The Global African - Mexican Afro-descendants

[@danyielsays4621]

my dad is from vera cruz mexico and im proud to say im afro-mexican👍

[@tariqjackson4330]

my Family is from the Coast of Guerrero I'm proud of my African roots.

[@danyielsays4621]

Tariq Jackson thats right we stand proud💪

[@donl8927]

being an African, you are stepping on Harsh grounds, so you better be ready to ignore evil

[@kikitaberrios8071]

Danyiel Says I know of one from there you can see a black woman on her and she said she is Italian. I look at her fb all el family is black mix. Stupid woman she is. She work in Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas as a maid and gate blacks.

[@dannyjoereagor5383]

Amen God is good!

[@alf35703]

The word negrito in Mexico is a loving word, because for the most of us we are all equal, dont separate people, dont judge other countries with your country eyes, we treat all with respect, (ones again the most of us) black comunity in Mexico, feels Mexican, I come from Veracruz, I have black blood to, and never(me or my black and totonac blood grand mother) or any else were treated diferent, mi casa es tu casa is a fact in our culture, and solidarity whit the opressed ones has been always and aspect of our nation, stop trying to separate us, we Mexican and the Black comunity have lot more in common than diferences. Sorry about my English keep the meaning.

[@xavibalderas123]

Alfredo Kuri exactly here in mexico we do n't care if your white, black, green, or pink we are all mexican .. viva mexico..

[@emilianogaspard6935]

+Xavi Balderas that's a lie. Mexico has a cast system that is written into the constitution. If your parents raise you in a bubble to shield you from the awful racism in Mexico, you should be thankful.

[@cmapp1969]

i believe that also, im a so called african american and my sister use to visit Honduras which is south of Mexico, but anyway, she said the Hondurians treated her like a queen. she actually stated that when she came back to the states she felt less of a person. they made her feel somewhat like royalty.

[@gannibalof21st]

emiliano gaspard not just that, it is a tradition derived from the bible. if it ever go to a church in Mexico, you will see blacks and Indians not allowed to come in to a church unless they are on their knees, and they cannot stand up while inside the church. Remember Mexico is a religious people that believed what they have been told by their religion etc.

[@Virjunior01]

cmapp and I'll bet nobody ever wonders why they're taught more about the civil rights movements, the great depression, women's sufferage, and manifest destiny in middle school than when attending high school. they know people are quick to forget, as long as they haven't lived through such actively traumatic events on a national level. education is a double-edged sword. knowledge is power.

[@saldimarco7615]

I just learned about these afro Mexicans and I'm 35 and I feel honored to have them in mexico!

[@oscarherrera3755]

+Sal sanchez Mexico is one of the most diverse countries with a variety of mixed culture. I'm learning more about Mexico myself! I'm 26

[@saldimarco7615]

+Oscar Herrera cool beans bro good luck

[@angeldav82]

The first afro Mexican president was in 1924.

[@azborderlands]

What about Lotería the game? El Negrito? I’m Mexican from AZ, with Mexican family over the line and I even knew they existed.

[@Emy53]

I absolutely love the Mexican people. They are warm and loving, hard working and have contributed so much to our American culture. They are definitely a huge part of our American history.

[@gustavoosorio8532]

❤

[@3x157]

Jaja, come to Mexico and se how warm they are? I'm Mexican and I consider myself an overall nice person. I don't think every Mexican is nice warm and loving. We have a huge crime rate, murder rate, femicide rate, rape rate in Mexico. I wish it wasn't so but it is.

[@javierm355]

mexico never hid the afro mexican people, the thing is that mexicans never made a big deal about it, mexican people simply see them as a part of them. by the way african american people are always welcome to mexico. we have love for you.

[@Shel230]

Lol this isent true stop

[@Shel230]

He just debunked what u just sayd they discramnte against them cause their black

[@Addi_Teacha509]

You tell yourself lies to make yourself feel better. Many suffer from such illness

[@thecaramelgoddess]

@@Shel230 yes it is; face the facts bro!😎☀️

[@treymarshall3747]

I'm a African American person of mixed descent (resembling Mr. Fletcher & Mr. Archibald), but I've lived in Mexico for the past five years. Sadly, the people of Mexico have not been educated about the real history of their country. I've found that the younger generation is willing to hear the truth, but I've had some older Mexicans change the topic quickly. Unlike obviously African-looking people, it is harder to deny the possibility that one may be of African descent when they start comparing their traits with people like me. American TV shown in Mexico must have a lot of people seeing "themselves" a lot more than they do on Latino networks (being mostly European - unlike Mexico's actual population). MANY Mexicans resemble people who admit that they are of African descent. When I ask "where do you think curly hair comes from, Native Americans?" Or lips, skin-color, or even body type... Based on looks alone, I believe that the African-descending population is VERY underestimated in Mexico. On a brighter note: One day I was having coffee at Andares Mall in Zapopan (Guadalajara) with a black-Panamanian friend of mine from the U.S., when I noticed people pointing - then someone took a picture. My confusion turned to a smile when I looked up and noticed the African-Creole art on the walls, with two people against the wall who "fit in". I realized the cafe was called the Black Coffee Gallery. They were celebrating black-ness, and that's a positive start in Mexico.

[@balacosmica_8858]

+Carlos M. Too many Afrocentrists are trying to lay claim to all of Mexico because of 1.3M Afro-descendants (out of a population of 150M Mexicans) doesn't make sense - this is a form of African "manifest destiny" on the part of all these Afrocentrists. Afro-Mexicans are just that, Mexican (many have just assimilated to the Mexican way of life). They say that Vicente Guerrero and Morelos were "Black" is just a poor generalization with no care of over-shadowing Guerrero's and Morelos' Indigenous/European components. Mexico doesn't recognize the "one-drop rule" of the USA, so these American Afrocentrists can't apply that standard to Afro-Mexicans and just label them as just "Black" since most Afro-Mexicans are also Indigenous/European as well (with varying degrees).

[@balacosmica_8858]

HUSKY JONEZ Blah, blah, blah, too long to fucking read. Get the fuck off my comment, you don't have my permission to respond.

[@cmapp1969]

that is because the blacks, hispanics and native americans are all one people, we are all hebrew isrealites the bible speaks of. one nation of people. the whites separated us for a reason. its all bible prophesy.

[@cmapp1969]

he is making sense, blacks, hispanics and native americans are of the same nation of people. look up hebrew isrealites, the bible stated that we are one nation, the greatest nation on the face of the earth. we were split up by the whites for reason. check it out, it will give you a clearer prospective on what happened to us during slavery and why we were separated. i love my hispanic and native american brothers and sister. one day we will come together as a nation and be the next ruling kingdom and all other nations of people will be serving us.

[@siempreJarocho]

You're right!!! The older Mexicans come from a time when everyone in Mexico was trying to mix both Indigenous and African heritage out of existence !!! During colonial period, African slaves intentionally married free Indigenous or spanish women because children of African slaves who were born to free women, were born FREE!!! The colonial mindset to mix with lighter people never ended!!! The memory of the suffering for being NON WHITE was passed on from generation to generation! !! As time moved on and people continued to mix, the African phenotype was no longer visible and no longer talked about, & eventually forgotten because the government did NOT include our African heritage in their history books !!!!

[@Ace-nb7tg]

Got mad Cali love and hope for all my Afro-Mexicans out there. Been bringing up the topic more around my friends & they just stay thinking about it.

[@bf1822]

My grandmother is from Costa Chica and I am a proud Afro- Mexican...

[@Angie-et5gq]

I LOVE MY AFRO MEXICAN descendants!

[@alexanderdagreat1690]

Angie Del Nodal Well the mexican part don't like your black part nigga so choose one

[@angelasantiago7426]

Alexander Da Great stfu

[@gtasanandreasjugador2304]

Not racist

[@dannyjoereagor5383]

Me too!

[@lilbigman00]

Alexander Da Great bru u sound stupid af💀🤦🏽‍♂️

[@robertthompson6066]

I like to hear more about the Black Buffalo soldiers role in the Indian wars.

[@BosomofAbraham]

Mr. Archibold's history is rather off. The Native American population in Mexico was not erased. Mexicans to this day are EXTREMELY Native American in their physical features. The Spanish, in addition to war engaged in Mestizaje or mixing at high rates. So the Native Americans were indeed marginalized but they were largely mixed and assimilated into a Spaniard state of mind and become mixed race Hispanics. You will find that Mexicans are routinely 50 percent or more of Native American ancestry and quite a few still associate with or know about their tribal lineage, while others have chosen not to continue to know of their tribal lineages in order to assimilate into the larger Hispanicized Mestizo Mexican culture that looks down on open Native Americanness and blackness. Even the Black Mexicans are heavily mixed with Native Americans, being Zambos. Additionally, sugarcane was not what drove importation of Africans into Mexico. They could not rely on Native American labor or Mestizo labor as Mestizos started to become the majority class who inherited many of the rights of their Spaniard parents. They needed labor to build castles, forts, as cowboys and more, including sugar. This is why they imported African slaves, but they still had a large exploitable Mestizo and Native American population that formed the basis of a peasantry so the need was not a much as in the Caribbean where wars and mixing, left smaller mestizo populations and where the economy was fueled on sugar by cane. Actually, the Spanish crown became lax with its territories aside from Cuba (which was its sugar money maker) but they left the racist and colorist hierarchy in place. We should also remember that the US has a large, and more purely African, black population because of active breeding programs among US slavers and slave-traders and laws against race mixing, not because we were imported to the US in large numbers.

[@rafaelsolano5830]

check my comment on the top. One of México's earliest presidents was of African ancestry Jose Maria Morelos. In from Veracruz with family from Morelia, Michoácan. I was born with blonde hair, light skin, and brown eyes. And still keep wondering how much African ancestry I have since I lived in a state where African slaves where brought in. It would be cool to know how much African ancestry I have since I look white.

[@rafaelsolano5830]

I'm from Veracruz

[@dewlosero1209]

the first Spaniards that invaded the Aztecs were Arab\Spanish

[@bellabae5428]

dew losero interesting to know I'm American & mexican , Mexican father and mother , my father's aunt very old but mentioned before she died her grandfather might of been Arabian and in Mexico it was strange to me . But it hasn't been proven if he was actually Arab because his last name he changed it she said his reason ,unknown he might of been there in 1800 maybe even 1770. because my father's aunt was born 1910. Till this day I don't doubt I might be Arab my dark eye circles and my hair seem not to be mexican hair my grandmother had the same type of hair . For sure there where Arab in Mexico at one point.

[@unrandomcanal8629]

Yes, Mexico and Peru are the countries that most preserve the American and have the lowest rates of blacks reaching 1 percent in Mexico

[@antoniomontez1515]

I'm Mexican not Spanish not Latino we come from our black brothers as sisters in Africa. Know your history.

[@chochezapata1868]

Somos todos americanos

[@darrylthomas6800]

Im black and grew up in san ysidro Ca and i speak fluent spanish i remember talking to old mexican people at a bus stop and they would always say oh wow your mexican and so beautiful all my friends were mexican or cholo and i was never hated on one day police stopped me and ask how i was able to walk around there and not have any problems

[@Emy53]

People seem to relate Mexicans to drugs and Cartels. If you truly know the Mexican people, they are as warm and kind as any other cultures. There are crimes in every country and we need to embrace all cultures. We are missing so much by hating and all this prejudices. Viva Mexico.

[@char08fal]

Glad I found this video! I have Mexican Indigenous DNA and some distant cousins that are Mexican on Ancestry. So it's starting to make some sense

[@chrislockhart9164]

You can cover up a lie for only so long.

[@jokermasmedia8091]

Peace to all my Mexican brothers and sisters. ✌🏽

[@carnita523]

Africans have all different kinds of features, the continent is Massive, with different languages more than any other continent, there's statues in Africa showing long to small noses, wide eyes to short eyes, the Africans always exaggerated their body and facial features, the African Bush people created Asians race mixing together, the Mali Empire and many more kingdoms in Africa traveled to vast lands, the Fulani people are from the Mali Empire, the braids are of the Ancient African culture, the Chinese/Japanese also came to Americas and Mandinka speaking people (Africans), then later Spain(Hernan Cortez) and Jews(history of the Jews in Mexico can be said to have begun in 1519 with the arrival of Conversos, often called Marranos or “Crypto-Jews,” referring to those Jews forcibly converted to Catholicism and that then became subject to the Spanish Inquisition). This is how the races change through mix breeding. My son is mixed with African, Puerto Rican, Native American, we are a mixed breed of people. He have African features, Spaniard (Moors-Negro, Caucasian) features, Ancient Native American (African/Asians) features, but our hair is like mixed between all races. Africa civilization is the oldest in the world, they traveled across lands and seas breeding even with Neanderthals and other humanoids creating other races. Splicing! Human mixed breeding isn't nothing new to this earth! I have an Mexican friend dark black skinned with hair like an Japanese, reality is real. Show less

[@jorgeballesteros7897]

why are black people in Mexico confused? your descendants come from Africa they are in Mexico because they first arrived as slaves but managed to get free and settle in Mexico which is why they know Spanish after so many years living there. my mom is an immigrant from Mexico but if you ask her what her nationality is she will say Mexican. a simple is that why is there confusion?

[@Antoinette70]

I believe what is being said in this documentary to be truthful. I live around people and neighbors whom are Mexican, Black, and many other nationalities, but when I first moved here there were neighbors who would watch everything I do, who I was with, listen to my conversation's from visitor's, say the "N" word, and so on. I was called rude stereotypical names, belittled, my car was broken into, but nothing was taken and they were standing outside waiting for me to see my broken glass of my car windows. I knew all along whom was doing this , and I knew it was ,because I was living next to Mexican neighbor's who did not have any tolerance for Black people, in so many way's these people wanted me to know I was not welcomed by them. I thought about moving, but I did not move out. Later, on I stayed and since more people of other nationalities have been moving into my community that are not Mexican , and I believe that this caused less pressure for me being Black in a large population predominantly Mexican American. However, I happen to have Native American elder's in my family, and later on I started to communicate in Spanish and speak to people addressing some people in the native language ,and the neighbor's witnessed just how fluent I was enough to communicate , so they backed off from calling me horrible names learning that I too am of Native and Black American mix, I consider myself Black. People are very ignorant when it comes to people , culture, nationality, and just who and where peoples background's are really from. I believe that all people no matter where are apart of one another in some way, and many who harbor hate inside are afraid to learn they too have African descendant's they maybe unaware about, there is no such thing as one pure race of people or group. I really believe we all are interrelated,and it is very sad to see people use shades of skin color to separate from the fact that we all are human beings, it should not matter how light or dark your skin is, nor the language you speak.

[@huskyjonez9998]

+Antoinette 70 EXCEPT WHITE PEOPLE..They are MANKIND and thats what they are cause they have no hue, get it man

[@hashiachukma5195]

+Antoinette 70 Black is not a nationality or a culture or language.

[@ancientone7775]

Speak Sis..Hotep

[@weniwidiwici726]

All Latin countries have African admixtures. Some Latinos have small percentages of African while others have large percentages of African blood. Many Latinos if not most, do not want to be confused for “African American ,” and don’t want to associate with African Americans... It has nothing to do with skin color.. It has to do with culture... Latinos have no problems with the true “Black African” of Africa... The African American culture is not accepted or respected by a lot of Latinos if not most Latinos ranging in skin color tanned to Black ..

[@user-mariardz]

Preach sister I love this! I am Mexican by the way ❤️🙏🏼

[@southernhoodoo6045]

Love your channel, very informative

[@fashonthem]

While I was in Veracruz, Black Mexicans were just Mexicans, and not “other”. My experience.

[@hushmon3ymuzixproductions610]

Fact's

[@jeanpok3818]

I'm an African Mexican descendant from Guadalupe.

[@anthonyrivas6203]

I'm Black and Mexican and I find Afro Mexican tribe history interesting to learn I pray they get recognized respected for great things they've done to benefit Mexico

[@rafaelsolano5830]

Most afro-mexicans are mestizos with predominantly African ancestry. It's just like in Northern and Western Mexico where European ancestry is stronger. And in Yucatan, Chiapas, Tlaxcala, Oaxaca is mostly indigenous ancestry. The rest of México is mestizo where is half European half Indigenous. Only in Costa Chica and Coastal Veracruz is African ancestry stronger.

[@ancientone7775]

What does Mexican mean?....mixed

[@gerardovillarreal4640]

That's not true, stop lying!!!

[@gerardovillarreal4640]

There is no such thing as predominantly African ancestry in Mexico

[@gerardovillarreal4640]

There is literally impossible in 2024

[@jtjimenez05]

When we start categorizing race (like in the U.S.) is when the problems start to create. Just leave it as is. My grandmother is a shade darker than me with really curly hair and nobody in family gives a shit about it, she's just GRANDMA to us all!

[@dannyjoereagor5383]

Amen

[@Addi_Teacha509]

But racist like to deny people's origin and culture and next you'd say they never existed..that's what racist like you do

[@thecaramelgoddess]

Right on! I mean your so right!! much love! you seem to get it! you seem to understand what I am saying! It's not about the color, it's about the love! except who you are, embrace it but in the end love is love no matter the color or gender!🥰🤗☀️

[@emancipatednegress9647]

But that’s anecdotal. I would want to know just for the sake of knowing. Being black is not a negative thing.

[@internetshetroll5906]

I am not Mexican but I am of Afro-descent. I am afraid for these Mexicans that classification and race allocation could create greater dividing lines between the people. I think it is always a bad idea for the government to systematically track or number the people. I personally hate being profiled. I also think it is sad at 9:45 when Randal Archibold says that some Mexicans are shocked to find about Afro-Mexicans. Is this true? Shouldn't the reasons for the country's diversity be taught in elementary Mexican history? Will the country categorize all of it's citizens? The Asian, Spanish, French, etc? Why build a bunch of tiny little boxes for one another? Overall I'd just like to know, Why can't all Mexicans just be Mexicans?

[@3x157]

We are just Mexicans and these things are usually not published. Mostly for the Government. We are all just Mexicans. Everyone one of us.

[@IsaacsBEnglish]

GAspar Yanga a prince from the Bran tribe, brought to Mexico as a slave, formed the first black liberated settlement in America.

[@keithoptimo3256]

+Aprende Inglés Yeah, they have a statue of him in the state of Vera Cruz.

[@franciscorodriguez259]

Aprende Inglés sorry for the misspelling ur right not enough is being said about the first black independent in america was in mexico

[@djohnnineonesix820]

I'm black descendent as I'm Italian, polish, Spaniard, American Native and 5% Mongolian 🤔

[@nubreedapparel6012]

We spend so much time talking about race when we left the African Diaspora 70 thousand years ago. They found african skulls in the caves in mexico dated back 10 thousand years ago.. The Olmecs were in fact african..

[@gerardovillarreal4640]

They have never found ancient African bones in Mexico. The olmecs that were found DNA has been extracted and they're not African they are indigenous

[@gerardovillarreal4640]

Olmec DNA exists 😂

[@anthonyrivas6203]

Afro Mexicans Deserve exposure recognition Respect

[@gerardovillarreal4640]

Not like this though, these are lies they're not even showing you the real afro-mexicans they are showing you Haitian migrants of 2024

[@gerardovillarreal4640]

Afro-mexicans do not look like anything they showed on this video

[@moedinyu7172]

I was in a town in California, just outside of fresno. With my son going to school there, I'd noticed that the population was majority Spanish speakers or at least Latino heritage. I had to help him cone up with a famous black man to write about. I thought it would be better to find one that everyone hasn't heard of yet. So I looked up "famous black mexicans". And I learned about Guerrero! And WOW!!!What a LEGEND of Mexico! And hero for blacks!

[@franklopez3616]

Also the heroes of Mexican independence Morelos a major general. And Vicente Guerrero.

[@victorangeles6924]

I think Afro-Mexicans should be recognizedBut not to point out the differences in our skin tone but to learn about lost history.

[@Phoonguy]

I have ancestors that went mexico many centuries ago .

[@CryptoBaggYo]

I just did my dna report I'm 49% native and east Asian 35% Spaniard with European and I'm 4% west African

[@FluffeeBrown]

See many ppl have black in them even if the percentage is small it should still be recognized. Thanks for your post and this is why even if Spanish ppl look white they really aren't because they are mixed and shouldn't idolize one over the other!!! Be proud of all but sadly, this is not the case in many situations.

[@GearsinMotionGraphics]

A lost of identity... is a loss of oneself in denial. ignorance will never prevail towards the blood you inherit.

[@GearsinMotionGraphics]

you are arguing a factor so that has no valid put towards it the whole colony of where you come from does not mean anything because nobody is indigenous towards where they come from do the math and do the research and check the history of different people nobody is of indigenous blood none of it is 100% sorry to argue the factor but do your research before you start talking b*******

[@GearsinMotionGraphics]

Towards your stupidity you need to take your ass to school and get some education and inform yourself that there were indigenous people here many cultures many colors so get it right!... this is the same ignorance that keeps the ball and wheels turning of ignorance that people do not do research towards the Americans or the Americas. case closed my research proves that the fact that you don't know nothing about where you come from.

[@KPMcMillan]

This is the very first time that I have heard of an "Afro-Mexican.

[@jeffrey7737]

Mexico under the Spanish Empire had slavery of BOTH Native and African people

[@tangabiang5282]

Good to know about...as African from Cameroon

[@jcofer3074]

I recently did an Ancestry DNA test and found many relatives that are from Mexico and we share DNA through distant Africans ancestry. I am a Texas native with all my lineages descending from Texas Slaves that migrated here starting from around the 1820s. I even still live in the town that my family settled in right after slavery. I found that our families were split up during the Texas/Mexican war as they share the same migration pattern from Texas. We assume that one of my ancestors was captured as a slave when whites arrived to Texas while the other side of the family migrated further into Mexico territory.

[@marcoe640]

where did u do this test. i myself a texan

[@jcofer3074]

@@marcoe640 ancestrydna and 23andme

[@soshal1657]

Why do you think your ancestors were slaves? Because they were black?

[@jcofer3074]

@@soshal1657 I don't think they were slaves. Oral history was passed down to me and I literally live on the same land that they were enslaved on my paternal side. On my maternal side, my great grandfather inherited land that was given to his family from a white slave owner, Julien Sidney Devereux. On that lineage, I have a picture of my 4th great grandmother with the slave owner's son. She was his nanny. So, I don't just think they were enslaved. Unfortunately I know they were.

[@3x157]

I'm just a White Mexican who descends from European Slave owners in what is now Mexico. We come in all sorts of colors and ethnic groups. I don't think I ever had a problem with someone because of their skin color or ethnic group.

[@teffanymalone7121]

The Natives where Black also . The truth is hitting hard . US who had are grandparents told us the truth .

[@GoldenMean743]

If you mean "Black" to mean darker skinned than Caucasians, yes. But no genetic studies show Natives pre-Columbus to have any connection to Africans. If you can find studies to back up what you're saying, then you aren't a racist. If not, then you're racist. Most Blacks who claim native are like Whites who claim native; they have a small amount of dna, as Gates states. A recent study of 2000 Black Americans showed only small amounts of native dna, but some had more. It is still a small number and even smaller percentages. Mestizos from Mexico and Central America and the US, in the same study, are shown to be the most native of all Latin and North American countries. They are our brothers and sisters.

[@andresgcoderoilpaz2806]

🤔😒😏

[@cuauhtemocmagana5531]

we have afromexico in Veracruz México and in acapulco Guerrero and in the BIG Citys.

[@dannyjoereagor5383]

Wow!

[@jeffrey7737]

So rare...only 1% of Mexico

[@gerardovillarreal4640]

Big cities? Stop lying, I can Google exactly how many afro Mexicans exist in Mexico

[@gerardovillarreal4640]

​@@dannyjoereagor5383this vato is lying, there are not cities of Afro Mexicans in Mexico

[@chrislockhart9164]

Amber Crockett you made a good point but if the government recognizes the Afro community then they admit to the mix blood-line(some more than others) skin tone and features show this.

[@FluffeeBrown]

Exactly! Something the government doesn't want to do!!!

[@BLACKINDIANS]

2 minutes in, you all have to stop referring to Black Americans as African American. We're indigenous to America, autochthonous to be exact. Roughly 300,000 enslaved Africans made it to America. Blacks were already here, this is well documented in history, books and by explorers. Love to Black Mexico, my wife is morena.

[@carolinahill536]

In Latin America we do have words for mixed races. The main ones are Mestizo(indigenous and white), Mulato (black and white) y Zambo (indigenous and black). There’s other words for the offspring mixture of the mixed race couples. Being mixed race myself, I don’t consider it racist at all. It’s just words to describe perceived physical appearance and nothing more.

[@raymondg5841]

The black population of Mexico is not invisible, they became mestizos themselves. Only in remote areas mixing was less evident or none at all. Black blood is present but a bit dissipated into the mainstream native american blood. Some mexicans don't even know they are black because nobody labeled them black; they know they are Mexicans and that's all they know. Unfortunately things are changing and now they are being forced to consider themselves different. In Mexico there were no labels, and no words to discriminate them like in the USA. I don't like the term "Afro-mexican" because it causes divisionism. I am a mestizo with mostly native american blood, but also white and a little black too. And I don't want to identify myself as white, black or native american but as a Mexican. I only say that I'm a native american or black when confronting racist people to upset them.

[@jamesmcdaniel8071]

Government wants to cause division, like the USA. Whether a person is dark or light complexion, a Mexican is a Mexican. Don't let the government divide you as a people.. The natives taught the Europeans how to fish, and plant, hunt, etc.. Unfortunately, Europeans been stealing peoples idea for years, while in the processing dumb downed the indigenous people. Now society is being dumb down..

[@BronzeSista]

You don't seem like a Mexican, by your words you seem to be American.

[@dominicthelordkabinga]

So it’s ok for other Mexicans to claim Spanish heritage but them claiming African heritage is divisive? Man man man....

[@3x157]

You are correct. My family is all from Los Altos de Jalisco. Where slavery was pretty popular. All my ancestors were slave owners and also had natives as servants. Many slaves would marry free natives and they would mix and over time many of these mulatos became free and even had their own Ranches. Slowly these multaos would marry other natives and so on. There was a case were a free white woman married one of her slaves due to the lack o men after one of the wars. These people did not just disappear. Slavery was more popular in Mexico than people think. But yes most Mexicans consider themselves just Mexican. Although social status always plays a huge role in marriage and other social constructs. There has been a lot of research done on the first settlers of Europeans and there is always slavery involved. You can not separate the two.

[@jechudosantos69]

For me as Mestizo of mix race, I'm proud to let you know that is no difference between african or white mexican, we still ALL MEXICAN.

[@jsr1296]

Exactly.. Thats a United States thing, calling them afro american

[@presterjohn1697]

White mexicans punch down on dark skinned mexicans mercilessly so please miss us with the kumbaya narative.

[@Blacksword404]

Wow. Every time you think you can't be surprised, you learn something new. Never knew there were afro-mexicans.

[@isaccmitchell7269]

I am shocked nobody ever looked at that God bless you my family is Multicultural but I have never seen nothing like this before God bless you keep doing what you doing

[@ozzloza85]

All of this changed thankfully Blacks are now recognized in the Mexican census and there's somewhat of a revival in bringing historical justice. Two of Mexico's founding fathers were black Morelos and Vicente Guerrero...in fact Guerrero was the first democratically elected leader of African descent in the Americas

[@kand7631]

Mexican history is interesting as the american history

[@SolarSystmOfTheAztecs]

USA history is still ALL about , rape , theft , murder , genocide, nuclear terrorism and mad hypocrisy..

[@Coconut____________214]

Because Mexican history is US history

[@SHADOWBANNED1984]

I'm here to learn about the Mexicans I have a Mexican guess next week and I need to know about Mexican Americans and how does it impact AMERICANS.

[@Alfy575]

I’m Afro-Mexican my great grandmother told me that we been here before the Spanish arrive to Mexico, we’re indigenous to North America and thru out the Americas

[@davidmendoza.2928]

Pinche WaboRetard you're not indigenous to the cem Anáhuac like our indigenous tribes pendejo

[@gerardovillarreal4640]

Stop lying!

[@Alfy575]

@@gerardovillarreal4640 so you’re questioning my blackness as well as my mexicaness?? Or you don’t want to admit you were lied to??

[@YAHnetwork]

Afro-Mexicans are Indigenous to Mexico, they arrived after the Assyrian Captivity. We are the Biblical Hebrew Israelites. They’re one of the twelve Tribes of Israel; Issachar. We’re the same peoples!!

[@btecalvin]

Yashannkia Yasharahla yes we are Israelites 👽👁👁‍🗨🖤🖖🏾

[@YAHnetwork]

BTE Calvin MY BROTHER!! 😁💨💯✊🏿💪🏿

[@vatolocosforever803]

The only reason they're indigenous to the land of Mexico is because of their indigenous blood not there African

[@YAHnetwork]

vato locos forever The original Mexicans are BLACK PEOPLES, & I already stated that they’re Indigenous to the land. So what are you yapping about? 🤷🏿‍♀️

[@danboyisdopex9864]

@@YAHnetwork one thing to be proud of your roots and another to try to make up lies to make your people seem better. Not sure where you base that idea from but just because humans began in Africa don't mean everyone was "black" different people live in Africa by the way.

[@Dg-rh2mm]

Not all mexicana are mestizo

[@3x157]

Very true.

[@MisterNegus]

Shout to all my Costa Chican family!!!

[@cameronholmes654]

being half native American I saw few if any native Americans on the east coast I thought Mexicans and puerto ricans were just light skinned black people like me actually now that I look back I actually had black white and native American family members so I wasn't actually sure where race came from but I thought they were similar to me and some of my relatives especially colors when I first went west and when the immigrants I kept being asked by Mexicans if I was Mexican my answer would always be no I'm half well almost half native native American or I say porquito or little bit because there was a question about a great grandfather of mine whose first name was Gomez but he was native but some said he was Spanish some said btw in schools in the south before the Mexicans came to our town we were always taught they were Spanish honestly even I noticed the similarities in me and my relatives with indigenous blood some at least and also some of the girls around my town called red bones could learn Spanish and slip into Mexico unnoticed I've been there I know the reason they taught us that all Mexicans are Spanish in school is they never teach Mexicans about their black ancestry as well because they learned from what happened to their power structure in Mexico when we united and had knowledge of self

[@unrandomcanal8629]

No, we are very different Puerto Ricans are black and white and Mexicans are native and white with more native roots

[@67corvaircars]

Angela Santiago Preach! 💯

[@titilayogonzales6475]

Cameron Holmes, thank you! Finally someone that knowledges use.

[@thecaramelgoddess]

Cameroon, so true love!🥰🤗🎉

[@Coconut____________214]

Puerto Ricans are not the same as Mexicans.

[@Emy53]

Yes, I agree it's a shared culture in addition to blood DNA.

[@anthonycroaker732]

I love it when the white man tells the truth.

[@lilbigman00]

Sarcasm?

[@jeromebarrett8016]

When did that happen? what day? and what time was it. History in the making.

[@cinnamonsunshine6331]

He past away last year. Sadly but, he did the research.

[@christopherstephens1129]

What we don’t talk about is the Black Indigenous colonies in the Americas before pre-Colombian era. Even other blacks are ignorant of these facts.

[@LordDirus007]

Why can't I find any video about African Slavery in Mexico? I am tired of hearing about Slavery being a US only institution. Only 1/16 African Slaves went to the US. The rest went to Latin America

[@Lectora30]

I have no idea who’s driving the current research about AfroMexicans. I too am really curious.

[@LordDirus007]

@Nahte Ttocs Search Slavery KZbin it's all US Slavery

[@angelsoto1475]

@@LordDirus007 Here you go part of the history, but the info is in Spanish (the below link shows 9 videos sequence 1-9 1) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zmitn5aYnraVf80 2) kzbin.info/www/bejne/foTUmpydpLKqe6s 3) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqDFm3uBhpZgoK8 4) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYvdf5StjLd6rpY 5) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpq8nJmQhMmLick 6) kzbin.info/www/bejne/foTUmpydpLKqe6s 7) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpvRi6ZtopyhsKs 8) kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4nclXaEeb-rjJY 9) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKbWaah8rth3otU

[@3x157]

There are plenty of books on Slavery in Mexico. You can look up "Población Africana en una sociedad rancher." By Celina Guadalupe Becerra. You can also read "Los Altos De Jalisco Padrones Parroquiales de siglo XVII Vol 1-5 by Sergio Gutiérrez and you will will give you the name of all the Families in the region and it would include their slaves and Native American servants. Another book by Sergio Gutíerrez is " Indios, Españoles y Africanos en Los Altos De Jalisco." I'm sure there are others. I'm just giving you the ones from my region of Mexico and it's history.

[@dpgcook8]

Hi Bill! Thank you for your knowledge...take care...DPowell

[@Afrometa]

Henry Louis Gates is only referring genetics , but Africans and native didn’t mix genetically as much as some African Americans believe. I think African Americans are identifying with the cultural/social ties rather than genetics, and we all know genetic science is recent.

[@SparkthatOldEl]

Naw my family tree goes from Chicago to Mississippi.... on both sides. But on my mother’s side her family starts with an half Mexican half native man having 8 kids with a woman from the Virginia slave.... Afro Mexicans were mixing with natives and natives were mixing with slaves in the southern and eastern us to avoid going to reservations. There’s black peoples all over the east coast that hate to be called “African” American because they can trace their history to be 100% native. But a dna test will say African because Africans were already there long before European colonization was. Long enough to be more original American then anything else.

[@franciscorodriguez259]

the first independent self governed area in mexico formed by runaway slaves and natives existed in the 1600 in current day guerrero state in México was called Yanga.

[@Jzarecta]

Great interview, and I think that there is a lot of ignorance about black indians, black mexicans and even black inmigrants.

[@njramos5884]

Go to la costa chica y la costa grande in Acapulco...you'll see a lot of brothas speaking spanish

[@thirdeffect]

MENSA AbuBakari II, brother of Mensa Musa made it to the Americas before Columbus. Spain and Portugal was established after the fall of Granada, Al Andalus 1492 when Europeans came into Independence from Moorish/ Ottoman Empire. and into their Age of Enlightenment. Many Europeans were sold in to slavery as Slavic as far as China and across African trade routes. It was happening on both sides during that time of war. May Allah bring Peace. Ramadan Mubarak 💚👑🤝🏽

[@mikesheridan8516]

I'm enlighten, respect!!!!

[@hushmon3ymuzixproductions610]

I can understand them, my grandma say our people left their when Florida was connected to Central America, walked down here to North America. Now we African today; this is bull shit! I can understand the language; let's go to the UN, I got it!

[@williedaniel8885]

Afro-Mexicans I saw Lots of Them when I Travel to Mexico they speak Fierce Spanish

[@teresaguerrasalazar]

These people shown here are immigrants from Haiti and central America, the afromexicans are way more mixed with strighter hair and more indigenous look. So this is not an accurate video of the Afromexicans. Also due to the uncontainnable immigration of caravans coming from Central America, there is immigration check points in the southern states of Mexico Chiapas which borders Guatemala and Oaxaca. This check points did not exist before, all mexicans travelling from the Southern mexican states further into the mexican territory have to be checked, regardless of physical apperance, it is a nuissance but everybody gets retained, I'm from Oaxaca indigenous have been retained for questioning as well as my brothers who are a VERY TYPICAL looking Mexican. This also a protocoal when flying at airports. This also true in the US where people travelling close to the border of Mexico immigration will ask even White and Black citizens for proof of citizenship. Mexicans Amerindians were not wiped in Mexico, mexico is the largest country in Latinamerican with the highest number of Native Americans, all mexicans form the lighest skinned to the Darkest skinned including this Afromexicans have a substantial amount of Amerindian genes and there is a lar ge population of archaic pure native mexican Amerindians Mexican Amerindian genes is Mexicos common racial denominator. Guatemala Peru, Guatemala, Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile followed mexicos amerindian number of citizens. According to History African were brought into Mexico to subdue the Ameriondian population who were the slaves, they were the Europeans men of trust, their body guards in ordeer to dispossessd the Amerindian of their land. So for as long as there is uncontrolled iommigration from Central America, the check points in Southern mexico are going to continue. Just like in the US Citizens now have to have a valid Drivers license that proves they are US citizens. All mexicans when travelling by bus or by plane from the southern states further into mexican territory have to have their Electorsnationa card as identification theat is not going top change for all Mexicans including the Afromexicans who by the way look more Indian then Black. So get used to carrying an ID from the Southern States I"m mexican Amerindian and myself and my family when travelling from the South we have to show an ID, but in most occasions they just interview you and they let you go if you live in the vicinity but if you are flying by plane you hav e to have a valid ID due to the uncontrolled immigration from Central America. Times have changed Sorry for you, sorry for us all.

[@thecaramelgoddess]

Teresa g thanks for the information of traveling to and from Mexico!🥰🤗☀️😎

[@growden100]

This is sad. Still horribly oppressed in this century. What a great show.

[@ramoncorrea2790]

The first Mexican president was half black.and it is taught ... Dont know what that dude is talking about

[@princerose233]

Wrong. The second President was.

[@truartairbrushing5682]

@@princerose233 facts

[@TheHoracioestrada]

a lot less discrimination in mexico vs the us

[@kayb2935]

I just got my DNA results back and I'm so confused. I'm 50% Native American 20% Spain 5% Portugal 12% China 7% Cameroon/Congo/Bantu 2% German 1%Greek 1%Italian 1% Benin/Togo I know my father is chinese, mexican and italian and my mother is mexican/spanish. My fathers mexican side came from Veracruz so I'm thinking thats where the African part came or could it be from someplace else?

[@antionette97]

Maybe because during slavery African people were mixed with each race around the world.

[@Shawn-ik9zd]

U must be a sight to see so much going on in your DNA congrats 👏

[@pumpup007]

The correct term should be Mexican afro not the other way around because they are born they were born in Mexico not africa.

[@angelsoto1475]

In 2020, 2,576,213 people who recognize themselves as Afro-Mexican live in Mexico and represent 2% of the total population of the country. Of which 50% are women and 50% men.

[@kennyakaspud14]

Lost tribe of Israel

[@tobyron8067]

good video my story bout my tribe n African the kickapoo tribe i. texas is the african decent was running west from slavery an made to east texas n my native ancestor saw them an took dem in an said that they are long lost brothers from another life n dey fought togather n lived true story dats the story my family tells about how we got black idk my grdama n mom tell me the same as well as my cousin

[@danielpalma1426]

It's always interesting how Americans talk about racism in regards to other countries. There is racism in Mexico, but institutionalized racism in Mexico is nor the same as how blacks are treated every day in interactions with other Mexican citizens. There's a difference in calling someone negrito or negrita in Spanish and the same term translated into English as spoken by Americans.

[@onizuka7492]

I had a stroke reading your comment

[@veeg3959]

Your title should be Latinos not Mexican... 😔

[@mightyea]

This can help understand the 12 tribes of Israel... Great information!

[@GearsinMotionGraphics]

I know, I can't get this one right as well.... some stuff is a big made up concept!.

[@robertcross8894]

Idania Arroyo bull shit ...

[@mightyea]

Sorry, this is only for people that articulate their point of view.

[@oskarblonde1]

There's no tribe from Israel in México. Jews came at the XVI century to México, before of that, nothing.

[@vatolocosforever803]

as you can see there is a couple individuals claiming their black roots they have in them .whatever little percent they have in them is good but as you can see ,look at the names of the states they are from..those were the areas where the Conquistadors came with 3000 slaves .some of them did Escape some from them escaped.. they had their Villages up in the mountains in the middle of nowhere ,so they don't get caught.. right now as we speak, they still show someone African culture .just say it's different from everyone else ,,but everyone else is different ,most are about half percent Spanish and half percent native .some of them do have 5% and 6% 1% of African descent Irish and all types of other little things..

[@vatolocosforever803]

@Tim Asuna it's simple in Mexico the further south you go,, the more indigenous.. Up north Mexico mestizo..

[@vatolocosforever803]

@Tim Asuna there's a lot of indigenous in Mexico that don't even speak Spanish

[@vatolocosforever803]

@Tim Asuna I don't like stories. I only like to hear facts www.worldatlas.com/how-many-native-languages-are-spoken-in-mexico.html

[@vatolocosforever803]

@Tim Asuna That's happening cuz it's coming from prison.. they learn nahualt to talk amungst the RAZA AND KEEP SECRETS..

[@vatolocosforever803]

@Tim Asuna did you read the whole thing.. Interesting stuff,, QUE NO?

[@dubjay472]

This isn't surprising people the original indigenous people traveled all over the world. It is fact based upon the structures and the writings all over the world that the original man was there first. And settled throughout the world Spain, Europe, Australia ,Asia, Scotland, America, South America, Caribbean, Haiti, Jamaica, Bahamas, etc.. Every Race stems from the original indigenous people even white people.

[@vatolocosforever803]

you're wrong why are there different colored people now different shapes of eyes different ways of looking body structures work ethics etcetera

[@tombimashri8149]

Very interesting, pse educate us wjo were the originall indegenios people.

[@winstonsimoniii4585]

Nice!

[@Phoonguy]

I have ancestors that went mexico 1500s or so. So I have relatives in mexico

[@btecalvin]

Afro mexicans stand up👁💘

[@russelljackson5625]

Williams Katz’s made a lot of false statement about so-called African American and Native American people of African decent are the original and first indigenous people of continents including Mexico all come from us so-called blacks like it or not facts study real history

[@madorabanucci1485]

I found this so interesting and educative

[@madorabanucci1485]

Aztlanos who's your daddy Thanks for that, I don't know what you are responding to because I didn't dispute anything there. I simply said it's educative. I know very well who Mexican people are as I'm Latina myself

[@gokutilapa]

This video is so stupid, for real. In Mexico there isn't really term such as Afroamexican because there we are all considered equal. My grandma was black an so was my grandfather from my mom's side and they were all considered Mexican and equal.

[@thecaramelgoddess]

Goku, that's good to know!!🥰🤗☀️😎

[@akbarralston9714]

Why don't they ever mention the oldest original people called the olmecs who are black before any of these people set foot on the land we call the Americas ...

[@Emy53]

Wow, all this just tells me that all cultures are prejudice against blacks. It's going on in Puerto Rico too.

[@2ill1313]

the 9:00 min is by majority a lie coing out of this man talking. I've lived in Mexico as a Kid in the state of Durango. Pretty obvious that there is no Afro mexicans in that state since they don't predominate there. Might point being that I went to their public schools and unlike the U.S where they have a Black History month, A 5 de Mayo day ( which isn't even something celebrated amongst the ppl in Mexico but only the miliatry forces. Unlike out here ), Canada Day, St. patricks day, etc.... Mexico doesn't have any memorial days for certain groups of ppl or holidays. WHY ???? Because Mexico does not play the race card the way the U.S does. Everything out here is about race. Not once when I was in school was there ever any issues concerning somebody being of a darker shade or a lighter shade. Of course, there maybe some cases but they are so rare that they don't even get any public attention. Most likely because its not an issue. What there is over there in abundance is Prejudice. But what country doesn't experience that today and before ???? All you ppl outside of Mexico who are just learning from documentaries or word of mouth from individuals like this man should actually interact with Mexicans who have truly lived in the Motherand. Not a so-called " Chicano " who barely even knows any history as to why he is Mexican either.

[@HarryUnderwoodMedia]

+2ill1313 "Because Mexico does not play the race card the way the U.S does. Everything out here is about race. Not once when I was in school was there ever any issues concerning somebody being of a darker shade or a lighter shade." This being in the 1950s and 1960s perhaps?

[@2ill1313]

Harry Underwood Nah ! I was in Mexico as a Kid going into my teens in the late 90's early 00's in the state of Durango, city of Durango. None of that existed. The bronze complected individuals and the lights all hung out together. The mentality is different in every state. And as you may already know there is only about 2 or 3 states in Mexico that have a black population. And even within those states its only in certain areas. Can't speak on them though. But I know how many of my ppl are from different states. Similar to L.A and Texas Mexicans. We're Mexican but have different styles and personalities. Mexicans in L.A are more reasonable and understanding in my opinion. Salaam !

[@Stir_The_Pot]

Does afro Mexico mean you are black? And if so should they follow this racism term and own up to it.. from my understanding black and white is a North American term

[@morpheusx2233]

California was black and had a black queen califia ........ the black Mexicans were enslaved and brought to the north in ships ... and the mixed with Spanish became the dominant numbers .... but was originally black and also light skinned red and yellow from china who mixed ...... but as the Olmec from west Africa is the mother culture .and people

[@DavidsRandomPlanet]

I am Mexican and people think I'm indian 😊

[@Phoonguy]

Yeah my Indian friend went to mexico and people thought he was Mexican

[@dr.earthmann5834]

very good ...

[@brotherenochisrael8563]

I asked a Mexican coworker about the history of blacks in Mexico black Mexicans he said there were no black Mexicans I knew that was BS

[@tonyrobin4141]

Some slave were brought over but some were already there think about that no one ever thinks that black people were not only in Africa you should know this they don’t teach that✊🏾✊🏾💪🏾💪🏾🤯🤯

[@cuauhtemocmagana5531]

algunos nativos Méxicanos no saben la historia completa y por esa razón es porque no creen que estás personas sean Méxicanos yo si se que tenemos Mexicanosafricanos para mi son Méxicanos Afromexicanos.

[@DaveVo23-32]

THEY ARE THE ORIGINAL MEXICANS

[@daphnerodriguez9980]

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