they are mixed-raced. Most African-Americans are mixed-raced as well, in fact you'd be surprised to know that most Afro-Americans are of a similar admixture. (European, Indigenous American, and African) African-Americans and Dominicans just have different cultures.

[@AliciaEverAfter]

After watching a few of these videos I did notice that and was surprised but found it cool too. And I would agree Afro-whatever is a term that is quickly becoming popular but at the end of the day it's just another classification system just like black/white so I don't fee to much into it.

[@lewissmith789]

The difference between Dominican and African American are Dominican on average are 60% European 30% African 10% Native American African American on average are 85% African 15% European and Dominican have a different culture and they speak a different language than African Americans

[@mycutecatvidz9610]

@@lewissmith789 Wow this is unbelievable. Where did find this information from. So Dominicans are white and blacks are blacks is what your saying.

[@cariocabassa]

I have to disagree on that one, Brazilians, Colombianos, Venezuelanos, Boricuas, Dominicans and many others Latinos are more mixed overall not even close...and the Native-imput is way bigger in South/Central America AA's are on average 75-85 Sub-Saharan African...I say on average!!! So yes there are AAs who score less African and more European...but overall never as mixed as Latinos society I'd say...

[@truthserum6808]

@@cariocabassa correct. That’s because the English colonies mixed less with the slaves than Spanish and Portuguese. In fact, after slavery, intermixing was encouraged in former Spanish and Portuguese (Brazil) colonies to “whiten the race”, whereas America had segregation and laws that prohibited it (although it still happened but was illegal).

[@JaiRoseiRap]

She looks like Celia Cruz

[@centaviodehernandez]

@Truth Sayer you sound stupid there's no way Celia Cruz has 80% to 100% African you just saying that because Celia takes pride in her African Ancestry which many Latinos don't

[@centaviodehernandez]

She does favor Celia Cruz

[@MemoirsofaNaturalGirl]

Why do you prefer African over black ?

[@menamena5354]

Because "black" is a social concept, not racial.

[@MemoirsofaNaturalGirl]

+mee white black simply refers to people of a darker complexion . Black has never been a race it's something to identify with . You may want to look at yourself before calling someone an idiot🤗

[@menamena5354]

+ Memoirs of a Natural Girl In the U.S. black is a race. Plus, how do you identify with a color? Africans amongst themselves refer to ethnicity, culture, not blackness. in that case An east Indian has the same identity as a "black" American or a Native American in south America,?? African and black are 2 different things and each culture perceives it differently. By saying "African" she is right, and more specific since "black" in the U.S. is considered African-American.

[@MemoirsofaNaturalGirl]

simet mena in America people have always identified with color . People of color were called COLORED the concept of identifying with color is just a generalization . I didn't post my comment to argue with anyone . I simply asked a question and I would have preferred the video creator to have answered it . Not being rude but I'm just saying

[@laylajohnson2006]

Memoirs of a Natural Girl ignore them. Basically I think she wants to identify with land rather color have more of a connection with ancestors

[@IRequiem26]

Don't mean to be stupid but how do Dominicans have British ancestry?

[@AliciaEverAfter]

20-30k British soldiers were sent over to the Hispañola during the revolutionary war.

[@IRequiem26]

Thanks and what side of the island exactly?

[@eva_123yuquely]

A lot of Doominican have it and you will not know it

[@MalditoLocaDeLosMina]

Being Dominican and British she is basically a cocolo

[@lewissmith789]

Miguel Dotel no she’s a 100% Dominican her mom is Dominican and her dad is Dominican with a British last name because he have British ancestry

[@mswhunter118]

Lewis Smith ...which he got when his family emigrated from an English speaking island to DR

[@heavensclosets8748]

The planet is not even over 6,000 years old not even seven thousand years

[@noorakhan9035]

Why do you prefer to say African instead of Black?

[@deepstate3358]

because black is an american identity coined by the black panthers in the 1960's.

[@karmicobsession1636]

Dr pride Well Stockley Carmicheal is credited with coining the phrase but I've never heard that the term "black" originates from the black panthers who don't exist until 1966. African Americans began to call themselves black in the 60's but no where have I seen that it says that it was because of the black panthers.

[@karmicobsession1636]

Dr pride All in all im saying its more accurate to say that they coined the phrase "black power".

[@Jumbo37279]

+Dr pride That is actually incorrect and I'm Dominican. There are many Dominicans who identify as Black and in other Latin American cultures. On the census from 1960 DR one of the options were black. It's not just American my friend.

[@deepstate3358]

***** black in spanish is used in a different context. You will never see a dominican who's skin color is brown identifying as black. Black in the dominican republic is used to identify someone who is dark skinned, not their race or identity. In america they use "black" as their race and identity even if they are light skinned brown and with european blood. So educate yourself before you go around telling people they are wrong!

[@lisaleo729]

Why do Dominicans and Puerto Ricans have such low percentages of Taino? (Native American). I always thought the Native DNA would be the highest but its not. They actually have very little.Don't get me wrong I haven't seen everyone's results but the ones I see on KZbin don't. The Mexicans seem to have the majority of Native DNA so why do the Dominicans and Puerto Ricans believe they are mostly Native American I'm so confused.

[@AliciaEverAfter]

Lisa G most indigenous people were massacred & died of sickness & disease. Puerto Ricans tend to have more Native American blood. The reason most think they're mostly Taino Indian? Probably lack of education or poor education. If they aren't taught properly they won't know.

[@lisaleo729]

That makes alot of sense but if you look up DNA reveals of Mexicans their Native percerntages are very high. I've seen some as high as 80% whereas Puerto Ricans were like 20. Just something I observed. Thanks for your comment :)

[@krazyjnva2up2down55]

@@lisaleo729 You are reaching when you say 80-95% indigenous for Mexicans. Majority Mexicans are 40-50% indigenous at best and alot of European.

[@mindful1044]

Café ☕️ con leche 🥛 !

[@MariE-bz2eq]

I'd say 55% african, 37% european, and 8% taino

[@MariE-bz2eq]

I'm alittle off. The Scandinavian can still be from the british. Remember, the vikings invaded England during the 8th to 11th century

[@cerealkillerrxD]

De donde eres de alla?

[@AliciaEverAfter]

cerealkillerrxD hola nací en los Estados Unidos mis padres son De San Pedro y Barahona.

[@juanestebanaliaga1065]

@@AliciaEverAfter Cool results, I tested with Ancestry dna

[@Malouco]

Didn't even know British came to DR.

[@AliciaEverAfter]

Larry Medina yup you can google it. My friend who is also Dominican (born there) had 21% British.

[@beauty4717]

Yes, Taino falls under Native American

[@docdelaina]

i am domincan and black

[@tatedbenji9896]

You mean a black Dominican? because Dominican is not a race

[@tatedbenji9896]

+Dominicanita Linda in the USA black is not ethnicity thats why on apps the ask if your a african american or a hispanic which refers to backround a black hispanic is a sum1 who a decent or from latin america dr.pr.cuba.mexico.central america or south america...so to say your dominican and black is wrong..thats like a person saying that they are floridian and black..you cant be a place and a race..but you can be a race from a place..so he should have said he is a black dominican and if he is mixed he should have said im a bi racial dominican

[@25oxendine]

I have rarely seen a Dominican less than 20% Black +Azaveana83. Just because they loathe Blacks doesn't change the fact that they are partially Black. MOSTLY White could mean 55% White and 45% Black

[@tatedbenji9896]

Dominicanita Linda so basically ppl have to understand Dominican isn't a race Dominican republic is a country with black Indian white etc alot are mixed alot or not what's the argument??? Plus% isn't real they make up% to get ppl to buy from the company they all do the same autosomal DNA testing and I can show proof of two different outcome I'm belizean American and African American on test had me 16% east Asia my mom is half Chinese and 5% native she half Indian and it had me 79% sub Saharan another test had me 94% sub Saharan and 5% European and 1% east Asia so what does that tell you??

[@25oxendine]

Mr Belize stay winning What test did you take?

[@MyNameIsTlo9]

Can everyone just watch black in Latin America

[@MalditoLocaDeLosMina]

Oh! She is what Dominicans call cocolo .... Most likely from San Pedro de macorix .... I have friends .... That are cocolo ... Which is a word that comes form turkos and Caicos.... Cocolo, comes from Caicos.... But she is not as informed as she thinks she is.... Dominicans descend from all over the world... Like citizens of the United States.... My DNA is a trip around the world... But honestly, it doesn't matter... I am Dominican....

[@noelcordero9107]

The best looking DR women are from there. Mmmmm

[@reggiewilliams4246]

To be black is to be African

[@Xenlacasa45]

No black is used by American black people. Nowhere in DR would someone call her “negra” she doesn’t look haitian or dark skin at all.

[@teahgurl]

Okay so... being "Black" myself, I have something to speak on. Being born American is why I get the title of "Black" .... It means being mixed with majority African as well as mixed with Native, European (and more personally Asian) ancestry. I don't have anything but being "Black in America" to connect to and unfortunately bc being "Black" has been negatively stereotyped and stigmatized, you most likely refuse to say "Black".... It's very offensive considering that you probably don't know anything about being "Black", but the negativity streamed through racism. You can make all the differentiation all you want, but when ppl look at you, you are seen as BLACK. We all just about got here through the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Your group of people just happened to land in Latin America and was able to preserve more of their ethnic culture bc your ancestors were granted more liberties. But you needed a genealogy test just like many Black Americans to truly learn your roots so hun, there is NO difference, but culture. We are all mixed up.... We just landed on the map in a different place. 🤣

[@Xenlacasa45]

Nah don’t lie to yourself like that.

[@Tanbeltran]

What was your results from the conservative report which is 90% of your DNA? There is no videos explaining the three different reports... Apparently the conservative is the more accurate.

[@AliciaEverAfter]

Is that part of 23 and me? I'm not sure what the conservative report is. Where can I see those results?

[@Tanbeltran]

+Alicia Gibbs (ChicaFashion) hey, thank you for the quick reply. Yes is part of the Ancestry composition . Next to your name at the top there is a tab with ' Speculative' 'Standard' and 'Conservative' and next to the tab there is a ? Question signed explaining the percentage of each.

[@AliciaEverAfter]

+Tania Beltran ok I think I found it. It says European 34.9%, sub-Saharan 9.3, Native American 2.1%, unassigned 53.7%.

[@Tanbeltran]

Thank you

[@AliciaEverAfter]

+Tania Beltran welcome!

[@anonmon8550]

May I ask why you don't prefer the term black? ( out of curiosity?)

[@AliciaEverAfter]

It's institutionalized racism. It's causes separation, segregation & divide between humanity. It was made to separate Europeans from Africans as if one is better than the other. It's a color system. And if we go by color I'm brown, caramel, tan, cocoa, chocolate, beige not black.

[@rahmahassan3794]

+Alicia Gibbs (ChicaFashion) you are clearly black. Your race is black. As much as you like to deny 'race' as a concept MANY blacks have suffered oppression from WHITES. To deny this means you are ignorant and unwilling to see the history of blacks and what they have undergone. may you ponder on how you have west African ancestry? It was the hub of slavery which your ancestors suffered from BECAUSE they were black.

[@AliciaEverAfter]

+Rahma Hassan I'm unwilling to further feed into it. White is European and black is African. Maybe if we stopped using the terms we'd be a step closer to ending racism. But you, you can do as you please, this is my personal preference. My parents and grandparents are Dominican so I identify as Dominican. As a Dominican I have culture and customs I grew up with that have nothing to do with being black. You can't force me to identify as black thus deny my Dominican heritage. Deny my great grand parents emigrating from the French West Indies to the Dominican Republic. So I can't be a Dominican American from Jersey. Im just black. It's ok to deny everything else except black?

[@rahmahassan3794]

+Alicia Gibbs (ChicaFashion) this is some bullshit. How are you speaking about not seeing colour? When the basis of your existence is the oppression of your African ancestors? It's clear you want to identify with anything BUT black. Clearly a self hating BLACK woman. Do you not see your hair and how kinky it is? Or are you bling when you buy hair product for your hair type

[@AliciaEverAfter]

+Rahma Hassan it very well could be bullshit but it's what I choose. Not sure why preferring to say African vs black upsets you.

[@Successfulrandy]

she should research the Moors.

[@indiyaaab]

nice! check mines out

[@mzc9093]

Latins do not use the prefix, Afro. The Latins feel that you are either "LATINO" or you are not. Therefore, there is no such thing as Afro-Latino. ********* You are bi-cultural, African & European = biracial & bicultural aka "Creole".

[@krazyjnva2up2down55]

Are you in the United States or Latin America is the question.

[@paigeruthless6603]

you perfer to say african and not black like theirs a difference ... smh

[@AliciaEverAfter]

**There's ☺️

[@imanidennis8861]

of course the is a difference, the word black does not mean anything concrete! Africa is a continent full of alot of different pleple, black and African are not synonymous terms!

[@paigeruthless6603]

+Imani Dennis regardless the Pc facts when people hear black or Africa the same thoughts and feelings run through their head which is why alot of people choose to not acknowledge their "african" roots .which was the point.. saying African or blk doesn't change the bottom line.

[@imanidennis8861]

+Bella Mosley I understand, what you are saying, but the bottom line is black and African are not the same thing, so I think that we are obligated to change perceptions and change the way we talk about race, and ethnic origin. In the context of this video about I think african is the correct term because she is talking about ethnic origin, which is african. The word black can mean so many different things to different people (and not all Africans are black, and not all black people are african) there is such an amazing variety of different cultures and people looking all sorts of ways. we need to stop trying to put people in artificial categories

[@AliciaEverAfter]

+Imani Dennis Thanks so much for this comment. These are pretty much my exact sentiments but everyone else isn't hearing it. I don't deny that when forced to pick a racial category I'd fall into black and I don't deny my African descent. I just think racial classification doesn't help the cause.

[@renatomacchi2195]

You may be Afro but you're not Latina. You may mean Latin American. Latino/Latina Latin is only a Language and a Culture, the language spoken by the Romans and their Latin culture and it doesn't have anything to do with the "Hispanics" of the Americas. Latin/Latino/Latina is not a race and not an ethnicity, not a Skin Color, not a DNA and not a Blood.. Everything Latin is European. www.latins-latinos.yolasite.com

[@AliciaEverAfter]

Ren Mak ok

[@Xenlacasa45]

Bullshit she’s Latina

[@mzc9093]

You are biracial; European & African, aka "Creole" = mixed race.

[@APOLLOLEGACY]

You point to say you dont identify with black . well hispanic , Spanish , and latino are also derogatory words

[@trojanthebarber2688]

I hear you say some words with an accent and other words proper.

[@AliciaEverAfter]

I've never been told I have an accent but if I do it's probably because I speak Spanish just as much as English.

[@joesmith8725]

Lot of bilingual people speak like her.

[@HSaronAnglonColeman]

With an accent versus "proper"? Wth does that mean, tho...

[@medboyco1254]

DNA Test are not accurate, when they you tell you iberia peninsula or not nord africa or middle east or Jewish, there is no such thing! Nord africain, you finde people Black african, European descendants, turcs descendants., persian descendants, Romain, Grec..... you must know the history iberia peninsula, the arab & africain & jew from Khazars was in this area 800 years middle east Summer civilization Black headed people, black people steel living there, arabs(Mixt between african & Persian & asien & european) , European descendants, turcs descendants., persian descendants, Jewish is not race, you blond, black hear, blacks, asien.....

[@SuperTruthful]

ok, scientist, you did the research and you did the test and of course you know that everything is wrong. Knowing your history doesn't tell you who married or mated with whom. BTW, parternity and maternity tests are done every day to determine parentage. go to school and become a scientist hater. Jewish do have a common dna make up....go ask them

[@MyaVatMii]

Jewish people's common blood is European. while Jews common blood is africa. But there's a reason why Jewish, muslim, catholics, Baptist, etc.. are all linked together because it's a religion (cult). not a race sorry

[@medboyco1254]

Religion is not race, race is not people, people are different, you must travel the world in look at the face, und go back to root, Africa, and you will see all this faces on the continent

[@tunjilegba]

Think they mean Berber marker

[@Israelite-iq1gd]

Don't call yourself African. The Taino were mixing "Africans" prior to colonialism.

[@Xenlacasa45]

No they weren’t they were natives from South America not Africa

[@krazyjnva2up2down55]

Africans didn't arrive to the island until 200 years later 🤔

[@Israelite-iq1gd]

@@krazyjnva2up2down55 That's your opinion. It's no based in any facts what so ever.

[@krazyjnva2up2down55]

@@Israelite-iq1gd It's facts wtf... 🤣. The first Africans arrived more than a decade after the Spanish had arrived. They didn't start come in by the masses until late 1500s( 100 years later ).

[@krazyjnva2up2down55]

@@Israelite-iq1gd look it up. It's 2021 we have GOOGLE available to us in both English and Spanish

[@ksgrmdsdl2383]

Looks like you are not proud at all to have subsaharan African. You could not even give a breakdown of subsaharan roots like you did concentrating so much on europe breakdown yet the percentage of African roots is higher than that of european roots. But you cannot change anything about who you are. You just have to accept it.

[@krazyjnva2up2down55]

Get lost... your petty. She is beautiful mixture

[@ksgrmdsdl2383]

@@krazyjnva2up2down55 She hates her African side with passion. You can see that.

[@preachaberkley8170]

Latino means Latin african!!!

[@gregtucker719]

you're a Hebrew Israelite from the tribe of Reuben

[@rantsinpatwa]

Greg Tucker and you are a jackass

[@rantsinpatwa]

Greg Tucker Jesus was given to you using the slave masters whip jackass

[@isaacdiakite1720]

Greg Tucker Incorrect She's African.

[@Ptah510]

you are black ... european and african you differ from americans NOT aT ALL

[@macaattack1921]

3% native American that super small lol

[@floridian4072]

I thought your African percentage would've been lower I mean cause you're Dominican

[@Karma.Sutera]

Dominican is not a race. there's not a dna strand that tells you that you're Dominican. it's an ethnicity

[@AliciaEverAfter]

+Firdhaus Sholehan i think he's aware of that and just thought I'd have more European DNA than African.

[@Karma.Sutera]

Alicia Gibbs You'd be surprised that not many people know the difference between Race and ethnicity. So what label do you go by? Afro-Dominican?

[@AliciaEverAfter]

+Firdhaus Sholehan I just say Dominican. Cause I like to think its apparent that as a Dominican I have African DNA. On forms I always check other and that's only because I don't want to participate in racism. I think the more we focus on race and color the more division it creates.

[@celeste5607]

Also Dominican is a nationality.

[@Tinatma]

I did the genographic project, we have similar results. I'm 58% African, 36% European, 3%East Asian & 3% Native American. My mom is Puerto Rican and dad Dominican.

[@jameriusmoody6830]

What that makes you?

[@AliciaEverAfter]

+Jamerius Moody Human. Why do people need to pick a race? Why must we be force to conform to a social construct set up to divide?