Molato
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Molato
Molatos or more commonly known as afro-latinos/black latinos usually reside in Mexico,brazil,argentina (although only a minority),spain and portugal. The history of molatos is believed that africans sent over as a result of the slave trades or more recently to escape poverty and provide better lives for families. The main names for these people are: black latino, afro-latino, afro-mexican, black-puerto rican, afro-argentine, afro-peruvian, black mexican, black hispanics, afro-hispanics, negro-hispanics. Some say Afro-Latinos have as much or more in common with African Americans as their lighter-skinned countrymen.But many regularly face discrimination and battle racism, both in the United States and in their native countries. Such disparaging terms as negrito (little black one), pelo malo (bad hair), or worse are commonplace for this group that often wields little political and economic power in their homelands. Poverty as well as poor educational and employment opportunities are high on the list of concerns to both African Americans and Afro-Latinos. However, the beginnings of a civil rights movement for blacks throughout Central and South America has come about fairly recently and Afro-Latinos are beginning to make some progress. Interestingly enough efforts to improve the knowledge about the race of molatos/afro-latinos are expanding across various states in the U.S and europe.