I’m a black Latino and I’m proud ✊🏾❤️..

Rock Newman is awesome. Thank God for his show. A show that has intellectual and stimulating conversation. I am a graduate of HU and I encourage all students to go to Howard

Mister Newman you are doing a fine job of portraying who we are

I love The Rock Newman Show😍

Great Show. We need to come together with our Latino brothers and sisters

Rock always has the top guests. 🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦

Afroantillanocaribelatinoamericano"REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA",Hola👋

I wonder what would happen if blacks across the Americas would team up and support each other despite language barriers.

Thanks for shedding light on this topic!

I am Puerto Rican and Dominican, yet I do not have black features and I am clearly not white. I would not consider myself light skin or dark skin however depending on the amount of sun I get (or don’t get) I can seem MUCH lighter or darker. All my life I have been too white for black people and too black for white. I unquestionably have black, spanish, and Taino blood in me. I also live in an area with a considerable Mexican population and they almost all understand I am not Mexican although they recognize that I am Hispanic. I have been rejected and it truly hurts to be a part of communities that have almost universally ignored me.

Happy New Year Rock Newman and the Howard University Rock Neuman contributing staff!

You don't need a Afro-Latino box in the census form, us as Afro-latinos should just fill in the black box!

Thanks Rock for bringing awareness to this issue within the Latino community. I have been talking about this since the late 80's thanks to my Afro-Rican uncle who happened to be a Black Panther in New York. His books awakened me to my rich heritage. I identify as Afro-Rican, as I have 30% African descent in my DNA. There are many in my father's side that have a far higher percentage. If you're 30% African in the US, you are Black. Growing up I have had other Latinos state that I had "pelo malo", which means bad hair, because I do not have straight hair. Who are they to decide what is good hair and bad hair. Africans were enslaved in Puerto Rico long before Africans were brought to the US. Slavery was not abolished in Puerto Rico until 1873. My wife, who is Afro-Dominican, and has 63% African descent has had to deal with catching Latinos talking about her in Spanish because they thought she was African-American. My family members and I have experienced the same problem. The Dominican Republic is the first country in the Western Hemisphere where Africans were brought to. I applaud this brother's efforts to bring the Afro-Latino option on the census. If it comes to fruition, that will be the box my family and I will be checking. Adios brother!

My mother is an Afro Latina from Santo Domingo Dominican Republic. Shout out to my moms, que viva la quisqueya!

Thanks. This was very informative. I hope that these Afro Latinos will rise up and out of their unfair dilemma (a.s.a.p). I hate when brilliant people are held back because of melanin.

I'm Afro latina born in the usa. My mom is cuban and african american and my papa is cuban.

People forget that Latin America is incredibly more mixed than North America. A black person in Latin America has considerably more European and native admixture than an African American, same as a white person in Latin America usually has considerable more African and native admixture than a white North American. This, coupled with a markedly different culture from African American, and US culture as a whole, and a historic and pervasive connection/interchanging between the term black and African American, leads many Afro Latinos to differentiate themselves from African Americans. Nothing wrong with that, just the facts on the ground.

This was so amazing. Thank you for including nuestro hermanos y hermanas desde América del Sur. Its important that we come together. When the Honduran gentlemen spoke of the exclusion of Afro Latinos it brought me back to conversation I had with someone about the Pan Latino movement and how it doesn’t serve Afro descendants in South America, but is a greater plot for a us Hispanic agenda.. There is truly no physical representation of them, you may hear it in the music and taste it in the food but there is no other representation. Interesting stat: over 70 percent of Puerto Ricans claimed white on the last census count. We need to wake up and align with those that look like you and truly care for you and I believe Black Americans are willing fight for you and with you. Black America’s should learn Spanish and Portuguese to help the movement, that is the only reason I learned Spanish and actively learning Portuguese then French. My goal is to be able to communicate with my people no matter where they are in the world.

What makes you different is your language. Trust if our ancestors wasn’t dropped here in the USA we wouldn’t be speaking this non-Language as well. We speak the language we were given by the very beings you are trying to win recognition. Hear me clearly, you will always be considered BLACK to them! But let me tell you this- as long as you are ok with denying your own true Race they will give you a little bit of privilege. We are still being divided and now by cultures. Please learn a little bit more

This was highly insightful.

And most Latins don’t want to be counted as black (What they call us in America) I still hear a separation between our RACE. Because of where your ancestors were dropped off. It’s sad

Im Peruvian North American of a mother of African(Togo) ,Moche native(peru) and Polish. My father is Spaniard,Scottish and Italian.im my mothers daughter .I'm blended diverse and aware of being a minority and I speak 3 languages.i dont considered myself one race over the other.im just happy to be blended bc it Shows how much racism ,we have in the Americas.when someone finde out that im blended they will trying to put me a box bc of races.i Tell there is no race box for me nor do i need one.im my mothers daughter bc that is all 8 know.as a child Till 16 i was a blond child,curly hair like Shirley Temples now my hair wavy and Red, my eyes are Light brown and I cant see too well.my skin is fair and I use alot sunblock since both my parents had dealt with skin cancer.being blended doesn't mean that im immune to skin cancer.i love both of my parents bc they encourage more to know about my cultures histories,heritages thru travels and festivals.People assumed that im white and talk Bad about me in Spanish so I just listen and when I was asked something i would end up answering in Spanish. This happened from grade school thru today. It's a never Ending Story. I have friends that are also blended and we can talk about our feelings and how discriminatory people can be.my fiance is from Spain and he loves just the way im.He is educated about the history of Spain and the African Diaspora in the Americas and especifically in 🇵🇪 Peru.we in Peru adopt childhood and later on friends of different background s and races.such as my father having a Afro Ecuadorian nephew since ,he has no blood family here and my father has some family in Ecuador.my father is "white" but he is very diverse man. Ed visits me with my 79 yrs old and we go to get Coffee and chit chat.everything from politics to music.races ,we also speak about it and how we could do better at person thru dialogue and voluntering .my mother is blended herself and I see how some people the way they talk to her.assuming she is a passing "white"person.she dont take crap from anyone.im alot like her my dad says that .I'm comfortable in my own skin and I'm outspoken.

This just indicates that all Blacks should unite and cooperate to demand justice and mutual advancement.

Such a good show once again

Honduran from chicago🇭🇳 pray for our people the violence and poverty isnt the fault of the people its the government that refuses to help and put a halt to the fact that they receive the most drug trafficking of any country in the americas

What difference does it make where the ship dropped you off. You are black race. Check black and be proud.

Great Panel !

The word "invasion" being used, is due to the numbers of people in the caravan, 7,000-10,000 who by Asylum laws should stop at the 1st country, if they are in need of help, which the majority did not stop and ask for Asylum in those countries. If it were 200 hundred people going towards the U.S. to enter illegally, it would not be called an invasion.

The improve the race concept is big in Latin America which is called mejorar la raza. I have many relatives from the Dominican Republic who don't claim that they are black. It's sad.

Glade to have the conversation but have lots of problems with latino/hispanic and colorism. My child is treated unfairly by people who should love him because he is one of theirs.

The Cuba issue is not black or white. There are nuances. Yes, the literacy rate is high. Yes, theoretically speaking, most people can choose to become doctors if they have the grades to do so. AND, there’s also poverty, poor infrastructure, lack of freedom of speech and assembly, etc, etc, etc. It’s not an all or nothing and I find that Americans often frame the conversation on Cuba as either 1) it’s an awful poor communist country or 2) it’s this perfect paradise in the Caribbean where everyone is happy and equal

God bless you baby, I know it's hard. peace ✌🏽one love 🖤

Why are only Hispanic latinos always pressed about it?

Great show Rock. Thank for bringing this up. The system has made everyone that the color you are is way you should be treated. The brighter you are the more we will tolerate you. Sad and so many people play on this issues. I have a question, the area that I come from , the name Newman is a big name. I am from the Northern Neck of Virginia. It has a connection to Robert Carter III of the Nomony Hall Plantation and Robert King Carter of Christmas Church. Does the history of your family have a connection to Westmoreland County Virginia. Just curious from seeing the name of Newman on the list of people who he started setting people free in 1791

BIG ROCKO!

Why do Dominicans hate Haitians? By the way I'm not from either country .

Rock Newman is invited to any cookout .

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Black folks our population numbers are around 30 to 40 percent of the U.S. population they'll never tell you that.

Look at Cuba. The white Cubans left the Island, what you see left is mostly Black poor Cubans.

I love see the black Diaspora coming together slowly but Surely. Black people, ANYONE who has indigenous Natives Indians blood lines are originally black people from India.

These are not the Latinos coming across the border by the thousands though

Jugmen is coming for the wicked

That image of Pres.Trump throwing paper towel packs at Puerto Rican hurricane victims is is one of the cringiest displays I've ever seen.

You've been doing this show too long #rocknewman to continue referencing "slavery"...it was "enslavement"...Cmon'man!

The word Hispanic did not exist until 1960's

My cousin received a free and incredible medical education in Cuba and is not a doctor.. So the Cuban medical program is legit.

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Afro Latinos are confused. Let's focus on fba/black American issue.

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F THAT WORD.. I AM NOT LATIN - AND CAN NEVER BE.. I AM A BLACK MAN OF CUBAN HERITAGE.. NOW AMERICAN

Self-hate in 2018 is a terrible thing...you are indigenous people...avoid the use of "colorizing" yourself. #shannonel

I got fam in Loíza, Puerto Rico that like a Caribbean Africa. Got fam that look like Queen Elizabeth, Pocahontas and Kunta Kinte ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿

Listening to conversation like this. Leading me to one conclusion. GOD OF TO BE A BLACK KING. Because according to the bible: Satan knows who is GOD. So would satan turn on himself? Look at what every nation or nationality does to BLACK PEOPLE!

People there is no such thing as black people its a adjective its not a nationality.

Donald Trump is straight stupid🤬😳😡🤢

I mean why do you wanna be a “Latino” when you did want to live in Latin America in the first place.

We scattered hebrews need a Moses are Atleast a Marcus Garvey to lead us..we need unity ,intermarriage so we unite

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Talk too much!!

We should focus on ADOS/FBA issues and not people who want retain some BS culture who never respected them in first place. We shouldn’t have given them our platforms. Let them go speak on Univision or whatever spanish channels out there

There is no such a thing as a afro latino .