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by huherto 5615 days ago
What is a black Hispanic? hispanic + amerindian or hispanic + african.

At least here in Mexico, no one will think at themselves as black. May be the term should be hispanic non white

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What about elsewhere in Latin America? For example, in Cuba, there is a large Afro-Cuban community, isn't there?
There are black people all over Latin America. During the slave trade, about 60% of slaves wound up in Portuguese and Spanish America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade#New_World_...

yes, that may apply for some countries. But then how do you classify hispanics of amerindian origin?
Mestizo, typically.