Two movements started and led by the afro-latino community.
Famous afro-latino athletes.
Afro-mexicans
Black Hispanic and Latino Americans
Ethnic group
"Afro-Latino" redirects here. For Latin American people of African ancestry, see Afro–Latin Americans.
Ethnic group
Black Hispanic and Latino Americans, also called Afro-Hispanics,[3]Afro-Latinos,[4]Black Hispanics, or Black Latinos,[3] are classified by the United States Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget, and other U.S.
government agencies[5] as Black people living in the United States with ancestry in Latin America or Spain and/or who speak Spanish and/or Portuguese as either their first language or second language.
Hispanidad, which is independent of race, is the only ethnic category, as opposed to racial category, which is officially collated by the U.S.
Census Bureau. The distinction made by government agencies for those within the population of any official race category, including "Black", is between those who report Hispanic backgrounds and all others who